Savoury Beef Mince
Easy supper recipe
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 onion peeled and sliced
- 2 cloves garlic peeled and chopped
- 500 g minced beef
- 2 carrots peeled and grated
- 2 sticks celery finely chopped
- 1x 400 g can chick peas drained and washed
- 4 tablespoons frozen peas
- 4 tablespoons passata
- 250 ml vegetable stock
- 2 teaspoons worcester sauce or similar
- 2 teaspoons dried mixed herbs
- 2 bay leaves
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Heat the olive oil in a large, deep frying pan
- Add the onions and fry gently on a medium heat until soft
- Add the garlic and celery and cook for a couple of minutes
- Add the meat, breaking it up and browning it
- Add the carrots, chick peas, stock and passata
- Add the worcester sauce and herbs
- Add the bay leaves
- Bring back to the boil and turn down the heat to a slow simmer
- Cook for about 25 minutes
- Serve with mashed potato, baked potato or rice and a vegetable or two
Notes
You will need a deep frying pan with a lid. This one doubles up as a casserole so you can finish something in the oven. You will use it again and again!