Quick Oats Ground Beef
This recipe is a quick oat, meat substitute derived from our Depression Era Sausage Patties. This recipe is quick and easy to put together without a lot of specialty ingredients. This recipe will make almost the equivalent of 1 pound of cooked ground beef but you can easily double, triple, quadruple...the ingredients to make a larger batch that can be frozen and used at a later time. I like to use this recipe for meat sauces, tacos and lasagna.With some simple variations you can make a variety of other vegetarian meat substitutes. Check out some of the other amazing recipes made using this versatile base:Depression Era Sausage PattiesChicken Nuggets or PattiesBurger PattiesItalian MeatballsFish Sticks
Equipment
- 1 medium bowl
- 1 medium saucepan or pot
- 1 8-12 inch frying pan
Ingredients
BASE
- 1 cup quick oats
- 1 egg
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1/4 cup water
SEASONING
- 1 tsp onion flakes
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 1/4 tsp salt
BROTH
- 2 cups water
- 1 tbsp worcestershire sauce
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
Instructions
- Mix the BASE & SEASONING ingredients in a medium sized until thoroughly blended
- Cover the bowl and refrigerate for 2 hours or overnight
- Remove from refrigerator and form into 1 large patty
- Mix the BROTH ingredients into a medium saucepan or pot and bring to a low boil over medium heat
- Lightly oil a frying pan, and lightly brown the patty on both sides (about two minutes per side)
- Once lightly browned, transfer to the pot of broth, cover and reduce to simmer for 20 minutes
- Remove from broth, break up the patty into crumbles and pan fry another 2 minutes or until browned
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Notes
These oat grounds will keep in the refrigerator for up to a week or in the freezer for about 1 year. If frozen, simply thaw and heat to use.