The Blue Collar Kitchen

Panseared Beef Tips w/ Blackpepper Gravy and Fried Onions, Herbed Rice, and SouthWestern Corn Salad

Here is another thirty minute meal that you can put together for your family. Instead of sirloin, I used venison in this recipe. Venison is very lean and can be over cooked quickly. Venison is an execellent subsitution for beef, but it must be prepared correctly before cooking. See my upcoming blog "Substituting Venision for Beef to Save Money" for instructions on preparing venision.

Prep Time: 10 minutes Cook Time: 10 minutes

2lbs of sirloin beef or venison steak, cut into 1/4" squares

2 tbl shortening

Salt

Pepper

1/2 cup fried onions

1 cup fresh spinach

2 tbl worcestershire sauce

1/3 cup corn meal

1 cup flour

1/4 water

1. Place shortening in a medium sized skillet on medium-high heat.

2. Sprinkle beef tips with salt, pepper, and garlic.

3. Combine meal, flour, 1tsp salt, 1 tsp pepper. and 1/2 tsp garlic powder in a gallon size ziplock bag and shake to mix.

4. Put the beef tips in the flour mix and shake until well coated.

5. Placed floured beef tips into pan and cook 3-4 minutes on each side, turning once.

6.Remove beef tips from pan and add worcestershire sauce, 1/4 cup water, and 1 tsp of black pepper to pan.

7. Bring to boil and add 1 tablespoon of flour mixture slowly. Stir gravy with wisk until smooth.

8. Place 1/4 fresh spinach in one corner of plate. I like the texture and flavor of fresh spinach, but you can sear or boil the spinach if you do not like it raw.

9. Add 1 serving of the beef tips on top of the bed of spinach.

10. Spinkle the black pepper gravy on top of the beef tips and around the edges of the spinach.

11. Sprinkle the fried onions on top of beef tips.

Prep Time: 10 minutes

2 cans of corn

1 can of black beans

1 red onion diced

1/4 cup fresh cilantro diced

1/4 cupMayo

1/4 cup Sour Cream

1 lime - juiced

1 bunch of chives

1 tsp of chili powder

1 tomato diced

1 tsp black pepper

1 tsp salt

1. Mix all ingredients in a large mixing bowl until well mixed.

2. Place in freezer for 10-15 minutes until cool.

Prep Time: 5 minutes Cook Time: 15 minutes

3 cups waters

1 1/2 cups white rice

1/2 tbl fresh rosemary, minced

1/2 tbl fresh thyme, minced

1/2 tbl fresh basil, minced

1 tsp salt

1 tsp black pepper

2 tbl butter

1. Mince herbs and combine in a small bowl with salt and pepper.

2. Bring water to a boil.

3. Add seasoning and rice.

4. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and cover.

5. Allow water to cook covered for 10 minutes or until tender.

6. Add butter to rice and flake with a fork to mix and loosen the rice.