If you have grown up, lived, or traveled to the Midwest, this recipe is from a popular restaurant that was in Lincoln, NE. I've been told it's an acquired taste, but having grown up on them, I love them! It's a loose meat sandwich. Use a slotted spoon to portion out the meat. Serve on buns with mustard and sliced dill pickles.
Ingredients
- 4 ounces ketchup , or more to taste
- 5 teaspoons salt
- 1 tablespoon prepared mustard
- 1 tablespoon creamed horseradish
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 0.25 teaspoons ground black pepper
- 5 pounds 85% lean ground beef
- 1 cup warm water
- 1 cup minced onion
- 1 teaspoon monosodium glutamate , such as Ac'cent®
Instructions
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1
Combine ketchup, salt, mustard, horseradish, Worcestershire sauce, and ground black pepper in a 1-cup measuring cup. Add more ketchup if combined ingredients don't equal 1 cup. Stir until well mixed. Place ground beef in a stock pot; pour ketchup mixture over the ground beef.
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2
Fill the same measuring cup with warm water. Stir to loosen any fine seasoning remaining; pour into stock pot. Stir onion into ground beef mixture; add monosodium glutamate. Mix until ingredients are well combined.
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3
Cook and stir the ground beef mixture over low heat until the ground beef is finely crumbled, about 15 minutes. Bring to a boil; cook until flavors blend, about 25 minutes.
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