Tuesday, July 23, 2024

Beef with Onions, Pineapple, and BBQ sauce.

All recipes in this blog are my own. When cooking, I very rarely measure anything at all, so I'm afraid that some of the amounts I mention here are just educated guesses :) Use your best judgement.

What you'll need:

- 1 pound of ground beef.
- 1 small can of pineapple chunks. 
-  4 ounces of BBQ sauce.
- 1 big onion.
- 4 ounces of Thai coconut cream.
- 1/2 cup of fine breadcrumbs.
- 1 tbsp of dried spinach or parsley flakes. (optional)

How to cook it.

This is a really simple recipe but it's delicious, I promise. It only takes about 15 minutes from start to finish so it's great for a quick meal.

1) Open the can of pineapple chunks and pour a little bit of the juice in a pan. I am using this juice instead of oil which makes the recipe a bit healthier or at least I think so :)
2) Break up the ground beef and add it to the pan. I cook it on medium heat to medium-high.
3) Chop the onion in small pieces and add it to the meat.
4) While it's cooking, add the breadcrumbs, BBQ sauce, and half of the pineapple chunks as well as some more of the juice from the can with the pineapple. 
5) Last, add the coconut cream. 
6) Let it all cook through, add the spinach or parsley flakes, and it's ready to serve.

That's really it. It's super easy, it's fast and it's delicious.


A few things to keep in mind

- You can add as many or as few pineapple chunks as you feel comfortable with. I use half a can, and I transfer the other half to a plastic container and put it in the fridge to make something else with it later.
- My ground beef is incredibly lean. I can't even cook it without using oil or some kind of moisture like the pineapple juice. This is because my Amish friend raises the cow, I don't buy meat at the store. If you have ground beef that's fatty, you might want to cook it first and drain the fat.
- Thai coconut cream (not to be confused with coconut milk) comes in a 13.6 ounce can, it can be found in the Asian aisle at Walmart, at any Asian store, or on Amazon. Walmart is often out of stock on it, so I usually order it from Amazon. It's actually not more expensive than at Walmart. I open the can and transfer the content to a small canning jar with a cover and put it in the fridge. It's excellent in stir fry, soup, and all kinds of sauces. It needs to be stirred up very well before each use.
- The spinach or parsley flakes are just to make it look fancy.


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