Creamed Chipped Beef

also called chipped beef on toast · cream chipped beef · chipped beef gravy · creamed dried beef · frizzled beef · S.O.S. · SOS · shit on a shingle

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Creamed Chipped Beef: ingredients down the left, what to do with them across. Tap any cell to cross it off.
4 oz(115 g; rinsed in hot water, blotted, torn in postage stamps)dried beefbrown 3 min, until the edges curlcook the roux 2 min, no colourwhisk in a splash at a time, simmer 6 minseason off the heat
3 Tbs(45 g)unsalted butter
1/4 cup(30 g)all-purpose flour
2 1/2 cups(600 mL)whole milk
1 tsp(2 g)coarse black pepper
1/8 tspgrated nutmeg
1 tsp(5 mL)Worcestershire sauce
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1brown 3 min, until the edges curl

2cook the roux 2 min, no colour

goes in with what step 1 made

3whisk in a splash at a time, simmer 6 min

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4season off the heat

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Start to finish
at least 11 min1 of 4 steps gives no time
Needs you
about 5 min
  1. brown 3 min, until the edges curl

    3 minneeds youfrom the start

  2. cook the roux 2 min, no colour

    2 minneeds you3 min in

  3. whisk in a splash at a time, simmer 6 min

    6 minwalk away5 min in

  4. season off the heat

    not timed11 min in

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See how it is written
>> title: Creamed Chipped Beef
>> category: Sauces & Gravies
>> tags: beef, milk, breakfast, gravy, stovetop
>> counters: Diner
>> aka: chipped beef on toast, cream chipped beef, chipped beef gravy, creamed dried beef, frizzled beef, S.O.S., SOS, shit on a shingle
>> servings: 4
>> time: 20 min

>> step: brown 3 min, until the edges curl
Frizzle @dried beef{4%oz}(115 g; rinsed in hot water, blotted, torn in postage stamps) in @unsalted butter{3%Tbs}(45 g) in a #saucepan{} over medium heat ~fry{3%min}, until the edges curl and go a shade darker.

>> step: cook the roux 2 min, no colour
Cook @all-purpose flour{1/4%cup}(30 g) into @&(~1)frizzled beef{} ~fry{2%min}, keeping it pale.

>> step: whisk in a splash at a time, simmer 6 min
Whisk @whole milk{2 1/2%cup}(600 mL) into @&(~1)beef roux{} a splash at a time, letting each one go smooth before the next, and ~simmer{6%min} until it coats a spoon.

>> step: season off the heat
Season @&(~1)creamed beef{} off the heat with @coarse black pepper{1%tsp}(2 g), @grated nutmeg{1/8%tsp} and @Worcestershire sauce{1%tsp}(5 mL).