Seasoned Italian Ground Beef - OAMC

Submitted by looneytunesfan

"OAMC Once A Month Cooking recipe."

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 7
• Yields: 8 cups

ingredients

• 3 lbs lean ground beef
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 4 garlic cloves, minced
• 4 teaspoons dried Italian seasoning
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon fennel seed
• 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper

directions

1. In Dutch oven or 12 inch skillet, cook ground beef, onions and garlic over medium-high heat until beef is thoroughly cooked, stirring frequently. Drain.
2. Reduce heat to medium. Stir in Italian seasoning, salt, fennel and pepper. Cook 5 minutes or until flavors are blended, stirring frequently. Cool 5 minutes.
3. Spoon beef onto wax-lined 15x10x1 inch baking pan, breaking apart as necessary. Freeze about 1 hour or until firm, stirring once.
4. Divide mixture into resealable quart-sized freezer plastic bags with about 2 cups in each. Seal bags; label. Freeze up to 2 months.

Reviews

[Chicagoland Chef du Jour]

A great alternative to sausage on our pizza tonight. I used 1/2# of ground beef and adjusted the seasonings as suggested. Thank you for posting LTF!