Sunday, 25 July 2010

Well, in today's economy everyone is tighting their belt and purse. Everyone is on the lookout for budget friendly recipes (not because we want to buy the promotional tote bags but we need to conver the bills). I found this one which is really easy to do and the ingredients easy to find at the shops (source, yahoo lifestyle.

Chow mein mince
Ingredients
•2 teaspoons oil
•500g lean minced beef
•1 x 30g packet Continental®Chow Mein Mince Recipe Base
•1/4 cabbage, finely shredded
•2 carrots, sliced
•1/2 cup long grain rice
•1 3/4 cups (440mL) water
Method
1. Heat oil in a large wok or frying pan and brown mince.

2. Add Recipe Base, cabbage, carrots, rice and water; stir well.

3. Cover and simmer gently for 30 minutes, or until mince is cooked and rice tender, stirring occasionally

Notes
Hint: Add extra vegetables such as sliced capsicum or mushrooms.

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1 comments:

charmie said...

HI was here visiting.

Nice post, it helps so much sa budgeting nowadays:)

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