Beef Boil

I love to freezer cook, mainly for the convenience but most of all for the savings in our food budget. One of my sessions involves lots of ground beef so when a sale comes around I immediately stock up. The problem is I now have 20 lbs of hamburger and a fridge that accomodates less than half of that.

I do have my sessions very well organized. They are broken down into recipes, procedures and ingredients. Aside from the meatballs the remaining beef needs to be cooked and added to the specific recipes after being prepared. Here's the dilema.

Problem:

Way too much beef that needs to be cooked

Frying is too messy and I don't want to spend more time cleaning than cooking

The microwave is too small.

Solution:

Boiling beef

I simply boil 4-5 lbs of beef at a time in a large dutch oven. Although I have to occasionally stir to avoid clumps I don't have to worry about burning it as is the case with the frying method. I can whip through the 20 lbs in no time...wish I could say that about the rest of the cooking session.

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