Ever since seeing
PH The Meat Lover cook minced beef omelette many times, I've wanted to do the same as I was getting sick of my minced pork omelette already...
lol!
But I wasn't able to do that coz I needed
jalapenos and, for some reason, there weren't any selling at the
Aeon near me...until on a recent visit when I (actually my son) spotted it.
Jalapenos in hand, I was finally ready to make
PH The Meat Lover's famous
minced beef omelette...
I hope I can do her omelette justice...lol! Well, I started with sauteeing one chopped onion until soft and translucent.
Then I added the minced beef and sliced
jalapenos. Once the minced meat is cooked through, I dished it up and added it to my (two) beaten eggs (or you can just pour the eggs over).
Oil the pan and pour the mixture back into the pan. At this point, my omelette was looking good...until I flipped it (
lol!)...and that's because my non-stick pan is no longer non-stick, so it looks more like scrambled eggs than an omelette! >_<
It may not look pretty...but I can assure you that it tastes better than it looks. It's for my own consumption, so it's ok but if I want to cook it for guests, it's about time I buy a new pan (don't you think?).
The first time I made this, I underestimated the spiciness of the
jalapenos. My mom has always said that the long, thin (red) chillies are the spicy ones, and that's how I've always chosen chillies.
Jalapenos are fat and short, so I left them unseeded (thinking they won't be spicy) but they turned out to be the complete opposite...and
my oh my, some were rather fiery. I also used too many (four although they were much smaller ones) for my 2-egg omelette (
PH The Meat Lover recommends to use two).
So, for my next
minced beef omelette, I reduced my chillies and
kwai-kwai used two
jalapenos only and I made sure I de-seeded them this time.
Ah, that's much better! ;D Those who can take spiciness can, of course, use more and leave them unseeded. The inclusion of
jalapenos I feel do make a difference in the omelette as they taste a lot better with it.
PH The Meat Lover tells me she uses 3 (sometimes 4) eggs for her minced beef omelette and she eats that in one sitting. So, based on that, I thought I should be able to handle 2 eggs...but, in the end, I couldn't and I had to save half of it for my next meal.
Well, maybe that's because I ate it with two sides of roasted potatoes and red capsicum (you know me, I need to have carbs and veggies in my meal). This makes a perfect portion for a not too heavy meal.
On another day,
A & W's Coney Dog came to mind (now that I have minced beef)...and
Beef Coney has always been my favourite thing to eat and always my no. 1 choice at
A & W's!
I recently tried out these sausages from my pork butcher shop and they tasted pretty alright (for a commercially prepared/processed sausage), so I thought I used this. I also like that they come in a packet of two only so as to not over-indulge. I recently did a criss-cross pattern on my sausage (for a
Big Breakfast) and realised you get more crisp edges this way (instead of just slits).
Hot dogs or
Coney Dogs aren't that difficult to do, so here's my simple take on my
Beef Coney Dog. Start by sauteeing some chopped onions. I remember
A & W's Coney Dog was topped with chopped onions that were more raw with a crunch. I actually don't like the taste of harsh, raw onions, so I sauteed them for a little while (and dished some up) so that the onions still retain a bit of crunch.
The rest I cooked a meat sauce with it (like you would would do for
spaghetti bolognese but a much simpler version without chopped carrots and celery)...with just minced beef (seasoned with salt and black pepper) and tomato paste. I actually didn't have any tomato paste on hand, so I used packets of tomato and chilli sauce, hence the not so vibrant colour, but it turned out surprisingly tasty (coz packet sauces tend to have sweetness in them).
Time to assemble my
Beef Coney Dog. I laid my pan-fried sausage on a buttered, toasted hotdog bun (hotdog buns are usually not toasted but it's my home version and I like it toasted) and ladle some of the meat sauce over.
Top with the onions I dished up earlier...and my homemade
Beef Coney Dog look-alike is ready. This one (which I cooked another day) probably reminds you more of a coney dog...
lol!
As usual, I like to eat it with my two most favourite sides of roasted potatoes and red capsicum. I really, really like roasted red capsicum (red only, not yellow or green...
hehe). The red ones have this inherent sweetness in them with mild spiciness, besides being soft and juicy, when roasted...so good! ;)
Well, these are processed sausages, so we should partake in them only occasionally...save them for
cheat days or when you want a
treat. This was incredibly filling (and I had to eat up a small, unfinished portion later).
As for the
Minced Beef Omelette...thanks to
PH The Meat Lover for tempting me to this dish (I lost count how many times I've seen it on her blog already...
haha!). It's a dish I rely upon now regularly to make me a pretty easy, light dinner. Good as a diet meal too if you omit the potatoes. Try it sometime! ^_~
