Family mince

At a glance

Preparation time: 30 minutes

Difficulty: Medium

Serves: 6

Ingredients

• 500g minced meat (beef, lamb or kangaroo)
• ¼ cabbage, chopped or shredded
• ½ cup celery or green beans, cut into small pieces
• 1 onion or 1 shallot, chopped
• 2 medium or 1 large carrot, sliced or grated
• 1 tablespoon soy (reduced salt if available) or Worcestershire or barbeque sauce (reduced salt if available)
• 2 beef stock cubes (crushed) or 2 dessert spoons beef stock powder (no added salt if available)
• 2 teaspoons curry powder (optional)
• 1 tablespoon oil

Steps

1. Heat oil in a frying pan or an electric fry pan or a large saucepan.
2. Add meat and chopped onion. Use moderate heat, cook until meat is brown.
3. Add all other ingredients, except cabbage. Simmer gently for 15 minutes.
4. Add cabbage, reduce heat to low and cook for 5 more minutes.
5. Serve with rice (brown if available), pasta (wholemeal if possible), quick cooking noodles or toast (wholemeal or wholegrain bread if possible).

*Tips

• Any vegetables can be used. Fresh, frozen, canned or cooked leftover vegetables from another meal
• Swap beef cubes for 1 teaspoon of Vegemite™, Marmite™ or Promite™.
• Use outside leaves of lettuce instead of cabbage. Wash well, shred and add just before serving.

This recipe was published in Quick Meals for Kooris at Home resource by Nutrition Services, Central Coast Local Health District.