Best Bootleggers Beef Recipes

BOOTLEGGER'S BEEF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400ºF. Pat beef tenderloin dry with paper towels. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Heat vegetable oil in heavy large ovenproof skillet over medium heat. Add beef to skillet and cook until brown on all sides, about 8 minutes. Add chopped onions, carrots, and thyme to skillet.
• Transfer skillet to oven and roast beef until meat thermometer inserted into thickest part registers 120ºF for rare, stirring vegetables occasionally, about 30 minutes. Transfer beef to platter. Tent with foil to keep warm.
• Place skillet with vegetables over medium-high heat. Add canned beef broth and whisky and bring to boil, scraping up any browned bits. Boil until liquid is reduced to 2/3 cups, stirring occasionally, about 7 minutes. Strain sauce and return to same skillet.
• Mix flour and butter in small bowl until smooth paste forms. Add to sauce in skillet and whisk until well blended. Add whipping cream, crushed black peppercorns and any accumulated juices from beef. Simmer over medium heat until sauce thickens, whisking constantly, about 3 minutes. Season sauce to taste with salt.
• Cut beef into thick slices and arrange on platter. Spoon sauce over.

BOOTLEGGER BEANS

Steps:

• Dice bacon and onion.
• Fry bacon; when nearly done, add onion to pan and saute until bacon is cooked; pour off most of the fat.
• Combine all ingredients in a saucepan; cover and simmer, stirring every once in awhile, on low heat for 1 to 2 hours ~ The beans will thicken as they cook.

BOOTLEG BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Fry bacon till crisp, then crumble and set aside.
• Remove all of the bacon grease from the pan except for 1 tablespoon.
• Sauté chopped onion in the bacon grease till tender.
• Add 2 cans of Pork & beans, brown sugar, catsup, and crumbled bacon.
• Stir and cook till heated through.

GROUND BEEF STROGANOFF

Steps:

• In 10-inch nonstick skillet, melt butter over medium heat. Cook mushrooms, onions and garlic in butter 5 to 7 minutes, stirring occasionally, until tender. Remove from skillet to small bowl; set aside.
• Increase heat to medium-high. In same skillet, cook beef 5 to 7 minutes, stirring frequently, until no longer pink; drain. Stir in 1 cup of the beef broth, the Worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper; heat to boiling. Beat flour and remaining 1/2 cup beef broth with whisk until incorporated; stir into beef mixture. Add mushroom mixture; return to boiling, and stir constantly about 1 minute or until mixture thickens. Remove from heat; stir in sour cream.
• Serve with cooked egg noodles. Garnish with parsley.

BOOTLEGGER'S BEANS

Steps:

• Fry the bacon until halfway done.
• Add the onion.
• When the onion is slightly browned, pour off almost all of the grease (or all of it if you're watching fat content), Add pork and beans, sugar, vinegar and catsup.
• Stir well, season with a pinch of chili powder.
• Pour mixture into ceramic bean pot or covered dish.
• Bake at 350 degrees one hour or until mixture is cooked down so that it's not too runny. You can also cook this mixture slowly on the stove, careful to stir occasionally so the beans won't burn. They'll cook down.