Beef Stroganoff For Two

[renodesertfox]

Howdy,


Another good dinner idea for backpackers.

• Ingredients
  
  4 1/2 cups water
  2/3 cup instant powder milk
  1 pkg sour cream mix
  1 pkg Stroganoff mix
  2 cups egg noodles
  1/2 cup dried beef (see "Dried Beef," below)
  2 tsp salt
  4 tbs margarine (optional)

• Directions:
  
  Mix 1 1/2 cups water and 1/2 cup powder milk. In pot, add milk to sour cream mix and Stroganoff mix. Heat until sauce thickens. Place noodles, beef, salt, and 3 cups of water in 2nd pot. Bring to boil and simmer 15 minutes. Stir in sauce, add margarine and serve.

• Dried Beef (Use for Stroganoff, above, or other meat dishes)
  
  • Ingredients:
    
    2 lbs lean meat (round or flank steak)
    2 cups cold water
    1/2 cup salt
    1/2 tbs. black pepper
    1/4 cup vinegar
  • Directions:
    
    Trim fat from meat. Slice meat into 1/4 inch strips, slicing with grain of meat. Combine water, salt, black pepper, and vinegar in deep pot and bring to boil. Divide meat into 4 lots. Boil each lot for 5 minutes. Meat will be gray when done. Press out juice with rolling pin and paper towels. Preheat oven to 150 degrees. Place meat strips on metal oven racks. Keep oven door slightly ajar. Meat will dry in 1 1/2 hours. Meat should crack but not be brittle when done. If it bends but does not break, cook little longer. Store in bag. Dried meat should keep about 10 weeks.
    
  
  
  

[AdamGOGC]

Neat recipe. So if I understand this correctly, if I were to prepare the meat the way you describe, I shouldn't have to keep it refrigerated, right?

[renodesertfox]

That's correct! Good eatin'!