Saturday Night Special: Noodles and Beef

Life hack for the week: Make your bed as soon as you get out of it in the morning.  

Made this tonight based on what I had on hand.  Buon appetito!

Saturday Night Special
Noodles and Beef

Ingredients:

1. 1 pound beef, diced
2. Dry Italian salad dressing mix
3. Olive oil
4. ½ cup finely diced onions
5. 2 large cloves of garlic, crushed, peeled, and chopped fine
6. ½ pound wide egg noodles (papardelle are fine, too)
7. Italian cheese: Parmesan, Romano, Pecorino, or a mixture of these
8. Fresh parsley, chopped

Steps:

1. Bring to a boil a pot of well salted water for the noodles
2. Coat the diced beef with olive oil and add a good coating of the dry Italian salad dressing mix; set aside to marinate
3. Add olive oil to a deep skillet; set the heat to just above medium
4. Add the chopped garlic and onion; stir occasionally till the onions just start to brown and you can smell the garlic
5. Add the marinated beef to the skillet, stir occasionally
6. When the water comes to a boil, add the noodles, sitrring occasionally
7. When the beef is cooked through, turn down to low until the noodles are ready
8. Add the noodles, stirring to coat with the beef and onions; turn the heat back up to medium
9. Grate about 1/4 c. cheese
10. Garnish with the parsley

Serve with a glass of red wine, crusty bread, and a green salad

tajb, 7/28/2019