Creamed+Chipped+Beef

Creamed Chipped Beef
Brought to you by: Lorraine Leo, Massachusetts, USA This recipe is as easy as can be. A standard menu item at most [|diners] in the United States, creamed chipped beef was also a very common meal in the U.S.

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Ingredients:

 * 3 Tablespoons of butter
 * 4.5 ounces of [|Sliced Dried Beef] diced into ½” squares
 * 2 Tablespoons of flour
 * 2 cups of milk (preferably whole milk)
 * Several slices of bread toasted

Procedure:

 * 1) Melt butter in frying pan[[image:chippedbeef.jpg align="right"]]
 * 2) Put bread in the toaster
 * 3) Add diced up dried beef and warm for about 2 minutes
 * 4) Add flour to create a [|roux] (mixing the flavors of the melted butter and cooking beef with the flour)
 * 5) After about 2-4 minutes add in the milk, pour quickly as you would to deglaze a pan.
 * 6) Lower heat to medium
 * 7) Gently stir to mix while it thickens, this could take 5-15 minutes to boil off some of the water and for the flour to thicken.
 * 8) Serve over toast.