Rob's Favorite Creamed Dried Beef

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/4 lb dried beef, chipped
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 3 tablespoons flour
• 1 cup hot 2% low-fat milk
• 1 cup light cream
• 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 4 slices wheat toast (or 4 baked potatoes)

Recipe

• 1 separate the slices of beef and set aside.
• 2 in a medium-sized saucepan, melt the butter over a medium high heat.
• 3 when the butter foams, sprinkle in the flour and whisk (yes use a whisk it works better) in the flour until very well blended.
• 4 add the hot milk and cook over low heat, stirring very often with the whisk.
• 5 slowly add the cream, continuing to stir constantly until the cream sauce is thickened (about 3-5 minutes).
• 6 add the pepper and the dried beef and using a spoon mix well until heated through.
• 7 serve over crisply toasted bread or hot baked potato.