Ingredients That Will Make Canned Corned Beef Taste Gourmet

We're not kidding when we say that there are so many delicious ways to get creative with canned corned beef, from savory snacks to hearty breakfasts to spice filled dishes from all over the globe. For this list of corned beef ideas, we consulted a couple of culinary experts. Jessica Nerdlink, the associate manager of public relations and digital media at B&G Foods Inc, and Jason Haran, Foods brand manager for retail marketing and for convenient meals and protein at Hormel. First up is a classic deli favorite restaurant. Reuben sandwiches typically use fresh corned beef, but there's no reason you can't make a Reuben at home with the canned version. You may even end up liking it better because all the ingredients intermingle. You can go ahead and mix in 1000 Island salad dressing and a bit of horseradish for the full experience. Use rye bread, sauerkraut, and Swiss cheese. To make it even better, toast the assembled sandwich in a skillet with melted butter. And you can ultimately adapt canned corned beef to any Reuben sandwich recipe by just subbing in the canned version for the fresh beef. Another fun idea is to use canned corned beef to make sloppy Joe's. And of course, you can always get a little more gourmet. And to make your sloppy Joe from scratch, just substitute in canned corned beef for ground beef and simmer it with grilled onions, Peppers, garlic, tomato sauce, ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, and brown sugar. Onion powder, garlic powder, salt, and pepper are all the seasonings you need. Then put the mix between two buns or pieces of bread. I made them extra sloppy. Another option for making sloppy joes with canned corned beef is to use a powdered mix. Cook is directed with the powder and tomato paste and just substitute the corned beef for cooked hamburger meat. There's a certain Filipino corned beef hash dish made with potatoes, garlic, onions, tomatoes, and rice. It's known as sealog. There are actually multiple versions of sealog, and the corned beef variety is called corned sealog. Many variations of corned sealog include a fried egg served on the side or on top. Some people even use grated cabbage in the mix. Everything is fried up together in a skillet and served over rice. Plain rice works fine, but garlic rice is even better. And if you would prefer to avoid cooking the tomatoes along with everything else, you can serve sliced tomatoes on the side instead. Mexican flavors taste great with corned beef, so it makes an excellent stand in for the meat that's typically used in tacos or burritos. There are a couple of ways to make this happen. One is to simply add the meat to a skillet and saute it with two or three tablespoons of tomato sauce and your favorite Taco seasoning mix. Alternatively, you can saute the meat in olive oil with diced tomatoes, onions, jalapenos, and seasonings like oregano, cumin, garlic, and cilantro. For a breakfast version, add an egg to the rest of the ingredients. While cooking, serve the meat in a Taco shell or wrapped in flour tortilla to make a burrito. Some ideas for fixings include lettuce, tomatoes, shredded cheese, sour cream, guacamole, and salsa. I love about tacos. What's that? Everything. Corned beef and cabbage are often served side by side or together. You can enhance the canned version with a few splashes of Worcestershire sauce, spices like paprika and thyme, and herbs like parsley and dill. Another way to add some Zing is to saute the cabbage with a couple of tablespoons of Worcestershire sauce. For even more bite, add two or three tablespoons of vinegar. Season it with garlic, caraway seeds, and Italian seasoning before adding this mixture to the hot corned beef. Worcestershire sauce also tastes pretty Dang good in classic corned beef hash recipes. Saute the canned meat with the sauce as well as diced potatoes, diced onions, caraway seeds, salt and pepper. Grainy mustard is a addition as well, and don't forget the option of topping it with a fried egg and maybe even a bit of brown sauce. 1 inventive way to turn canned corned beef into a gourmet breakfast is to add eggs, tomatoes, and spices. To turn it into shakshuka, all you have to do is add the meat to an ordinary shakshuka recipe. To make basic corned beef shakshuka, simply saute the meat with onion and bell Peppers in olive oil in an ovenproof skillet. Then add spices and crushed tomatoes and make nests in the sauce for holding the eggs. You can also crumble feta cheese or cooked potatoes into the mixture for extra flavor, texture, and nutrition. The skillet then needs to go into the oven for 10 minutes at 400°F to set the eggs. Some basic spices that you can add include garlic, cumin, paprika, red pepper flakes, caraway, and nutmeg. For some extra heat, try adding jalapenos or chipotles in adobo sauce. Since potatoes combined so well with canned corned beef, it's not too much of A stretch to imagine how it might combine with potato salad. You'll want to use a variety that really brings out the flavors of the canned meat. The strong profile in a dill pickle, Mayo, sour cream, or Dijon mustard based potato salad works especially well with corned beef. Make sure to add extra dill to amp up the flavor. Another option is to make Irish potato salad. In addition to the canned meat, cooked potato cubes, and Mayo, it includes flavorful ingredients like vinegar, dill pickle relish, green onions, Dijon mustard, chopped cabbage, and chopped radishes. You can also add in celery seed, dill, and Mayo. Show me potato salad. You can use canned corned beef as the protein in any stir fry recipe. If you want to wing it, start by tossing the beef in a wok together with your favorite veggies. Tasty options include green onions, bell Peppers, broccoli, Napa cabbage, and mushrooms. Finish it off with some sauce and serve over rice. If you want to make your own stir fry sauce, consider using beef stock, red wine vinegar, sugar, soy sauce, chili garlic sauce, and a little cornstarch for thickening. Garnish with cilantro, toasted sesame seeds, or chili garlic sauce for maximum flavor. Another way to elevate canned corned beef is to add it to fried rice, thereby making it an overall more filling meal. Simply season the meat with freshly minced or ground ginger and garlic, then cook it on the stove with chopped onions and mixed veggies. Next, either add pre scrambled eggs directly to the pan or push the ingredients to the side and lightly scrambled 2 eggs before adding leftover cooked rice to the pan. Then mix it all together with a dash or two of soy sauce or a more complex mixture of soy sauce, brown sugar, and rice wine vinegar. If you are looking for shortcuts, you can combine the meat with leftover restaurant fried rice and warm it all together in a skillet. You could also combine it with frozen fried rice from the grocery store. Consider combining corned beef with noodles, tomatoes, and a hearty cheese. You can go two different directions with this idea, either Italian or Filipino. The Italian version involves simmering together corned beef with spaghetti sauce, serving it over spaghetti noodles, and topping it with grated Parmesan cheese. You can also make your own sauce by simmering together sauteed onion and garlic with the meat, then adding blanched and peeled tomatoes, tomato paste, and fresh basil. For even more flavor, try boiling your noodles and chicken broth or water flavored with chicken boullion. The sauce in the Filipino version has quite the flavorful twist in the form of banana ketchup, which joins tomato paste, tomato sauce, soy sauce, white sugar and black pepper. Serve over noodles and top with shredded or grated cheese. When combining corned beef with Mac and cheese, you could just use the boxed version, but for a more gourmet approach, make it from scratch or turn it into a casserole. Bless his highly nutritious microwave macaroni and cheese dinner and the people who sold it on sale. Amen. To add it to the homemade version, combine the meat with some morenet sauce. Then follow a standard baked Mac and cheese recipe to add the rest of the ingredients. To take it up a notch, cooked diced onions with the meat 1st and add a can of cream of mushroom soup before popping it in the oven. You could also make a stove top version of this dish. Further enhancements include a can of cream of chicken soup and minced onions with buttery cracker crumbs crumbled and then sprinkled on top. Adding corned beef to cornbread muffins is a great way to be both spicy and cheesy. If you're using a whole can of corned beef, grab two boxes of cornbread mix, Make the muffins according to the directions on the package, then mix in the canned corned beef with wet ingredients like milk. You can really take things to the next level with the diced jalapenos and shredded cheddar cheese. Once you've mixed everything together, bake it according to the package instructions. Another option is a layered muffin that starts with a grease tin and a couple of tablespoons of corned beef. Make a well in the meat and add an egg, topped with a light sprinkle of salt and pepper. Then pour prepared cornbread muffin mix on top to fill the muffin cups and bake according to the directions. Sweet potatoes and other veggies are excellent additions to corned beef, either in hash or baked form. If you want to make them into a hash, start by boiling or baking cubed sweet potatoes, then combine them in a skillet with meat and other veggies like onions, Peppers, or cooked beets. Alternatively, you can add mashed sweet potatoes to an oiled skillet with sauteed onions, sauteed zucchini, corned beef, hash Browns, and cheese. If you'd like to make it for breakfast, make wells in the hash and add eggs to cook until set. You can also add corned beef hash to baked sweet potatoes. Start out by baking the sweet potato, then scoop out the insides and mix the fluffy interior with the corned beef, sauteed kale, green onions and shredded cheese before refilling the potato and reheating it in the oven. Another interesting idea is to incorporate corned beef into a party dip. My name is Rod and I like to part. A strong and flavourful cold dip option combines a can of crumbled corned beef with diced onion, mayonnaise and sour cream, fresh parsley, and dried or fresh dill. If you want something even easier, simply mix together a can of meat with an envelope of onion soup mix and a carton of sour cream. A hot baked version combines the beef with cream cheese, sour cream, chopped bell Peppers, scallions, Worcestershire sauce, onion, salt, horseradish, hot sauce, and chopped pecans. Another option brings together corned beef with sauteed onions, cream cheese, sour cream, mayonnaise, Swiss cheese, and garlic powder. It's especially delicious when served inside bread bowls. Corned beef can even be a part of meatballs. You can either mix it in with ground beef or use only the corned beef. Then just fry or bake them according to your favorite meatball recipe. Serve them as you would regular meatballs or alongside cooked cabbage. When making a combined version, mix a can of corned beef with a half pound of regular ground beef. Then add a beaten egg, bread crumbs, and a spicy brown mustard along with garlic powder or any other seasonings. A corned beef meatball recipe without additional meat can also incorporate chopped cabbage, eggs, flour, and whole grain mustard. Finally, you can go ahead and make corned beef part of your favorite soup or Stew. You could choose cream of mushroom or vegetable soups or opt for a meat filled Stew and make it even meatier. One potential homemade option is a simple soup with shredded cabbage, corn, garlic powder, butter, water, salt and pepper. Simmer it for about an hour before serving with sour cream and crusty bread. A hardier Stew combines canned beef with sauteed onions, beef stock, carrots and potatoes. Add cauliflower, apple cider vinegar, salt and pepper during the last 10 minutes and finish with cornstarch to help thicken the results.