John Myers
Seasoning minced meat: from classic to oriental
Whether you want to use poultry, beef, pork or mixed minced meat for your dish is entirely up to you. Salt, pepper, and paprika powder are the most important seasonings for each of these types of ground meat. Onions and garlic are also among the usual basic ingredients. If you don’t like whole onions or garlic, you can alternatively use garlic or onion powder. In this chapter, you will find out what other options there are for seasoning your minced meat.
- For an Italian flair in your ground beef, you can mix together 3 tablespoons salt, 2 tablespoons thyme, 4 tablespoons oregano, 2 tablespoons basil, 2 tablespoons rosemary, 3 tablespoons black pepper, and 2 tablespoons sage. 4 tablespoons of the spice mixture are sufficient for 500g of minced meat.
- For the oriental taste, put 4 tbsp onion powder, 2 tbsp garlic powder, 2 tbsp salt, 1 tbsp chili powder, 2 tsp ginger powder, and 1 tsp cinnamon, and 1/2 tsp ground cloves in a bowl. 3 tablespoons of this spice mixture are enough for 500g of minced meat.
- For a Mexican spice mix, you can mix 2 tbsp chili powder, 6 tsp paprika powder, sweet, 4 tsp cumin, 3 tsp salt, 3 tsp onion powder, 3 tsp garlic powder, and 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper, and add 8 tbsp to your ground beef.
- Various spices are used in the Balkans. 3 tbsp sweet paprika; 2 tsp paprika, 3 tbsp onions, dried, 2 tbsp pepper, 1 tbsp garlic, 1 tbsp marjoram, 1 tbsp parsley, dried, 2 tsp cumin, 3 tbsp salt, and 1 tbsp thyme provide an exotic taste. 3-4 tablespoons of the mixture are enough for 500g of minced meat.
Minced meat is so versatile
Minced meat can be processed completely naturally or intensively seasoned. But what can you do with minced meat?
- Meatballs, burgers, or cevapcici are nice minced meat variants that are easy to prepare and don’t require much effort. Königsberger Klopse is also traditionally prepared with minced meat.
- Bolognese, lasagne, fake rabbit, stuffed peppers, or bifteki are among the standard minced meat dishes. By the way, one of the cheapest minced meat dishes is cabbage and minced meat pan or cabbage rolls.
- Minced meat cakes or minced meat muffins are a little more modern. The spice blends above can also be used individually for a meatloaf.
These types of pepper go well with ground beef
The right pepper makes a big difference in the spice mixture. We will tell you which type of pepper goes with which minced meat.
- Green pepper can be served with lamb and ground beef. It has slight spiciness and gives a slight freshness to your ground beef.
- White pepper is often used for ground poultry and is hotter than black pepper. Black pepper is less hot, but more spicy and aromatic and should be used with dark minced meat.
- The pepper tree fruits, also called pink berries, can also be ideally processed in your hack. They are slightly spicy, which is why these go well with mixed minced meat.
- If you mix all the types of pepper mentioned, you get colorful peppers. Since this combines all the flavor characteristics of the different varieties, it goes very well with minced pork.
A classic basic recipe for ground beef
If you don’t yet dare to try exotic spice mixtures, you can also try this classic basic recipe. Use the mixture as a meatloaf, patties, or burgers, for example.
- 500 grams of minced meat
- 1 onion
- 1 clove of garlic
- 1 soaked roll from the day before or 125 g breadcrumbs
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp mustard, salt, and pepper
- Finely chop the onion and garlic. Put the ground beef and the remaining ingredients in a bowl and mix everything together thoroughly.
