Quick people - how do I cook --a-- fucking --mackerel-- mince?

[LordProfFekkoThePenguinPhD]

Ok so the boy had returned home after stopping off when he picked up a packet of beef mince. Which he has asked sweetly if I could cook for him tonight.

I have no idea (I’m veggie and don’t think I have ever cooked mince in my life). I remember it being a grey, lumpy affair with onions and carrots when I was a child (or in spag bol).

He is the only one eating it...

Any thoughts?

[ReapersHowler]

www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/3228/chilli-con-carne

If he likes spicy food

Then buy him a cook book and tell him to cook his own meat from now on.

[angel0071987]

Fry some onions off in oil/butter. Add the mince and cook until brown (no pink anywhere). Keep stirring it around to break up large lumps. Can then add a tin of tomatoes and any other veg you wish and herbs for flavour. Can also add celery with the onions.

[Battytwatty]

Can’t he do it himself ??

[LordProfFekkoThePenguinPhD]

Sadly he is in middle of his exams or I would have said he should do it himself! I’m being nice 🙄!

[notatwork]

You're a lovely parent.
As a veggie are you able to touch mince? If so I'd prpcess it until smoothish with chopped onion and a good tablespoon of dried sage or rosemary and lots of salt and pepper, then shape into balls and cook on a greased dish in a hot oven until browned and cooked through.
Meanwhile make up your usual tomato pasta sauce.
Serve meatballs piled on oiled spaghetti topped with a ladle of sauce.

[notatwork]

Or sweat off onions and carrots in a little opil, then add mince and break up while browning: let the meat and onions caramelise a bit to bring out the flavour. Stir through a tbs of flour, then add a mug of water, while scraping down all the caramelized bits to make a meaty gravy. Simmer this for as long as it takes to make a pan of mash.
Put meat in casserole dish, top with buttered mash and fork it over, then cook in medium oven for 40 mins to soften the mince and brown/crispen the top of the mach.

[LordProfFekkoThePenguinPhD]

Luckily I’m not squeamish - my mum would eat meat raw when she was chopping it up!

[notatwork]

Or follow instructions as for meatballs above but add garlic and oats too, (lots of seasoning) then press into a greased/lined loaf tin and cook in the oven: serve meatloaf with veggies and gravy.

[LordProfFekkoThePenguinPhD]

All sounds quite yummy! I’m just drying off some onions in butter (heavenly smell) and see where we go from there!

[babysharkah]

Mackerel or mince??

[LordProfFekkoThePenguinPhD]

The mackerel was from my other thread from the weekend (I am humouring the exam-ridden boy at the moment).

Well it certainly is... something! Smells rather nice!

[LordProfFekkoThePenguinPhD]

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[LordProfFekkoThePenguinPhD]

I think it needs carrots. Can I add carrots now?

[notatwork]

yes but chop them small: usually you add them before the mince.
They'll take a while to cook. Is that a ragu type pasta sauce you are making?
garlic?

[LordProfFekkoThePenguinPhD]

It’s a type of pasta sauce I think! He loves rice though but I can’t see how that would work (unless it was chilli).