So you checked the freezer to get something for supper and were surprised to see how many moose- and/or bison-burger packages were still there—but just under what you needed for supper. And some or maybe all of it is from last year (but, wrapped properly, it will be fine for some time yet). Burgers are great, but if served too often, they lose their appeal. There are a number of meals using this meat, but the following two suggestions are really quite simple and can be frozen in meal-sized portions for future use.
Burger Soup/Tasty Meatloaf
Ingredients
- #1: BURGER SOUP
- Simple and ready to eat in less than 2 hours. Recipe is for 1 lb of meat, so multiply if using more.
- Ingredients for 1 lb meat
- 1 lb meat
- 1 cup each of chopped carrots onion and celery
- 6 cubes beef bouillon 5 cups water (or equivalent stock)
- 1 can tomato sauce 8 oz
- 1 can diced tomatoes 16 oz
- 1 tsp each of salt and basil
- 3 Tbsp ketchup
- 1 10- oz pkg. frozen corn niblets
- #2: TASTY MEATLOAF
- Very easy and ready to eat in 1 1/2 hours. Recipe is for 1 1/2 lb meat, so multiply if using more.
- Ingredients for 1 ½ lb meat
- 1 1/2 lb meat
- 1 egg
- 1 onion chopped
- 1 cup each of milk and dried bread crumbs
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 2 Tbsp brown sugar
- 2 Tbsp prepared mustard
- 1/3 to 1/2 cup of ketchup
Instructions
- Burger Soup
- Brown the meat and frain off the fat if using beef or generously-fatted game meat.
- Add all of the above ingredients, bring to a boil and reduce to a simmer for at least 1 1/2 hours.
- Tasty Meatloaf
- Mix the meat thoroughly with first 4 ingredients and place in a lightly greased 5- x 9-inch loaf pan.
- Mix the brown sugar, mustard and ketchup together, then pour over the meat.
- Bake at 350 F (175 C) for 1 hour.
- You can add zucchini strips on top of 2/3 full pan, then cover with remaining meat.
- Leftovers can be frozen in sealed plastic containers or Zip-Lock bags. The Zip-Lock bags seal very well but are fragile when frozen, so careful handling is necessary to avoid freezer burn (drying due to moisture leakage). These bagged packages can also be placed in a large-enough protective container (lid not essential) to prevent them from being damaged by contact with other freezer contents.
