"Tastee" Sandwich

If you have grown up, lived, or traveled to the Midwest, this recipe is from a popular restaurant that was in Lincoln, NE. I've been told it's an acquired taste, but having grown up on them, I love them! It's a loose meat sandwich. Use a slotted spoon to portion out the meat. Serve on buns with mustard and sliced dill pickles.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 40 mins
• Total Time: 60 mins
• Calories: 182 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 cup warm water
• ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1 cup minced onion
• 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1 tablespoon prepared mustard
• 5 teaspoons salt
• 1 tablespoon creamed horseradish
• 4 ounces ketchup, or more to taste
• 5 pounds 85% lean ground beef
• 1 teaspoon monosodium glutamate (such as Ac'cent®)

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Combine ketchup, salt, mustard, horseradish, Worcestershire sauce, and ground black pepper in a 1-cup measuring cup. Add more ketchup if combined ingredients don't equal 1 cup. Stir until well mixed. Place ground beef in a stock pot; pour ketchup mixture over the ground beef.

Step 2

Fill the same measuring cup with warm water. Stir to loosen any fine seasoning remaining; pour into stock pot. Stir onion into ground beef mixture; add monosodium glutamate. Mix until ingredients are well combined.

Step 3

Cook and stir the ground beef mixture over low heat until the ground beef is finely crumbled, about 15 minutes. Bring to a boil; cook until flavors blend, about 25 minutes.