An Amy Classic

When I was in college, my friends and I didn't exactly eat like poor college kids. We ate well. One of my friend's favorite things to eat (and mine!) was beef tips and rice, just like my momma made it. You may have noticed I haven't really full-out fried anything on here except the fried mac and cheese...and this. Here's the dish:

1/2 lb beef stew meat
3/4 cup flour
1 tablespoon House Seasoning from Fairy Godmother Paula Deen
1 cup veggie oil
1 packet brown gravy mix-prepared like the packet says

1. In a large frying pan, heat your veggie oil at a medium-high heat.
2. While the oil is heating, combine flour and house seasoning and flour the beef stew meat. Coat it well!
3. Place ONE tiny piece of meat in the oil and as long as the oil bubbles around the meat you're ready to go. If the meat just sits there in the oil and absorbs the oil, wait a little longer. If the oil isn't hot enough, your meat will get soggy and greasy. BLECH!
4. Brown the meat in the oil, stirring and rotating occasionally. After the meat has started to brown, pull out a larger piece and cut it open. When it's nice and brown throughout, it's cooked.
5. Place all the meat on a paper towel to drain. Set it aside for a few minutes while you do the next step.
6. Empty the oil out of your pan and wipe it down....no floaters in the gravy! Mix the gravy in the pan, just like it says to on the packet. After it starts to thicken a bit, add the meat back to the gravy and mix it all up.
Serve it over rice or even butter noodles. But, call your momma and tell her you're making this before you get started so she knows to expect to be slapped. It really is slap-your-momma good.

Happy Cooking, Y'all!


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