Tinned corn beef

[DXP55]

Don't ask !!

I found a tin in cupboard in kitchen -It is in it's last use by date year so thought let's see what corned beef tastes like !!
Went on youtube and found loads of ways to cook it or eat it out of tin so picked easy one which was slice it and fry it in pan till brown. Now -Either I cooked it too long or not enough -Should I have put loads of chilli and other spices in it to mask the taste.
I had it with a few chips and omelet -loads of sweet chilli sauce helped a lot.

What did i do wrong other than open the tin?

 

[jpaul]

only way to 'cook' corned beef is use it in corned beef hash fried onions/garlic + mashed potatoe + cubed corned beef, fried as patties till golden.

 

[mithrandir]

I make corned beef fried rice with mine.

 

[robj20]

I just eat it cold straight out of the can.

 

[dave28]

Who knows, I eat it cold and love it

 

[robfosters]

In America, corned beef is called Bully beef.

Personally, I think it’s horrific stuff.

 

[adidan]

Corned beef hash or just sliced cold in a butty

 

[Ninco!]

With tinned corn beef I always break the seal when trying to use the key to open. So, when I do buy, I tend to buy sliced, albeit it's a rip off. Does tinned go off?

I always thought it was the type of food to buy when preparing for a nuclear holocaust.

Corned beef sarnies with tomato, it's one of my guilty lazy sandwiches.

@robfosters genuinely surprised.

 

[bjorkiii]

In America, corned beef is called Bully beef.

Personally, I think it’s horrific stuff.

Form it into a sausage shape slip it in a wrap coat it in parsley sauce . Jobs a good un .

 

[Bubo]

I still have scars across three knuckles on my right hand from trying to open a tin of corned beef was I was like 8. Went right down to the bone, or it looked like it at the time. To this day I recall this whenever I open a tin and take extra care. I do love corned beef though, mainly in sarnies, or a slab of it with a baked potato and some piccalilli.

 

[Gray2233]

Corned beef and mashed potato pie is easy and tasty, I like to add chunky bits of onion. It works well as a dinner type meal, gravy and veg sans extra potato. Don't season it with salt as there's already a fair amount, white pepper is good though imo.

 

[BUDFORCE]

Corned beef hash.

You can make a nice pie with corned beef as well.

 

[tom_e]

This thread has reminded me I've not had tinned corned beef since I was a kid and this must change

 

[koolpc]

In a sarnie with tomato sauce or brown source.

Corned beef kept in fridge a few days first as i love it cold! From the tin!

 

[tom_nieto]

Corned beef and Branston pickle sandwiches are awesome.

 

[Raymond Lin]

Fried a bit of it, crack an egg. Flip. Slice of cheese. Now make a sandwich.

 

[Rroff]

Only time I ever have it is cold sliced with salad cream in sandwiches and not that often. It generally doesn't taste great cooked.

 

[Raymond Lin]

Side point, I find corned beef weirdly expensive. You’d think being in a can, processed mashed beef that could be any part left over of the cow would mean it’s cheap but it is anything but. You can get a pack of fresh sausages (supermarket brand) for less.

 

[Philtor]

My folks always liked it in a sandwich or in mash.

I spent years believing it was horse meat lol I think it’s nice but. Better than Spam

 

[Mr Badger]

only way to 'cook' corned beef is use it in corned beef hash fried onions/garlic + mashed potatoe + cubed corned beef, fried as patties till golden.

^This.

I've never liked corned beef much, particularly cold in sandwiches, but a good corned beef hash is great.

I make it a bit differently as I keep the potatoes in small cubes after boiling rather than mashing them before frying (they do mush up in the pan anyway). Worcestershire sauce and plenty of fresh cracked black pepper are also essential ingredients, plus I tend to slip some carrot into the mix.