Stewed Brisket Beef and Beans (Sour Bean Stew)

Ingredients

• 2 lbs. brisket beef
• 6 cloves
• 1 peck French beans
• 1 tablespoonful brown sugar
• 1 cupful vinegar
• 2 onions

Method

1. 1

   Cut the beef into large pieces, put on to boil slowly; watch, and as the scum and fat rise, skim; allow it to boil with the onions for four hours, pepper and salt to taste; cut the beans, not too fine, and put them with the meat about three quarters of an hour before it is required for use.

2. 2

   When the beans are sufficiently cooked, put in the vinegar and sugar, thicken with a little flour; allow all to simmer until required.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 4 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Mrs. Maclurcan's cookery book (1899) by H. Maclurcan, page 40. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

STEWED BEISKET BEEF AND BEANS (Sour Bean Stew). 2 lbs. brisket beef 6 cloves \ peck French beans 1 tablespoonf ul brown sugar 1 cupful vinegar 2 onions

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