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Barbecue Beef Muffins

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Putting barbecue sauced ground beef, cheese, and biscuits together in a muffin tin makes an easy alternative to a traditional sloppy beef sandwich. However, these barbecue beef muffins are easy to store, transport, and reheat making them a great item for next day lunches.

The original recipe was in one of my compilation cookbooks. After making it once as written, I noticed that I ended up with a lot of leftover barbecued ground beef. I recommend using two tubes of biscuits if using a pound of ground beef or just use less ground beef. If you use 3/4 of a pound of ground beef, you do not have to make any adjustments in the measurement of other ingredients. If you are making less than 3/4 pound of ground beef, you best be served by proportionally reducing the sauce ingredients.  If using the large muffin tins/large biscuits, 3/4 or 1 pound of meat will make just the 10 biscuits…you may get another 5 if using 1 pound.

I did make a few other changes to the recipe by adding other ingredients that I would use in barbecue sauce. If you want the more simplified original version just omit the honey (use more brown sugar instead), onion powder, and Worcestershire sauce.

Recipe: Beef Barbecue Muffins

Ingredients:

  • 1 or 2 tube refrigerated biscuits
  • 1 lb. ground beef (ground chicken or turkey could substitute)
  • salt, to taste (if desired)
  • 2 Tbsp. brown sugar
  • 1 Tbsp. honey
  • 1/2 tsp. chili powder
  • 1/2 c. ketchup
  • 1 Tbsp. cider vinegar
  • 1/2 tsp. onion powder
  • 1/2 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 c. shredded cheese (any cheddar works well)

Instructions:

  1. Brown ground beef, adding salt if desired, and drain.
  2. Combine ketchup, brown sugar, honey, vinegar, chili powder, Worcestershire sauce and onion powder with the ground beef in the skillet. Cook over medium heat until well incorporated…about 5 minutes.
  3. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (350 if using dark muffin tins).
  4. Spray or grease muffin tins.
  5. Separate individual biscuits from tube.
  6. Flatten and shape into circles that are larger than the individual muffin tins.
  7. Press a biscuit into the bottom and up the sides of each tin.
  8. Add the meat mixture to each biscuit-lined tin.
  9. Top with cheese.
  10. Bake for 17 to 20 minutes or until golden brown.
  11. Cool for a few minutes before removing from tin.
  12. Serve warm.

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Recipe by Paula, A Simple Home Cook.

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