Chipped Beef on Toast, commonly known as “SOS”, is a combination of dried sliced beef with cream gravy and served on toast points or biscuits.
Chipped Beef on Toast
By Sue Lau | Palatable Pastime
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Chipped Beef on Toast is my recipe of the day for the blogging event Brunch Week. Your favorite bloggers have been posting together each year the best in foodtastic breakfast recipes. This is the final day and we all hope you have enjoyed our posts.
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My recipe is a retro classic. I am not entirely certain, but I think it originated in WW2 as a military food. Possibly because dried beef was easy to ship along with troops.
It has always been loved, despite the rude moniker of “SOS” which describes it as “slop on a shingle” or perhaps another “S” word more uncouth than that. One that inspires giggles and takes absolute bravery to stand up to the name with a smile and a clean plate.
I’ve noted in the recipe and will here as well that the jarred beef is saltier than the little packets of thin beef you can get in the deli. So don’t add salt until tasting the gravy after you add the beef. You can always add more but you can’t take it out. I don’t care what people say about adding sugar, potatoes or old shoes to remove salt or cayenne pepper. Those are old wives tales as the saying goes. 😉
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Chipped Beef on Toast
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Chipped Beef on Toast
Chipped Beef on Toast
Ingredients
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 cups whole milk
- 4-1/2 ounces dried chipped beef (1 jar Armour dried beef, chopped)
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 teaspoon Cajun seasoning
- 6 slices toast or biscuits
Instructions
- Heat butter in a skillet and add flour, stirring until well mixed.
- Cook for a minute or two to cook out raw flour flavor.
- Add black pepper and Cajun seasoning along with cold milk all at once.
- Stir until mixture begins to boil (over low heat).
- Add beef and allow to boil one minute and thicken.
- Serve gravy mixture over toast points (cut diagonally in half) or biscuits, as you prefer.
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I love chipped beef on toast. But I’ve never made it. I’m definitely trying this recipe for breakfast!
The recipe sounds good, especially with Cajun seasoning. But how much milk is used for the gravy. I don’t see it listed in with the other ingredients.
Sorry about the typo. It should be 2-21/2 cups whole milk. Start with 2 adding the other half cup if it is too thick.