Name: Beef and Hominy Hash
Ingredients: 2 lbs shin beef, without bone; 3/4 cup hominy; Salt; Spice

Beef and Hominy Hash

Ingredients

2 lbs shin beef, without bone
3/4 cup hominy
Salt
Spice

Directions

Prepare

Cook the shin beef until tender, then chop it into small pieces.
In a separate pot, prepare the hominy according to package instructions.

Combine and cook

Combine the chopped beef and hominy in a skillet.
Season with salt and spices to taste.
Cook over medium heat until heated through, stirring occasionally.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

Explore the science

What each ingredient does

Shin beef: Becomes tender through long cooking and supplies the main savoury, meaty flavour of the hash.
Hominy: Adds a soft, starchy texture that bulks out the hash and absorbs surrounding flavours.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.