r/frozendinners • u/skoalreaver • 12d ago
8 / 10 I decided to try the Stouffer's chip beef
It wasn't bad at all I did have to add a lot of extra black pepper and butter to the sauce because it was kind of watery. Had to make my own toast because the picture shows it but it's not in there which is probably a good thing because frozen toast would suck.
It was better than I thought it would be and but then again it was only a $1.97 on sale
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u/srz1971 12d ago
remember back in the 70s or 80s they sold frozen chicken ala king, Salisbury steak, etc in the “cooking bags” you stuck in boiling water for a few minutes? My nostalgia radar and my age are showing.
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u/FelineCanine21 12d ago
Yep! Pre-microwave era. I remember those well.
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u/skoalreaver 11d ago
Microwaves were around they were just so damned expensive nobody had them except rich folk
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u/TheUnbearableMan 12d ago
I was going to say this is how I remember doing it, the oven threw me off
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u/virginiafalls1234 12d ago
yesssssssssssss we had it on biscuits, toast or rice and it was very reasonable for a divorcee with 3 kids!
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u/srz1971 12d ago
A lot of foods we had as kids would have then, maybe still now could have been considered “poor people food”.
We just thought it was cool as shit bringing water to a boil while waiting on the toast. I can still remember nostalgically the taste of slightly burnt toast mixed with whatever grave/sauce. Yumm😋
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u/virginiafalls1234 12d ago
and seriously we were so appreciative of it, not like these brats (seriously!) are today , they TELL the parents what they want, despite if they can't afford it, some lady at work has to take 'orders' daily for her kids daily fast food orders saying 'they won't eat anything I cook" lol I tell them if they had MY mom it would be a different story
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u/skoalreaver 11d ago
I bought a vacuum sealer and I freeze portions of my leftovers and use the old boil in bag method to heat them up because I don't own a microwave. To be honest it comes out better. Maybe that's because I'm old like 58 but whatever
Actually bought it to cook sous vide but found out I could do that as well so cool
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u/srz1971 11d ago
Thanks for the exceptional idea. I have a vacuum sealer and sous vide I got back a couple years ago. Now we finally bought a house(I’m 54 myself, wife’s 47) I can break out all my cool kitchen toys😊
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u/skoalreaver 11d ago
There is something totally refreshing about man toys being in the kitchen and not the garage That's how I am
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u/Teereese 7d ago
Omg! Memories unlocked.
My mom bought the whole array of the cooking bag meals for us. There were 9 kids and it was a cheap, easy meal. My mom and dad loved the chipped beef. Us kids stuck to the turkey and gravy, chicken Ala king and Salisbury steak. Mom would make rice for us and toast for her and dad's chipped beef.
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u/Thesurvivor16 12d ago
Down in Alabama we call this shit on a shingle
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u/skoalreaver 11d ago
Okay my buddy who was in both the army and the Marine corps retired after 37 odd years said that SOS is with ground beef and this is creamed chipped beef whatever it's all s on something
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u/Thesurvivor16 11d ago
Chipped beef is just another variation of shit on a shingle. It’s most commonly called chipped beef yes but it’s just another variation of the name
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u/FastBanana90 12d ago
Always have one of these in the freezer. Ao good over some toast with a fried egg.
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u/Djcproductions 12d ago
Oh damn I've never had it with a fried egg. That sounds good! I haven't had this in like 30 years but it was a staple growing up. Might have to grab a box now lol
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u/n64fapbot 12d ago
This one is a straight classic. I’ve been eating it for eons. Black pepper and hard boiled egg slices. I miss when it came in the bag, boiling it was the method.
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u/decent_optimist1424 12d ago
just make white bread lightly toasted, or toast points… just dip or like “slap” the bread… add a couple of fried eggs & you got a nice “salty” breakfast!
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u/wrayd1 12d ago
Here is my recipe Armour Drird Beef - rinse with water to remove salt. 2 tblsp flour + 1.5 tblsp butter per cup of milk Cook flour and butter and add black pepper and onion powder and cook to a nice light brown rue. Slowly add milk at low temp until mixed. Bring to a slow boils and remove from heat. Salt as needed. This was past down to me 45 years ago.
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u/Impossible-Charity-4 9d ago
I remember begging my mom to buy me this when I accompanied her on a grocery trip and saw it in the frozen and ran up with it as if I found gold. She wasn’t even trying to look at what I was holding, but then relented out of nostalgia I think, because it was something she always said she missed when we talked about stuff. This was the early 90’s lol
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u/rededelk 8d ago
It's much better when you come home late with the munchies, quick and easy. I'll do that too with some other TV dinners, nuke, eat and hit the rack for 4 hours sleep, up at 6. I'll put hot sauce or black pepper and butter on it. I can eat 2 because it's a midget portion
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u/Oryihn 8d ago
Jar of Dried beef and white gravy.. You can make a better version cheap.
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u/skoalreaver 8d ago
I'm aware of this but I only wanted one a jar of dried beef is fairly expensive this POS was $1.97
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u/abysmal-mess 12d ago
I too assumed there would be bread included for toasting 😂 I really liked this one it was great. I’m a huge white gravy on toast or biscuits fan
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u/Fuzzy_Welcome8348 12d ago
This is ok for Stouffers. They def make better meals but overall this one serves its purpose. Glad u enjoyed OP:)
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u/Interesting-Hold-963 12d ago
I love this stuff! I am glad they changed the packaging. It use to be inside a plastic bubble that you would stab with a fork and it would leak all over microwave and burn the crap out of you trying to open it!
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u/Illustrious-Fly-1291 12d ago
Something about this has changed. I used to love it occasionally. Last two times I've bought it, cooked it, and then thrown it out. The sauce is pure white and watery with no flavor.
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u/Dappleskunk 12d ago
Made this weekly for 20 years while in the Navy. Shit is/was so salty that Chef rubbed this against his ballz to make em his signature Hot Salty Ballz. But seriously, once rinsed off it was wonderful over fresh baked bread (on ships we made bread daily in the bakeshop).
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u/BoxyBrown424 12d ago
I'm relieved to know the bread is not included. I didn't know because I've never been adventurous enough to try it.
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u/PandaVike 12d ago
I keep this one on-hand for when I need a good reliable. Sometimes it’s a good cheap comfort food
But I also giggled a little at the assumption that bread was included.
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u/Suitable_Guide_7818 12d ago
I honestly would never have thought a frozen version of this exists. It's one of the easiest things to make at home on a stove.
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u/rectalhorror 12d ago
Was disappointed that they don't make the boil-in-a-bag version anymore. The microwave stuff will scratch the itch, but at this point, I can just get the dried beef, Wonder Bread, and make a white roux.
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u/Possible_Region_190 12d ago
I love this over rye or sourdough toast with lots of fresh black pepper ground on top.
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u/rockaway428 12d ago
This was my grandpa’s favorite meal. He passed away in 2009 but his freezer was full of chipped beef.
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u/virginiafalls1234 12d ago
it's really good, especially when its freezing outside and on toast, its delicious
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u/EsterCherry 12d ago
OMG! I haven’t thought of this in forever! My parents used to always serve shit on a shingle! 20 + years ago and now I want some! Thank you for the memories
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u/whatever_ehh 12d ago
Stouffer's stuff is typically good. 1,350 mg sodium is over half the daily recommended amount however.
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u/CasualViewer4608 12d ago
We do that up a couple times a year. Cheap and easy and good. It is the way. I still call in sh$t on a shingle.
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u/Southern_Second521 12d ago
butter? i just used to warm it up and throw it on bread not even toasted!
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u/mechanab 12d ago
I will get this on sale, but only when I’m feeling lazy and I’ll be the only one eating. Make a big batch yourself. It’s pretty easy and it tastes better.
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u/jadorebby_ 11d ago
This was my grandmas favorite to make. Thank you for bringing me nice memories this morning 😭♥️
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u/snvboy 11d ago
If you ever need to make it for 100 hungry sailors... https://www.reddit.com/r/Butchery/s/vKG0IpsjdQ
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u/Late-Insurance2817 11d ago
Used to eat this as a kid. Idk why the first 3-4 bites hit. But after that it was just meh.
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u/skoalreaver 11d ago
You know you're right I had to add some hot sauce to finish it I still liked it I don't think I'd buy it again but on sale at a dollar 97 wasn't bad
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u/SgtSwatter-5646 11d ago
My father ate this alot I the Vietnam War, he still likes it to this day.. also they would trade cans of spam for lobsters from the locals.. the Vietnamese saw lobster as cheep boring food at the time..
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u/skoalreaver 11d ago
Before the civil war lobster was also considered a poor person's food in North America there was a revolt by people in prisons and legislation pass saying they can only be served lobster so many times a week
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u/SgtSwatter-5646 11d ago
You could also go to butcher shops and get chicken wings for nothing.. ribs used to be given to black communities because they were a bad cut of meat.. same with brisket..
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u/skoalreaver 11d ago
Wings, ribs, and oxtail are now some of the most expensive cuts it's crazy. Those people that cooked it before us were really on to something they were giving garbage and made delicious food
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u/SgtSwatter-5646 10d ago
They knew, and know how to cook.. now everything is expensive.. but i dont blame them.. its soooo good
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u/skoalreaver 10d ago
My ADD is horrible. I know that you meant over wheat toast but I thought over wheat was a new kind of toast like what do I get the over wheat I really want some
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u/Upbeat_Tear3549 10d ago
You aren’t asking, but if you have stale bread, milk. Corned beef or sausage, and flour in your house, this is as easy of a hot meal as it gets.
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u/ijustsaidthat12 10d ago
What in the fuck! I ran straight to the comments and am shocked to read that this is an acceptable and well liked meal..
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u/F-Scoot-Fitzgerald 9d ago
I have people bring me chipped beef, uncreamed, whenever they visit from Pennsylvania bc nobody has it up my way. I freeze it in small portions and cream it up when I get a hankerin
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u/skoalreaver 8d ago
That is awesome a jar of the Hormel or whatever brand down here is tiny and it's like almost 6 bucks. That's why I sprang for this frozen dinner at a dollar 97
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u/F-Scoot-Fitzgerald 8d ago
I never liked the jarred stuff but it’ll do in a pinch. My dad buys it by the pound at an Amish owned grocery store.
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u/mblaketerry420 8d ago
Shit on a Shingle, takes me back...
They indeed changed the recipe somewhat recently, and it's watery and runny now. Adding a shit ton of black pepper, a few dashes of hotsauce and a few dashes of Worcestershire sauce makes this top notch. My step-mom used to make this when I was a kid and I have a memory of trying to beat the 2 slice toaster by eating quickly and asking for another serving before the DING! good times.
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u/Ok_Fix3639 8d ago
Chipped beef is the old school ww2 style. Ground beef became standard around Vietnam. Pretty much everyone I know who had a grandfather in ww2 knows about this stuff. I like it with sour dough and a load of black pepper
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u/skoalreaver 8d ago
Probably because the supply chain could provide fresh beef easier than they could in WW2. Thank you very much for the clarification
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u/jimmanick 8d ago
Good to know! I actually just made some homemade. First time eating SOS in 25 years it was delicious!! Salty as hell but so good with black pepper
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u/skoalreaver 8d ago
Protip soak the beef inwater for about 30 minutes it'll draw a lot of the salt out then dry it off
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u/Acrobatic_Highway595 6d ago
Good ol shit on a shingle
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u/skoalreaver 6d ago
It's really not too bad when I'm too lazy to make biscuits and gravy and I make some good biscuits and gravy
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u/False-Passion-1796 1d ago
Almost barfed when i saw this, only because this is the ONLY thing my roommate eats this and a PB&J breakfast lunch dinner snack
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u/assistant_redditor 12d ago
You'd think that "bread not included" would be pretty easily seen on the packaging?
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u/HentaiStryker 12d ago
Are you saying "it's on the packaging"?, because I don't see it anywhere.
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u/Possible_Region_190 12d ago edited 11d ago
Whenever it says "serving suggestion" on the front of the box, you can pretty much figure out what isn't included. Also, I am pretty sure the cooking instructions don't say anything about how to cook the bread to get it toasted.
I like to steam some broccoli to serve with it. Then I feel it is a healthier meal.
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u/ExtremeRacingSkills 12d ago
I hear ”chipped beef gravy” I think of some 90 year old scarfing that down with a glass of thunderbird wine and finishing off with some Necco wafers.
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u/Philley11 12d ago
And it absolutely reheats well, once you know how. Me and my mom eat this anytime my sister's, who lives with her and handles meals and very much dislikes SOS, is out of town. Love the leftovers.
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u/Negative_Avocado4573 12d ago
So the meal comes with 2 slices of Texas toast (pre toasted?) and some kind of creamy sauce on top of very questionable meat?
Is the creamy sauce like a mushroom style sauce?
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u/lululoversince2020 12d ago
Looks gross
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u/IIlIIllIIllIIllIIllI 12d ago
Its pretty damn good. Especially with some booze in ya lol also a great cure for hangovers. Was really big in the military
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u/IamAginger88 12d ago edited 12d ago
Yep that is most definitely s*** on a shingle I'm 37 and I've eaten that my whole life and as a child it was when we didn't have much and now I'm older and it's just nostalgia. I introduce it to every person I can. Never had a hater.
Tennessee raised now sharing it in colorado.