Description
This is of German origin, and I have never seen it anywhere except in the Greater Cincinnati Metro area. I typically make this once a year when winter is coming. To serve, slice into thin slices and fry like bacon.
Ingredients
- 3 quarts water
- 2 tablespoons salt
- 2 teaspoons ground black pepper
- 5 cups steel cut oats
- 2 pounds ground beef
- 2 pounds ground pork sausage
- 2 large onions, finely chopped
- ¼ cup cooking oil
Instructions
- Bring water
- salt
- and pepper to boil in a slow cooker set to High. Stir in steel cut oats
- cover
- and cook 90 minutes.
- In a large bowl
- mix beef
- pork
- and onions. Stir into the oat mixture
- and reduce heat to Low. Cover
- and continue cooking 3 hours
- stirring occasionally.
- Transfer the mixture to a medium baking pan
- and cool until semi-solid. Turn out onto wax paper
- and chill 1 hour in the refrigerator
- or until firm.
- Heat oil in a large
- heavy skillet over medium high heat. Cut the refrigerated mixture into thin slices. Cook slices one at a time in the heated oil until evenly brown.
Prep Time: 5 hrs
Cook Time: 10 mins
Total Time: 6 hrs 30 mins
Servings: 20