Barbecue Cups
This is a two-sided recipe card published by General Mills. I have no idea which side the card was saved for. I'll eventually make both sides but today I'm making Barbecue Cups and trying to appease my picky eaters.
I always use the pre-minced garlic that you buy in a jar from the produce section. Admittedly, I don't worry much about cross-contamination. I frequently dip a measuring spoon into multiple spices. After chopping the onion (estimating 1/2 c. by eyeball) I just dipped the knife into the garlic and pulled out about 1 tsp.
I browned all the meat, then pulled some out for the Sensory Challenged, before adding onions and garlic. I measured the barbecue sauce into a 1/2 cup measure but it was starting to look like a lot so I stopped short, added a dab to the plain meat, and stirred it in. I made the meat earlier in the day and stored it in the refrigerator.
When it was time to cook dinner, I made the biscuit cups. I used Pioneer Baking Mix instead of Bisquick because it was significantly cheaper.
Since the recipe specified cold water I got it from the fridge dispenser.
I tried mixing with a whisk but it all got globbed up inside so I cleared that out with a fork and then used the fork to finish the mixing.
I actually preferred the fork for mixing. It was a little chunky so I scooped some out with my hands and rolled into a ball which I put in a muffin cup and then spread it out with my fingers.
About half way through I thought it was too dry so I added a little more water. Maybe too much because then it got too gooey to work with my hands so I scooped with a spoon and used the back of the spoon to spread around the muffin tin.
There was a tendency to get holes in the bottom. I worried they would fall apart when eating but they didn't.
Some of the cups seemed a little short but I only had enough for 11 so there wasn't much I could do.
My mother always told me if you had empty tins to put water in it so it doesn't dry out. I've never investigated the science behind that claim, but I do it because it's easy and my mom told me to.
Ready for the oven: four on the left with no cheese, four in the middle as the recipe states, three on the right with no onion or garlic (and the one tin of water).
I had quite a bit of filling left over so I'll find another use for it.
As with anything new and unusual, I expected complaints - but got none! (Neither did I get any praise - but no complaints is a good meal.)
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