Iowa Loose Meat Sandwiches

Name: Iowa Loose Meat Sandwiches
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 1 pound, 85 percent lean ground beef; 1/4 cup, water; 1 tablespoon, yellow mustard, plus extra for serving; 1 teaspoon, sugar; 1 teaspoon, salt; 1 teaspoon, pepper; 1/2 cup, finely chopped onion; 4 , hamburger buns; Sliced, dill pickles

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Appears in Cook's Country August/September 2014

Main Courses

Beef

Sandwiches

If you don’t think a steamed ground beef sandwich can be delicious, one bite of this simple, savory midwestern classic will quickly change your mind.

SERVES4

TIME25 minutes

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

People from central Iowa know this sandwich (a simple affair of steamed ground beef topped with mustard, pickles, and onions, served on a soft hamburger bun) as a Maid-Rite, after the Maid-Rite chain that made it famous. To achieve the sand...

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