{"id":3352,"slug":"sweet-beef","title":"Sweet Beef","description":null,"ingredients_raw":["2 tablespoons bacon drippings or vegetable oil","3–4 pounds of beef chunks","1½ tablespoons butter","1½ tablespoons vinegar","2 tablespoons brown sugar","1½ tablespoons dry mustard","¾ teaspoons salt","¾ cup water","2–3 bottles chili sauce","1 dash of tobacco (optional)"],"ingredients_norm":["bacon drippings or vegetable oil","beef chunk","butter","vinegar","brown sugar","dry mustard","salt","water","chili sauce","tobacco"],"steps":["Add the bacon drippings/vegetable oil to a skillet over high heat. Add the beef to the skillet, and brown the meat on all sides. Do not cook completely through. Transfer meat to the slow cooker.","In a skillet, melt the butter. Add the onions, and fry until they begin to become transparent.","Combine all the ingredients except the meat in the skillet. Simmer for 10 minutes.","Combine all ingredients in a slow cooker. Stir together.","Cook on low for 2½–3½ hours.","Serve with mashed potatoes and honey carrots."],"categories":["Meat recipes","Recipes using beef","Slow cooker recipes","Main course recipes","Recipes using brown sugar","Recipes using butter","Recipes using chile paste and sauce","Recipes using vegetable oil","Recipes using mustard powder"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":null,"servings":null,"yield_text":null,"difficulty":"easy","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Sweet_Beef","source_ref":"4615133","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Sweet_Beef&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"2650e13c78f44d102144e98b79445cdaed6f66e265ec4b4351364cef0c58015e","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:26Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:26Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/sweet-beef"}