Iowa-Style Loose Meat Sandwiches - cooking recipe

Ingredients

Loosemeat
1 lb twice- ground beef
1 tablespoon dried onion flakes
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon sugar
2 teaspoons prepared yellow mustard
1 (12 ounce) bottle beer (not light beer)
Sandwich
4 hamburger buns, toasted if desired
chopped fresh onion
prepared yellow mustard
pickle

Preparation

In a skillet, brown the beef over medium-high heat, stirring to crumble; drain in a colander.
Return beef to pan; stir in onion flakes, pepper, salt, sugar, mustard, and beer.
Simmer, partially covered, over medium heat until liquid is evaporated (about 30 minutes.
To make a loosemeat sandwich: spoon beef into buns; serve immediately with chopped onion, mustard, and pickles.
Make sure everyone has a spoon so they can scoop up any stray beef that escapes.