Bierock Casserole - Low Sodium Style

When my husband was diagnosed with Meniere's Disease we had to find a way to cut back on our sodium.  I have learned that cooking fresh foods is not so hard and so much better for us.  I put several recipes together and came up with this casserole.  If you are allowed you may use salt but I chose to use "no salt" for us.

First of all, make a dough using the following recipe.

1 cup warm water
1/4 cup sugar
1/3 cup oil
2 T. yeast
Mix the above ingredients in a large bowl and let stand for 15 minutes or until the yeast mixture begins to get bubbly.

1 tsp. salt or "No salt" or leave out salt (your choice)
1 egg, beaten
Stir in salt or substitute into the yeast mixture.

3-1.3 cup flour
Gradually add flour.  Dough will be sticky, and enough flour to make it manageable.  Once the dough was manageable I used my hands and kneaded it in the bowl for a minute or two.  Cover with towel and let dough rise in bowl for 10 minutes. 

Meanwhile, begin making your filling.

I began by making some cream of mushroom soup.

Chop up:

1 leek or 2 T. or onion.

This was one leek.  I chopped up the entire leek using The Pampered Chef 5" Santoku knife, good for dicing, chopping, mincing and slicing.  It is priced at $53.00 in the Spring/Summer 2014 catalog.

I then measured 8 oz. of fresh mushrooms.

Using The Pampered Chef digital kitchen scale, $40.00 in the Spring/Summer 2014 catalog. I placed a measuring cup on top of the scales and zeroed it out.  I then added mushrooms, 8 oz. of them!  Using the same 5 " knife a cut the slices of mushrooms into smaller pieces.


2 T. of butter was melted in The Pampered Chef 11" all white ceramic covered skillet, ($100.00).
Once melted the leek/onion was added along with the mushrooms and then I used The Pampered Chef amazing garlic press to press 2 cloves of garlic.

Isn't that amazing!!!!  I have never had a garlic press work so well.  This Garlic Press can be found in the Spring/Summer 2014 catalog at the price of  $17.50.  

I cooked all of this until the onions were tender.  I then added 2 T. of flour to the onion, garlic, and mushroom mixture.  I gradually added 2 cups of low sodium chicken broth and cooked until it begin to thicken.  

I used The Pampered Chef Easy Read Measuring Cups which comes in a set of 1, 2, and 4 cups for $24.00 in the Spring/Summer 2014 catalog to measure the broth.  I also measured 1 cup of fat free half and half with the two cup easy read measuring cup.  These measuring cups are nice because you can read from the top to see how much you have rather than bending down at eye level to read the measurement.

I added an additional 1 T. flour to this half and half and gradually added it to the mixture in the skillet.  I continued to cook this on the stove, stirring often, while I started on the filling for the bierock casserole.  I also added 1/2 tsp. of no-salt, 1/2 tsp. of pepper, 1/8 tsp. red pepper flakes, and 1/4 tsp. nutmeg for some additional flavoring.

The next dish to feature is The Pampered Chef Rock Crock $115.00 in the Spring/Summer 2014 catalog.  One of the newest products of The Pampered Chef line is the wonderful Rock Crock.  This can go in the oven, stovetop, broiler, grill, and is even dishwasher safe!!!!! 

I began browning 1-1/2 lbs. of hamburger meat in the Rock Crock using the Mix 'N Chop $11.50 in the Spring/Summer 2014 catalog.  This is one of our most popular products!  It separates your meat and allows for great frying of that hamburger meat.  If the meat is a little frozen it breaks it up nicely. I then added the remaining leek that I chopped up earlier and using the same knife I shredded   2 - 3 cups of cabbage and added it to the hamburger after it was fairly well cooked through.  

Once this was cooked I drained it using The Pampered Chef new Mini Drain 'N Scoop, $6.50 in the Spring/Summer 2014 catalog.  

I added this all to the soup mixture cooking in the other skillet.  I rinsed out the Rock Crock and prepared it for the dough.  I oiled the dish and took half of the dough and pressed in the bottom of the dish and then placed the hamburger mixture on top of it.  I then took the rest of the dough and worked in into a flat top portion and pushed it down on the sides to meet the dough from the bottom.  1 cup of cheese, velvet or cheddar can be added to this but I left it out because of the sodium.

I covered this with a towel for about 20 minutes and the placed in the preheated 350 degree oven for 20 minutes.

This was the finished product.

Served and ready to eat!

You may think some of these products are very expensive.  For me, they weren't.  As a consultant we have the opportunity to get many of our products at reduced rates and even free as incentives and as a hostess I have received many of my products for free or at a drastically reduced rate.  If you are interested in being a consultant or a hostess I would love to visit with you about these great opportunities.  The Pampered Chef is a wonderful way to earn a little extra money while having fun with wonderful people!

Sheila Koop

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