
It had been so long since I made Salisbury steak that my son could not remember when he last had it. I had forgotten how delicious this meal is, especially on freshly mashed potatoes.
Ingredients:
Steaks
1 lb ground beef
2/3 cup of bread crumbs
2 slices of bread ripped into fairly large pieces.
1 egg
1/2 cup milk
2/3 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1 tbsp onion powder
1 tsp Dijon mustard
2 gloves garlic mashed
2 tbsp ketchup
1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
2 tbsp peanut or high heat oil
~place bread crumbs in a mixing bowl, pour milk on, set aside.
Ingredients for sauce
1 500 ml jar of beef broth
1 beef bullion cube mashed
up to 1 lb of mushrooms sliced (amount of mushroom depends on how much you like them)
half medium onion chopped
3 ounces of butter
1 tsp Dijon mustard
1/4 cup flour
1/2 tsp of black pepper
~I always feel that especially when making a new recipe, get your ingredients prepped ahead of time. Saves you from being flustered as you go.
Method:
Mix all of your steak ingredients with your soaked bread crumbs, except for the peanut oil. Form 4 thick patties.
In a large fry pan (I use my cast iron for this one) heat the oil using a medium heat. Brown your patties on both sides. Remove from heat and set aside in a warm 170 degree oven.
In the same pan, add the butter, continuing with a medium heat, saute’ the onions and mushrooms until tender. Add the flour whisking and stirring and let it ‘cook’ for about 2 minutes. The flour will cling to the onions and mushrooms and that’s fine. Slowly whisk in the broth and you will have a nice gravy, thin it with water if needed but no more than half a cup. Now stir in all the other ingredients for the sauce.
Add the patties to the sauce, reduce heat to medium low, add a lid and let cook until the patties reach 165 degrees in the center. Occasionally check them, don’t let them scorch to the pan. I turn mine about twice and ladle sauce over them. (again, if you sauce does get too thick, you can add a little water)
Taste the sauce and add salt if needed. I usually do.
Serve with mashed potatoes.