Easy Swiss Steak Food

EASY SWISS STEAK

Steps:

• Swiss the steak: Use a meat tenderizer mallet to poke holes into each slice of steak on both sides. You can also do with a fork or pairing knife.
• Dredge through flour: Generously salt the beef slices with salt and pepper. Add the flour to a shallow bowl. Dredge each piece of beef well in the flour.
• Sear the steak: Heat 2 tbsp of the olive oil in large, deep skillet over medium-high heat. Add the dredged beef to the skillet and cook for 4-5 minutes per side, or until seared and well browned. Remove the beef from the skillet and set aside.
• Sauté onion: Add the remaining tbsp of olive oil to the skillet along with the onions. Cook for 3-4 minutes, until they soften and get translucent. Add the garlic and cook for 30 seconds or until aromatic.
• Add the rest of ingredients: Stir in the tomato paste and cook for 1 minute, then add the diced tomatoes, broth, Italian seasoning, and Worcestershire sauce. Stir everything together well.
• Braise: Bring the mixture to a boil, then reduce the heat to a simmer. Add the beef back to the skillet and make sure it's fully submerged. Cover and cook for 1 1/2 hours, or until the sauce has reduced to your liking and the beef is tender. Stir occasionally.
• Finish & serve: Taste for seasoning and add salt and pepper if needed. Garnish with parsley and serve.

EASY SWISS STEAK

Steps:

• In a large nonstick skillet, brown cube steaks on both sides in oil over medium-high heat; remove and set aside. In the same skillet, saute the onion, celery and garlic for 3-4 minutes or until tender. Add the tomatoes, tomato sauce and bouillon. Return steaks to the pan. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 1-1/4 to 1-3/4 hours or until meat is tender. , Combine cornstarch and water until smooth; stir into tomato mixture. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened.

SWISS STEAK

Steps:

• Cut beef into 6 serving pieces. In small bowl, mix flour, mustard and salt. Sprinkle half of the flour mixture over 1 side of beef; pound in with meat mallet. Turn beef; pound in remaining flour mixture.
• In 10-inch skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Cook beef in oil about 15 minutes, turning once, until brown.
• Add tomatoes and garlic to skillet, breaking up tomatoes with a fork. Heat to boiling; reduce heat. Cover and simmer about 1 hour 15 minutes, spooning sauce occasionally over beef, until beef is tender.
• Add water, onion and bell pepper to skillet. Heat to boiling; reduce heat. Cover and simmer 5 to 8 minutes or until vegetables are tender.

EASY AND QUICK SWISS STEAK

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a skillet over medium heat. In a bowl, mix the flour, salt and pepper, and paprika. Dredge the steaks in the flour mixture, and place in the skillet. Brown steaks on both sides, and remove from heat.
• In a slow cooker, alternate layers of steak, green bell pepper, red bell pepper, onion, and tomatoes.
• Cover, and cook 6 to 8 hours on Low, until steaks are very tender.

SWISS STEAK

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
• Cut the meat with the grain into 1/2-inch thick slices and season on both sides with the salt and pepper. Place the flour into a pie pan. Dredge the pieces of meat on both sides in the flour mixture. Tenderize the meat using a needling device, until each slice is 1/4-inch thick. Dredge the slices on both sides once more and set aside.
• Add enough of the bacon drippings or vegetable oil to just cover the bottom of a 4 to 5-quart Dutch oven set over medium-high heat. Once the oil begins to shimmer, add the steaks to the pan, being careful not to overcrowd. Cook until golden brown on both sides, approximately 2 minutes per side. Remove the steaks to a plate and repeat until all of the steaks have been browned.
• Remove the last steaks from the pot and add the onions, garlic, and celery. Saute for 1 to 2 minutes. Add the tomato paste and stir to combine. Next add the tomatoes, paprika, oregano, Worcestershire sauce and beef broth and stir to combine. Return the meat to the pot, submerging it in the liquid. Cover the pot and place it in the oven on the middle rack. Cook for 1 1/2 to 2 hours or until the meat is tender and falling apart.

EASY SWISS STEAK

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Cut beef into serving size pieces and arrange in 2 quart baking dish.
• Top beef with carrots and onion.
• In a bowl, combine gravy, tomatoes, 1/4 teaspoon thyme and pepper; mix well.
• Pour gravy mixture over meat and vegetables.
• Cover with foil.
• Bake for 2 hours.
• Make the instant garlic mashed potatoes as instructed on the package, adding 1/4 teaspoon thyme and dried parsley.
• Uncover meat, top with dollops of potatoes (you can pipe the potatoes on top to make it prettier if you want).
• Bake uncovered an additional 20 minutes until potatoes are just light brown.

EASY SWISS STEAK

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Using a meat mallet, pound meat to ½″ thickness.
• Combine flour, paprika, garlic powder, pepper & salt to taste. Dredge meat in flour mixture.
• Heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil over medium heat in a dutch oven. Brown steaks on each side (adding additional olive oil if needed). Set aside.
• Place onion & carrot in the bottom of the pot. Top with browned steaks.
• Add remaining ingredients except for cornstarch. Cover and cook for 2 ½-3 hours.
• Serve over mashed potatoes.

SWISS STEAK QUICK AND EASY

Steps:

• Heat oil in a Dutch oven over medium heat. Dredge steak strips in flour. Working in batches, place strips in hot oil. Fry until browned on both sides. Remove to a warm platter. When all meat is browned, return meat to Dutch oven, and stir in onions, mushrooms, salt, pepper, gravy mix, and stewed tomatoes. Bring to a boil, then simmer about 30 to 45 minutes.
• About 20 minutes before steak is finished, fill a large pot with water and bring to a boil. Add pasta, and cook until al dente, about 8 to 10 minutes; drain.
• Serve Swiss steak over noodles.

OLD-FASHIONED SWISS STEAK

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 F/165 C.
• If needed, add another tablespoon of the remaining oil to the pan to cover its bottom.
• Enjoy!

SUPER EASY SWISS STEAK

Steps:

• 1. In a covered casserole, place half of the tomatoes from the can.
• 2. Place the meat on top of the tomatoes. If the meat pieces are too large for individual servings, cut to size.
• 3. Sprinkle all of the seasonings on top of the meat.
• 4. Drizzle with some olive oil.
• 5. Add the remaining tomatoes on top.
• 6. Bake covered in a 325 oven for 1 1/2 hours to 2 hours.
• 7. Serve with mashed potatoes or buttered noodles and a fresh vegetable.

EASY SWISS STEAK

Steps:

• Heat oil over medium-high heat in a deep 10" or 12" skillet. Add onions and carrots, and sauté until onions are tender. Stir in garlic, and cook 1-2 minutes longer.
• Lightly sprinkle both sides of cube steaks with salt and pepper or seasoned salt. Place meat on top of onions and carrots. Pour tomatoes over the meat.
• Stir tomato paste, beef broth, and oregano together in a small bowl with a fork. Pour over meat.
• Reduce heat to medium and simmer for 1 1/2 to 2 hours. Cover skillet mostly with a lid, making it a little offset so steam can escape and the sauce can reduce but tomato sauce doesn't splatter all over your stovetop.
• Serve over rice, potatoes, or noodles.

INSTANT POT SWISS STEAK RECIPE

Steps:

• Thinly slice the steak and set aside.
• Peel and chop the onion and chop up the green peppers and set aside in a separate bowl.
• Mince the garlic cloves and set aside.
• Mix dry ingredients together except the corn starch (1 teaspoon of sea salt, 1 teaspoon of garlic powder, 1 teaspoon of ground black pepper, 1 ½ teaspoons paprika), and season both sides of the steaks. (Reserve extra seasoning mix to season the sauce at the end.)
• Lightly dredge the steak with corn starch on both sides.
• Select the sauté setting on the Instant Pot. Add 2 tablespoons of olive oil and when it's hot, brown the steak on both sides, one minute per side. Don't overcrowd the pot; brown the steak in two batches.
• Transfer the steak back to the Instant Pot, and add the other ingredients in this order: 1 cup of unsalted beef stock, canned tomatoes, the green bell peppers, onion, garlic, and black pepper.
• Seal the lid on the Instant Pot and select the option to pressure cook on high.
• Set the timer for 30 minutes.
• When the timer goes off, do a natural release, which will take around 10 minutes.
• Hit cancel and twist valve to venting position to release remaining pressure.
• Open the lid and remove the steak onto a platter.
• Select the sauté feature on the Instant Pot
• To thicken the sauce, take half a cup of the cooking liquid and put in another bowl.
• Whisk in 1 tablespoon of corn starch or flour into cooking liquid. When the mixture is well dissolved, add back into the pot. Stir to combine.
• Cook until sauce reaches the consistency you like, about 5 minutes.
• Taste the sauce and adjust the remaining seasoning.
• Stir the 2 tablespoons of Worcestershire into the sauce.
• Place mashed potatoes, cooked egg noodles, or rice on a plate if using for serving.
• Place the Swiss Steak on top with some of the tomato gravy sauce.
• Chop up parsley and sprinkle over dish for garnish before serving.

SKILLET SWISS STEAK

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 200 degrees F.
• Sprinkle steaks with 1/4 teaspoon salt and pepper. Place flour in a shallow dish and dredge the steaks in it.
• Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to medium and cook the steaks until browned, 2 to 4 minutes per side. Transfer to a baking sheet and keep warm in the oven.
• Heat the remaining 1 tablespoon oil in the pan over medium-high heat. Add onion slices and cook, turning once and pressing with a spatula a few times, until browned on both sides, 4 to 6 minutes total. Stir in bell pepper, separating the onion rings as you stir, and cook, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables are tender, 3 to 4 minutes. Stir in garlic, thyme and the remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt; cook, stirring, for 15 seconds. Add tomatoes with their juice and Worcestershire. Cook, stirring, breaking up the tomatoes and scraping up any browned bits, until thickened, about 5 minutes. Serve the sauce over the steaks.

EASY SLOW-COOKED SWISS STEAK

Steps:

• In a large shallow dish, combine the flour, salt and pepper. Cut beef into 2 portions; add to dish and turn to coat. , Place onion in a 3-qt. slow cooker coated with cooking spray. Layer with the beef, celery and tomato sauce. Cover and cook on low until meat is tender, 6-8 hours.

EASY SWISS STEAK RECIPE

Steps:

• Season the meat with salt, pepper and garlic powder, and lightly dust with cornstarch on both sides
• Add olive oil to Dutch oven or large skillet, and brown meat on both sides over medium high heat
• Stir in peppers, onions and celery
• Pour crushed tomatoes and beef broth over meat, stir, cover, and let simmer on medium low heat for at least 2 hours, stirring occasionally
• Serve over cooked rice, mashed potatoes or egg noodles, or with side of vegetables

SKILLET SWISS STEAK

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to warm (roughly 200F).
• Melt 1 Tbsp butter in a large, cast iron skillet over medium high heat.
• Mix the flour, salt, and pepper together on a large plate. Dredge the cube steak by pressing it into the flour to coat it lightly.
• Place the dredged steak into the hot skillet and cook the steak 3-4 minutes on each side, reducing the heat to medium if the pan gets too hot. Once the steak is cooked, transfer it to a serving platter (or 8x8 baking dish) and place it in the oven to stay warm.
• Add the remaining 1 Tbsp butter to the skillet. Once the butter is hot, add the sliced celery, onion, and garlic. Sauté over medium heat 5 minutes, or until softened.
• Add the tomatoes (with their juice), Worcestershire sauce, flour, and thyme. Mix well and bring the sauce to a simmer over medium high heat. Simmer the sauce until thickened 3-5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
• To serve, spoon the vegetable mixture over the cooked steak.
• Serve with mashed potatoes*, pasta, or rice.

EASY SWISS STEAK MONTEREY

Steps:

• Combine first 3 ingredients.
• Dredge cube steak in flour mixture.
• Heat oil in a dutch oven over medium-high heat; add steak, in batches, and cook until no longer pink.
• Return all steak to pot.
• Stir in tomato sauce and soup mix; bring to a boil.
• Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 15 minutes.
• Remove steak to serving platter, reserving liquid in pot; keep warm.
• Stir sour cream into tomato mixture; simmer, stirring constantly, until heated. Do Not Boil.
• Serve over steak.
• To Freeze: Combined the flour, garlic and pepper and dredged the cube steaks.
• Fry the meat quickly in the oil to brown and crisp rather than cooking.
• Set aside to cool.
• Add the tomato sauce and soup mix to the pan and cool.
• Freeze the meat and sauce in separate ziplok bags.
• To Serve: After thawing add the meat and sauce to the pan.
• Simmer for 15 minutes or until the meat is heated through.
• Remove the meat and add the sour cream.

SWISS STEAK

Steps:

• Cut steak into serving-size pieces. Season, to taste, with garlic powder, salt and pepper. Dust meat with flour. In heavy skillet, brown both sides of meat in vegetable oil. Transfer to Dutch oven. Combine garlic, tomatoes, onion, bell pepper and 1 tomato-can measure of water. Pour over steak and simmer over low heat until meat is tender, about 1 1/2 hours, adding water if necessary to keep meat partially covered. Season, to taste, with additional salt and pepper. Hint: Cook this in a slow-cooker, according to manufacturers instructions, on low for a most fabulous dinner. Low heat on a slow cooker is about 200 °F and high heat on a slow cooker is about 300 °F.
• Note: to ensure tenderness, it is necessary to have the butcher run the round steak through a cuber.

SWISS STEAK

Steps:

• 1. Cut cubed steaks into large serving pieces. Mix together salt, pepper and garlic powder. Season steaks on both sides.
• 2. Dredge steaks through the flour. Shake off excess flour. Heat 1/3 cup cooking oil in large skillet.
• 3. Brown steak pieces on both sides in the oil. Remove to a clean platter. Turn heat to medium in the same skillet.
• 4. To the warm skillet, add minced garlic, onions and can of diced tomatoes. Mash the tomatoes, slighty, with a fork. Add the onion soup mix and water. Stir to combine. Add browned steak pieces along with any juices back to the skillet. Stir to coat the meat with tomato mixture. Cover and lower heat to low.
• 5. Simmer the steaks on low for 1 and 1/2 hours stirring frequently.
• 6. Season with more salt and pepper if desired. Serve with rice, mashed potatoes or noodles.