Poor Mans Hamburger Steaks Food

POOR MAN'S STEAK

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine water, cracker crumbs and salt; add beef and mix well. Press into a 15x10x1-in. baking pan lined with waxed paper. Cover and refrigerate overnight. , Cut the meat into 12 squares. Coat each square lightly with flour. In a large skillet, cook over medium heat in oil, a few pieces at a time, until a thermometer reads 160° and juices run clear; drain. , Remove waxed paper from the baking pan; spread the soup in bottom of pan. Place meat squares in a single layer over soup. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 10-12 minutes or until heated through; Spoon some soup over each meat square.

POOR MAN'S HAMBURGER STEAKS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a large bowl, mix together the ground beef, crackers, milk, pepper, salt, garlic powder, and Italian seasoning. Form 6 or 8 large beef patties, and place in a 9x13 inch baking dish, or other shallow casserole dish. Pour the condensed soup evenly over the top of the patties, and sprinkle canned mushrooms over the top. Cover the pan with a lid or aluminum foil.
• Bake for about 45 minutes in the preheated oven, or until beef patties are well done.

AMISH POOR MAN'S STEAK

Steps:

• Mix ground beef, milk, saltine cracker crumbs, onion, salt, and black pepper in a bowl. Shape mixture into a narrow loaf and place onto a baking sheet; cover and refrigerate 8 hours to overnight.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cut loaf into 1-inch-thick slices and sear the 'steaks' in the hot skillet until browned, 2 to 3 minutes per side. Insides will still be pink. Arrange slices in a roasting pan. Spread mushroom soup over steaks.
• Bake steaks in the preheated oven until mushroom soup is bubbling and meat is no longer pink inside, about 1 hour. An instant-read meat thermometer inserted into the center of a meat slice should read at least 160 degrees F (70 degrees C).

POOR-MAN'S STEAK (IE: STUFFED HAMBURGER)

Steps:

• Grill the onions, bell peppers & jalapenos on a griddle coated with bacon grease & set aside.
• Season ground beef with 1 teaspoon salt, 1/2 teaspoon of pepper & 1/2 teaspoon onion powder.
• Separate the 2 lbs of ground meat into sections of just under 1/4 lb each, resulting in 10 halves (5 burgers).
• Flatten meat sections & add the sautéed peppers & onions to the middle of half the patties. Add a small cube of cheese on top of the sautéed veggies.
• Fry each side until done - about 5-6 minutes each side.
• Serve them on a bed of fried potatoes and ladle on brown gravy.

OLD-FASHIONED POOR MAN'S STEAK

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine cracker crumbs, water, salt and pepper. Crumble beef over mixture and mix well. Press into an ungreased 9-in. square pan. Cover and refrigerate for at least 3 hours. , Cut into 3-in. squares; dredge in flour. In a large skillet, heat oil over medium heat; add beef and cook until browned on both sides, 2-3 minutes on each side. , Transfer to a 3-qt. slow cooker with a slotted spatula or spoon. Add soup. , Cover and cook on high until meat is no longer pink, 4 hours. Serve with mashed potatoes or noodles.

POOR MAN'S CHICKEN FRIED STEAK

Steps:

• Heat a small amount of oil in your pan for frying.
• Mix up meat and salt and pepper form into patties.
• Dip in the egg.
• Roll in cracker crumbs.
• Place in the oil and cook until needing to be flipped then flip and finish until desired doneness.
• Can be topped with mushroom soup for gravy or you can make a milk gravy.
• Other substitutions are adding garlic powder or onion soup mix or Worcestershire sauce.

HAMBURG STEAK AKA POOR MAN'S STEAK, GRANDMA'S

Steps:

• 1. Mix all the ingredient together. Then press into a large flat pan. Cover pan with foil or plastic wrap. Let this set overnight in the refrigerator.
• 2. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. When ready to bake cut in squares, dip each piece in flour and brown in a skillet with a little oil in it. Then put the browned pieces in a casserole.
• 3. Make gravy by combining 1 can cream of mushroom soup mixed with 1 can water. Pour gravy mixture over meat pieces and bake slowly (325 degrees) for 2 hours or until meat is done.
• 4. Grandma always served these with mashed potatoes and hot fresh yeast rolls.

POOR MANS HAMBURGER STEW

Steps:

• In a large stock pot brown hamburger meat and onions. Add the beef bouillon and brown gravy mix, mix well. Add the flour and mix. Add the water let simmer for ten to fifteen minutes. Add potatoes and carrots, let cook on medium heat for 30 minutes or until vegetables are tender.