Smothered Steak Deeply Southern Food

SMOTHERED STEAK

Steps:

• 1. Melt 1/4 cup of butter in pan over medium high heat. sprinkle steaks with salt and pepper and brown in butter. Remove from pan and set aside.
• 2. Add mushroom and onion to pan drippings and cook until tender.
• 3. Add remaining butter to pan to melt. Sprinkle flour over onion and mushrooms; stir well.
• 4. Gradually add consomme and wine. Cook until thickened, stirring constantly.
• 5. Place steaks in onion mixture; cover and simmer over low heat for 20-30 minutes or until steaks are tender. Serve over rice if desired.

SMOTHERED STEAK AND GRAVY

Steps:

• Cut round steak into serving pieces
• Heat bacon grease in cast iron skillet
• Season meat with salt and pepper to taste
• Brown both sides of round steak until nice and brown
• Transfer meat to a platter.
• Gravy
• Scrape the any of the drippings that are sticking to the bottom of the pan. Heat drippings over medium heat.
• Sprinkle flour onto the drippings. Quickly stir with a whisk or slotted spoon so that the flour gets incorporated in the drippings. Let the flour brown a bit, before adding liquid. (you can also start with a mixture of flour and water)
• Whisk while slowly adding liquid like stock or water to dissolve the flour into the liquid.
• Allow the gravy to simmer and thicken and continue to slowly add liquid until you have enough gravy to cover the browned meat.
• Season to taste with salt and pepper. (Always taste first before adding more salt! It may not need it.)
• Add the browned meat into the gravy, making sure the meat is covered. Cover pan and place in a low oven for several hours. May need to add some liquid to keep the meat covered.
• Make a pan of cornbread and a pan of rice. Serve and use gravy over the meat and the rice.

CROCK POT SMOTHERED STEAK

Steps:

• Put the steak pieces in a bag with the flour and shake to coat.
• Heat the vegetable oil in a large skillet or sauté pan over medium-high heat (or the crock pot insert if it is stovetop safe) and brown the steak pieces on all sides. Place the steak in the crock pot insert if you didn't use it for browning it.
• To the steak add the bell pepper, sliced onion, and drained sliced mushrooms, if using.
• Combine the tomatoes with the soy sauce, garlic powder, black pepper, and crushed pepper, if using. Pour over the steak and vegetables.
• Cover the slow cooker and cook on low for 6 to 8 hours, or on high for 4 to 5 hours.

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Steps:

• 1 In skillet, or Dutch oven, heat oil over medium-high heat. Saute onion until translucent; remove and set aside. 2 In same skillet, saute round steak until browned. 3 Meanwhile, stir together mushroom soup, onion soup mix, beef broth and 1 cup water until blended; add onion and pour over browned meat. Reduce heat, cover with tight fitting lid, and simmer for 45 minutes to 1 hour, or until beef is fork tender, or for Dutch oven, cover and cook in preheated 350°F oven for 1 1/2 to 2 hours.

SMOTHERED STEAK & GRAVY RECIPE

Steps:

• Cut steak into large chunks
• Toss steak in Worcestershire sauce and the seasoning salt
• In a shallow dish, pour in the flour, onion powder, garlic powder, and seasoning. Stir.
• Dredge the steak pieces in the flour. Coat all sides well; shake off excess
• Reserve the flour for later
• Heat oil in a skillet
• Add in the steak and brown on each side; 2-3 mins per side
• Remove the steak
• Add the butter into the skillet
• When the butter melts, add in the onion, bell pepper, and mushrooms
• Sprinkle with a pinch of salt
• Sauté until veggies soften; about 3 mins
• Sprinkle 3 TBS of the reserved flour used for dredging the steak
• Stir until the flour is no longer visible
• Pour in the sherry; stir
• Add in the beef stock and beef bouillon cube
• Bring to a simmer
• Return the steak back into skillet
• Reduce heat to medium low
• Stir, cover with the lid, and cook for 1 hour or until steak is tender.
• Add in the sour cream and stir until it dissolves
• Taste and add salt and black pepper as needed.
• Garnish with green onions
• Serve over garlic mashed potatoes or rice.
• Enjoy!

SMOTHERED STEAK

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Place steak pieces in baking dish and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• Mix soup, onion, water, and Worcestershire sauce and spoon over steaks.
• Cover with foil and bake for about 45 minutes.
• Serve with rice or mashed potatoes.

SMOTHERED ROUND STEAK

Steps:

• In a 3-qt. slow cooker, toss beef with flour, salt and pepper. Stir in all remaining ingredients except noodles., Cook, covered, on low until meat is tender, 6-8 hours. If desired, serve with noodles.

ONION GRAVY SMOTHERED STEAK

Steps:

• Pat dry steaks with paper towels; season steaks with garlic salt and pepper.
• Heat vegetable oil and 1 tablespoon butter in a large cast iron skillet over medium-high heat.
• Add steaks to the hot skillet and cook until browned and cooked to desired doneness; about 3 to 4 minutes per side for medium-rare steak. DO NOT crowd the skillet; cook two steaks at a time if skillet isn't big enough.
• Remove cooked steaks from skillet; set aside and keep covered.
• Set skillet back over medium-heat and melt remaining butter.
• Add in sliced onions and season with a pinch of salt; continue to cook for 10 to 12 minutes, or until onions are soft and caramelized. Stir frequently.
• Stir in minced garlic and season with Italian seasoning; cook for 10 seconds.
• Slowly add in beef broth and Worcestershire sauce; using a wooden spoon, scrape up the browned bits from the bottom of the pan. Bring mixture to a boil.
• Whisk in heavy cream and cook for 1 more minute.
• Reduce heat to medium-low; return steaks to the skillet and continue to cook for 2 more minutes, or until steaks are heated through, and sauce has thickened.
• Remove from heat.
• Garnish with parsley and serve.

SLOW COOKED SMOTHERED SWISS STEAK

Steps:

• To make the seasoned flour: In a small bowl mix together flour, 1 tsp Mediterranean seasoning and garlic salt. Dust the steaks with seasoned flour on all sides.
• Drizzle a large skillet with olive oil. Heat to high browning steaks on both sides for around 2 minutes per side. Do not cook through.
• Meanwhile, arrange green peppers and 1/2 of the onion on the bottom of the slow cooker. Sprinkle with garlic salt and black pepper to your taste.
• Arrange the steaks on top. Top with remaining onion. Drizzle with Worcestershire sauce.
• Deglaze skillet with fire roasted tomatoes, brown sugar, bay leaves, 3 tsp of Mediterranean seasoning, red pepper flakes and 3 Tbsp tomato paste.
• Season with garlic salt and black pepper to your taste. Scrape any brown bits off the bottom of the pan. Pour sauce over the steaks in slow cooker.
• Cover and cook on low for 6 hours or on high for 3-4 hours.
• May use tomato paste to thicken the sauce at the end of cooking, if desired.
• Serve over Swiss Cheese Mashed Potatoes, rice or egg noodles. garnished with fresh chopped parsley and a sprinkle of grated Parmesan or Swiss cheese.

SMOTHERED STEAK DEEPLY SOUTHERN

Steps:

• In small bowl mix 4 seasonings.
• Place flour in a flat surfaced dish (save unused flour for smothering).
• Sprinkle front and back side of each steak piece and rub deep into groves of steak.
• Heat oil to medium high in skillet (cast iron is best).
• Dredge each piece in flour, press in with finger tips. Re-dredge in flour again and place carefully in hot oil for 1 minute and then turn back heat to medium.
• Fry steak 4-5 minutes on each side. Remove, drain on a separate plate.
• Remove all but 2-3 Tbs of oil, over medium high heat, sprinkle with 3 Tbs flour, whisking until well mixed and roux browns.
• Add water, bouillon cube and remaining seasoning. Mix until gravy begins to thicken slightly. Test taste for spice as this is the time to adjust (salt or water).
• Replace steak back in gravy and spread onion rings over the tops.
• Cover and simmer 30-40 minutes.

SMOTHERED STEAK

Steps:

• Cut steak into serving portions, then pat steaks dry, set aside.
• In a small bowl, combine salt, black pepper, red pepper, garlic powder, onion powder; mix well and divide seasoning in half and place one half of the seasoning into a large baking dish.
• Use the remaining half of seasoning and season the portioned steaks on both sides.
• Mix together flour and seasonings in the baking dish, and dredge steaks on all sides, shaking off excess.
• In a cast iron or heavy bottomed skillet, heat vegetable oil over medium-high heat until it shimmers, then brown steaks on both sides in batches; transfer to a plate.
• Add onion to skillet and a little more oil (if necessary - about 1 tablespoon), 1/4 teaspoon salt, and 1/8 teaspoon pepper and cook over medium heat, stirring frequently and scraping up brown bits, until the onion is softened and golden browned, about 10 minutes.
• Stir in the minced garlic and continue to saute, stirring constantly, for about 30 seconds.
• Add steaks with any meat juices and beef broth, and bring to a boil.
• Simmer, tightly covered, over low heat until meat is very tender, about 1 1/4 hours. If sauce is thin, transfer meat to a platter and boil the sauce until reduced to about 1 ½ to 2 cups.
• Season sauce to taste with salt and pepper.
• Serve steak, gravy and onions over creamy mashed potatoes or hot cooked rice.