Savory Swiss Steak Recipes

SAVORY SWISS STEAK

Steps:

• Cut round steak or cube steak into 6 or more serving size pieces.
• Salt and pepper steak pieces.
• Combine flour and dried mustard; then coat steak pieces with flour mixture.
• Using a large frying pan, brown the meat in 1 tablespoon of oil and 1 tablespoon of butter.
• Transfer to a crock pot.
• Heat remaining oil and butter in the same frying pan.
• Add onion, carrots, and celery. Saute until vegetables are glazed.
• Add tomatoes, Worcestershire, and sugar. Heat, scraping up drippings from bottom of pan.
• Pour vegetable mixture over the meat in the crock pot.
• Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours, or until tender.
• Serve meat with vegetable sauce over top. Sprinkle with chopped parsley as garnish, if desired.
• Note: I won't claim that this is the most beautiful looking dish in the world but even the kids loved it once they got past their initial wrinkled nose inspections. It sure does smell good while cooking though.

SO-TENDER SWISS STEAK

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°. In a large shallow dish, combine flour, salt and pepper. Pound steak with a mallet to tenderize. Add meat, a few pieces at a time, and toss to coat., In an ovenproof Dutch oven, brown steak in oil on both sides. Arrange onion slices between layers of meat. Add water and Worcestershire sauce. , Cover and bake 2 to 2-1/2 hours or until meat is very tender. Remove to a serving platter and keep warm. , In a small bowl, combine flour, salt, pepper and broth until smooth; stir into pan juices. Bring to a boil over medium heat; cook and stir 2 minutes or until thickened. Serve steak and gravy with noodles or mashed potatoes, if desired. Freeze option: Freeze cooled beef mixture in freezer containers. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Heat through in a covered saucepan, gently stirring and adding a little broth or water if necessary.