Wednesday, April 27, 2011

SMOTHERED SWISS STEAK


For dinner tonight I made Smothered Swiss Steak.   This was nothing less than awesome.   (don't be grossed out by the Brussels sprouts on the plate, and don't hate me.  I like 'em!)

Smothered Swiss Steak
1/2 tsp salt
6 cube steaks  (about 4 oz each)
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1 tsp pepper
1-2 TBSP garlic powder
5 TBSP olive oil
1 large onion  diced
1 green pepper, diced
1 (14.5 oz) can petite diced tomatoes
1 (12 oz) cola (I used Coke Zero because that's what I had on hand)
1 TBSP beef bouilon granules
2 TBSP Heinz ketchup
1 envelope dry onion gravy mix, or dry onion soup mix.
Sprinkle salt evenly on both sides of cube steaks.  Combine flour, pepper and garlic powder in a gallon size zipper type bag.  Shake the steaks in the bag to coat with flour.
Brown steaks (two at a time) in hot oil - abt. 3-4 minutes on each side.  When all steaks are browned, drain drippings reserving 1 TBSP oil in pan.
Saute' onion and bell pepper in drippings for about 7 minutes, or until tender.
Add diced tomatoes, cola, beef bouilon granules and ketchup.  Bring to a boil and cook until slightly thickened (about 5-6 minutes)
Return steaks to the skillet and cook for 55-60 minutes, or until tender. 

Enjoy!
I would love to hear back from you if you try this!  The cola makes it really tender. 

4 comments:

  1. Stopping by from #commenthour tonight! The swiss steak look so yummy! I'm not a brussel sprout person though & my hubs would never even try them! ha! Can't wait to check out even more of your recipes!

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  2. Steak smothered equals great idea!!!

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  3. Hi, it's Just One Donna from www.justonedonna.com visiting from comment hour. You are so right, real women DO eat!

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  4. Oh this is a keeper! I am looking for recipes right now and this one looks excellent especially since i have lots of cube steaks in the freezer.

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