Sunday, March 29, 2009

Easy Cube Steaks and Gravy

I love recipes that don't require alot of prep work or alot of effort. This has always been one of my favorite meals to make. Cube Steak scare a lot of people because if it's cooked wrong, it can be really tough and gross. This is a great recipe for tender cube steaks, and it's easy on the wallet (bonus).

Cube Steaks (2-4)
1 pkg. of Lipton Onion soup
Water
Cornstarch

I love my skillet, it's a great tool for this recipe. I place my Cube Steaks (thawed) in my skillet. Pour water over your steaks and into the skillet so there is about 1/4'' of water in your skillet for the steaks to slow cook in. Add your Lipton Onion Soup right on top of the steaks and surrounding the steaks into the water. I cook my steaks on the lowest setting for about 30 minutes, and I check them about every 10 minutes just to make sure the water hasn't been absorbed/evaporated. Flip about half way through cooking, to cook other side. If there's not enough water just keep adding water to keep the steaks moist. Once the Steaks are cooked through. Take 1-2 Heaping Tablespoons of cornstarch and add it to some water. Remove your steaks and slowly pour your cornstarch mixture into your skillet to mix with the Lipton Onion mix (this will make the most heavenly gravy for your steaks). Once you have poured the cornstarch mixture in and mixed it with a whisk, you can place your steaks back into your skillet for about 5 more minutes, or until your gravy is thickened to your liking. I love to serve this with my favorite potato recipe and favorite side veggie.

Note: I cook 2 Large Cube Steaks for this recipe, but there is a lot of flavor with a full package of Lipton Onion, so you can stretch one package of Lipton Onion for about 4 cube steaks, any more than that, I would add an additional package of Lipton Onion Soup.

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