What goes in salisbury steak???

[muffyn]

I always use fresh bread crumbs and usually throw about 2 slices of bread in my little food processor. The meat is always a bit 'loose' feeling. I think it's the can of tomato juice, but it holds together well when cooking. I may try the green peppers. Can you tell me how you made the gravy?

you need to fry the meat in a pan that will leave bits of meat & droppings.
I poured off the grease ( which wasn't much) & then i added 2 cups of beef broth ( I used bouilion cubes). you heat this & scrape off the bottom of the pan till it all disolves ( I strained out some of the weird bits left). you now have an "Au Jus"

you are supposed to make a roux for thickening. the directions say 4 T. of grease from pan & stirring in 6 T. flour ( I had less than that in grease so added broth.. next time I will use greasier meat ) you stir all that together over heat till thickened (mine actually turned into one big glop,, so I need to work on this,, but it worked anyway)

then you take glops of the roux & add it to the Au Jus to thicken.. now it WILL thicken more when it cools, so think ahead.

I make really good turkey gravy,, this was the 1st time I was able to make a good brown gravy.

( I really need to find my saved episode from good eats on this one)

 

[disdanny]

I always thought it was just Salisbury and steak?

Mix them together and you're good to go.

 

[Mady/Sophiemom]

Finally! Somebody has asked for the recipe for something that I make really well! This is something that I'm frequently asked to bring to potlucks.

It's important to use ground sirloin or at least ground round. If you make brown gravy well, it would be even better with homemade gravy, but it's good even with gravy made from a mix.


Salisbury Steak


1 egg 1 lb. ground round
½ cup dry bread crumbs 1 package brown gravy mix
½ cup tomato juice 1 cup water
½ onion, chopped


Combine egg, bread crumbs, tomato juice and onion. Add ground round. Shape into oval patties and brown in skillet. Mix gravy mix and water, stirring until smooth. Drain grease off meat, add gravy, cover and simmer for ten minutes. Makes 4 servings.

I made this last night. It was yummy. Thanks so much