Recipe: Yummy Swiss Steak

Swiss Steak. Frozen chopped bell peppers worked fine. For dinner tonight, try Alton Brown's Swiss Steak cutlets from Good Eats on Food Network, cooked in bacon drippings and smothered in an oniony beef gravy. In small bowl, mix flour, mustard and salt.

Tough cuts of meat go through a mechanical tenderizer, or a swissing machine, and come out the other end with cube-shaped indentations. In a large nonstick skillet, brown cube steaks on both sides in oil over medium-high heat; remove and set aside. Add the tomatoes, tomato sauce and bouillon. You can have Swiss Steak using 16 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Swiss Steak

1. It's 2 lbs of cubed steaks.
2. It's 1 cup of flour for dredging, reserve to make gravy.
3. Prepare 1 tsp of garlic powder.
4. You need 1 tsp of kosher salt.
5. It's 1 tsp of black pepper.
6. It's 1 tsp of dried oregano.
7. It's 3 tbsp of oil.
8. You need 1 of lg onion, halved and thin sliced.
9. Prepare 1 of green bell pepper, diced.
10. You need 4 stalks of celery, thin sliced.
11. It's 1 of jalapeno, seeds removed and diced.
12. Prepare 4 cloves of garlic, minced.
13. You need 1 (28 oz) of can whole tomatoes.
14. It's 1 cup of red wine.
15. Prepare 2 cups of beef stock.
16. Prepare of Salt & pepper.

Swiss steak is often confused with Salisbury Steak, but there is a difference between the two. A Salisbury steak is made with ground beef and shaped into a patty while Swiss steak is actually steak! Salisbury Steak generally has a beef broth based gravy while Swiss steak has a tomato based gravy. This fork-tender Swiss steak with rich gravy was an often-requested main dish around our house when I was growing up.

Swiss Steak step by step

1. Combine flour and spices to make dredge for meat. Dredge meat, shake off excess flour. Set meat aside. Save flour for later..
2. Heat oil in larger skillet on medium high. Brown. Meat on both sides. Set aside on plate..
3. To skillet add celery, onions and green pepper stirring to start cooking. Cook until soft about 5-7 minutes..
4. Add garlic and jalapeño, salt, pepper, garlic and oregano. Stir to combine. Cook for 3-4 minutes..
5. Add tomatoes, squish to break up..
6. Sprinkle flour mixture over vegetables and stir to combine. Cook 2-3 minutes to cook out flour taste. Add wine stirring to combine..
7. Add beef stock, stir to combine. Lower heat and simmer about 30 minutes or until gravy is thick and smooth and meat tender..
8. Serve over whipped potatoes or noodles. Enjoy..

Mom took pride in preparing scrumptious, hearty meals like this for our family and guests. —Linda McGinty, Parma, Ohio Swiss steak is a method of slow-cooking a relatively tough cut of beef, such as a round steak. The meat is browned, and then braised in a tomato sauce. Your family will enjoy this old fashioned Swiss Steak made the classic way with cubed steak and tomatoes. It's slowly cooked in the oven until fork tender. This recipe is a long-time family favorite from "First" magazine.