Old Fashioned Country Style Steak..

[danemodsandy]

Al:

Champ is wonderful, but please tell me you have a fondness for colcannon! That is Ireland's most wonderful dish.

For those who've never had the pleasure - colcannon is cooked cabbage (or kale) mashed up half-and-half with potatoes. Some cooked leek goes in as well. Lots of milk and butter, and it's sooooooo good.

 

[perc-o-prince]

Aunt Jean's

Hans,

IIRC, when done with tomato like she does, we call that Swiss Steak in these parts. Haven't had that since my mother made it in the electric skillet in the '70's!

Chuck

 

[58limited]

vacbear58

I hand mash my potatoes using my mom's old hand masher. I came across that recipe years ago watching a cooking show, it was around St. Patrick's Day so I'll bet they were doing an "Irish Week" but I don't recall. It is the only way I make mashed potatoes now: If I'm going through the effort to make mashed potatoes, it is not much more effort to chop some scallions and simmer some milk. I like them with cream gravy but I eat them with melted butter too. I use salted butter which is enough salt in the recipe for me and I usually do not add pepper.

 

[alr2903]

Chuck,  our family calls it Swiss steak as well.  IIRC,  Mom used celery too.   Arthur

 

[kevin313]

Hans,

Looks so good! This isn't a dish you see much here in Michigan, but we have always prepared "Swiss steak" with cube steak that was dusted in flour and pan fried. Thanks for this and the electric skillet is the perfect appliance for this dish!!

 

[xraytech]

This looks great Hans,
I love cube steaks this way, I lightly brown mine in a scant amount of oil then I simmer in electric skillet in beef broth with mushrooms and onions for about two hours, I then thicken with corn starch and add a bit of gravy master

 

[nurdlinger]

Help me out here

I just recently acquired an electric skillet so I have no experience using it. What temperature setting, in degrees, do you (any of you) use to brown the steaks and if it is different what setting for cooking them in the gravy? Thanks.

 

[norgeway]

I usually..

Brown them on 325 to 350 then turn to the simmer or about 225 position,OHHH the mushrooms would be good, I also have made it with a couple cans of Golden mushroom soup in the crock pot..

 

[perc-o-prince]

Arthur- I don't remember celery, but that would be good! Funny- with gravy it was Country Fried Steak, but with tomatoes it was Swiss Steak.

Sam/Hans there anything with brown gravy that isn't better with mushrooms and onions in it?

Chuck

 

[58limited]

I've made it with mushrooms, I highly recommend it.