Grandma Jean's Swiss Steak
 
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Recipe type: Beef
Serves: 6
Ingredients
  • 1 Cup Flour
  • 1 tsp. Salt
  • ½ tsp. Pepper
  • 2½ lbs. Top or Bottom Round Steak. sliced slightly thinner than ½"
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  • Oil for browning the meat
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  • 1 Large Onion, chopped
  • 10 oz. Button Mushrooms, sliced - optional
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  • 2 cans (10-12 oz each) Diced Tomatoes
  • 1 can Condensed Cream of Mushroom Soup
  • 1¼ cups water
  • 1 tsp. Thyme
  • 1 tsp. Salt
  • 1 Tbsp. Paprika - Optional
Instructions
  1. Mix flour, salt and pepper together in a wide, shallow bowl.
  2. Dredge beef pieces in the flour mixture to coat completely. Pound with a meat mallet or the side of a small, heavy plate until the meat is tender and has become about ¼" thick.
  3. Heat oil in a large dutch oven or heavy pot over high heat. Fry beef pieces, a few at a time, 2 to 3 minutes per side. Transfer to a plate when a browned on both sides. Continue till all the beef is browned.
  4. Add chopped onions and mushrooms- if using- to the now empty pot, stirring and browning them slightly for 3 minutes. When the onions are light golden in color spoon the mushroom soup into the pot, then top with 1 can of diced tomatoes.
  5. Return the beef to the pot. Add the second can of tomatoes, the water, then spices, and stir well.
  6. Bring to a full boil, then turn heat to low, cover and simmer for 3-4 hours till beef is tender. Check the pot every hour, stirring well. Let gravy thicken during the last hour of cooking. If the gravy looks too thin, remove the lid from the pot during that last hour to allow steam to escape.
Recipe by Dang Good Cookin' at https://danggoodcooking.com/grandma-jeans-swiss-steak/