Cubed Steak with Onion Gravy is a quick and easy meal that is an economical way to serve beef to your family. Cubed steaks are coated in flour and pan-fried. This country-style steak is covered in a super flavorful onion gravy that gets lots of onion flavor from not only a large sliced onion, but a packet of dry onion soup mix.
How To Serve
The whole meal can be made start to finish in about 20 minutes. I love to serve Cubed Steak with Onion Gravy over mashed potatoes to soak up all that yummy gravy with a side of peas. Are you a fan of peas mixed into your mashed potatoes? I love it!
What Is Cubed Steak?
Cubed steak is an inexpensive cut of meat that is cut from the top round or top sirloin. It is typically a very tough piece of meat but it has been tenderized to break up the muscle fibers. It is very recognizable because it has a waffled surface from the tenderizing process.
The pieces of cubed steak are dredged in a little flour that’s been seasoned with black pepper and garlic salt and then pan-fried in some vegetable oil. A cast iron pan is best, but any type of pan will work. The gravy is super easy to make from the pan drippings.
Cubed Steak with Onion Gravy is definitely worthy of a place on your regular dinner rotation!
Make It Spicy
To make this recipe spicy, add a pinch or two of cayenne pepper to the gravy.
Recipe Tip
If you need to watch your sodium intake, use low-sodium beef broth.
Storage
Leftovers can be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator for 4 days and reheated in a microwave.
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Cubed Steak with Onion Gravy
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 pounds cubed steak
- 1/3 cup flour
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/2 cup Vegetable oil
- 1 large onion,, sliced
- 1 (14-ounce) can beef broth
- 1 package dry onion soup mix
Instructions
- Combine flour, garlic salt, and black pepper in a pie plate or shallow dish. Dredge both sides of cubed steak in flour mixture.
- Heat oil in a large skillet (preferably cast iron) over medium-high heat. Add steak (cooking in 2 batches if necessary). Cook 5 minutes per side. Remove steak from skillet and set aside.
- If you want to thicken the gravy some, add a few teaspoons of leftover flour from dredging the steak to the drippings in the pan.
- Add onion, broth, and onion soup mix to the drippings in the pan. Use a wooden spoon to scrape up any browned bits stuck to the bottom of the pan.
- Bring to a simmer and cook until onions are soft.
- Return steak to pan to warm. Serve with mashed potatoes.
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Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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Originally posted February 25, 2018. Updated with new content.
Delicious! I added mushrooms to the gravy. This was a delicious meal.
Easy and delicious. Nice to find a recipe that does not have mushrooms. My children like this !
Love them. Now husband wants them all the time.
An awesome dish that is so tender and flavorful. Definitely would put in oven for 30 minutes to make sure steaks are super tender.
Had your Cube Steak with Onion Gravy. So Yummy. I did add more Onion & Beef Stock–Love Onion. Worked out great with a little more slurry of flour & water. Thank you for this wonderful & tasty meal. It was so easy & fast. Able to plan meal time. Will look at your other recipes and try some of
them.
“5 Stars”
Next time I make this I will try with rice.
This was really good. Different than how I was taught to make it but my husband liked this better. The Lipton packet gave the gravy great flavor.
First time ever cooking cube steak and using this recipe I did great and it tasted awesome with be saving for future use. I also will recommend to anyone.
This is an amazing recipe, I would add just one pointer. Cube steak is tough, so when it’s added back to the pan, it should simmer for at least another hour to promote the ultimate tenderness!
The steak turned out great, though I did add some extra seasoning to the meat before frying. Also the recipe did not specify as to whether or no to drain the oil before adding the broth and other ingredients.
Made this for my lady for supper when she got off work. Yummmmmmmy 😋 Thank you for the simplicity yet amazing recipe.