Midwest Swiss Steak

"Of course this is major comfort food. There are a lot of swiss steak recipes, many quite similar -- this is a great traditional one, with nothing weird to be found in it. A family favorite which I very much recommend. It's best to use steak that is cut at least 3/4" thick."
 
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Ready In:
2hrs 50mins
Ingredients:
10
Serves:
6
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ingredients

  • 2 12 lbs round steaks, thick cut (trimmed and cut to 5-inch squares or triangles)
  • 1 medium onion, cut into rings
  • 2 fresh garlic cloves, minced
  • 14 cup butter
  • 12 cup canola oil
  • 1 (10 ounce) can cream of celery soup
  • 1 (10 ounce) can cream of mushroom soup
  • 10 ounces water
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon pepper
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directions

  • Rub the salt and pepper on to the cut steaks on one side only. In a large frying pan, pour in all the canola oil and half of the butter. Sear half of the steak meat and half of the raw onion rings over medium heat. When the steak is browned and the onions are tender (you can remove them at separate times as needed), sear the remaining steak and onions, adding the remaining butter.
  • Blend the soups and the water in a mixing bowl.
  • Place the browned steaks in a large oven-proof casserole dish after pouring in some of the soup mix to just cover the bottom. Drain the oil from the onions and spread them over the steak. Pour the remaining soup mix over the top.
  • The casserole should be covered with foil and baked for 2 1/2 hours in a pre-heated, 350-degree F. oven.
  • Serve with Yukon Gold mashed potatoes. The casserole generates adequate gravy.

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<p>I am a retired State Park Resort Manager/Ranger. <br /><br />Anyway, as to my years in the State Park System (retired now), I was responsible for 4 restaurants/dining rooms on my park and my boss at Central Headquarters said I should spend less time in my kitchens and more time tending to my park budget. I spent 25 years in those kitchens and worked with some really great chefs over those years, (and some really awful ones too!) <br /><br />I spent THOUSANDS of hours on every inch of that park and adjacent state forest (60,000 acres) and sometimes I miss it. But mostly I miss being in that big beautiful resort lodge kitchen. I miss my little marina restaurant down on the Ohio River too. I served the best Reuben Sandwich (my own recipe -- posted on 'Zaar as The Shawnee Marina Reuben Sandwich) in both the State of Ohio and the Commonwealth of Kentucky down there and sold it for $2.95. Best deal on the river! <br /><br />They (friends and neighbors) call my kitchen The Ospidillo Cafe. Don't ask me why because it takes about a case of beer, time-wise, to explain the name. Anyway, it's a small galley kitchen with a Mexican motif (until my wife catches me gone for a week or so), and it's a very BUSY kitchen as well. We cook at all hours of the day and night. You are as likely to see one of my neighbors munching down over here as you are my wife or daughter. I do a lot of recipe experimentation and development. It has become a really fun post-retirement hobby -- and, yes, I wash my own dishes. <br /><br />Also, I'm the Cincinnati Chili Emperor around here, or so they say. (Check out my Ospidillo Cafe Cincinnati Chili recipe). SKYLINE CHILI is one of my four favorite chilis, and the others include: Gold Star Chili, Empress Chili and, my VERY favorite, Dixie. All in and around Cincinnati. Great stuff for cheap and I make it at home too. <br /><br />I also collect menus and keep them in my kitchen -- I have about a hundred or so. People go through them and when they see something that they want, I make it the next day. That presents some real challenges! <br /><br />http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/parks/parks/shawnee.htm</p>
 
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