Cube steak recipes
Posted by Hans Dekker
Are you searching for some new and exciting cube steak recipes?
Well, first lets look at why cube steak is so popular. Cube
steak or minute steak, as some people may call it, comes from
the butcher tenderizing round steak before packaging. This is
done by using a butchers tenderizer. It does not take long to
cook this time of steak hence came the name minute steak.
There are many different cube steak recipes from countries all
over the world. Since the steak has been tenderized already you
do not have to worry about pounding, marinating, or anything
else to make your meat tender before preparing. It can be used
to fry, grill, in a crockpot or broiled. Just remember not to
overcook the meat. This can cause it to become tough and
rubbery.
Here are a couple of cube steak recipes you must try for a new
treat. The Island Cube Steak recipe will give you an exciting
new way to prepare cube steak and will have your tastebuds
asking for more. The ingredients you need are 1 ½ pounds of cube
steak, ¼ cup vegetable oil, water chestnuts (usually one can
drained, but you can also use fresh), 1 green pepper sliced, 1
small onion cut into slices, 1 pound of fresh sliced mushrooms,
salt, and around 8 ounces of beef gravy. You can purchase the
gravy already prepared or make your own. Cut the cube steak into
small strips and heat the vegetable oil over medium high heat.
After the oil is warm add the steak, onion, green pepper,
mushrooms, and salt. Cook totally until the meat is brown
stirring consistently. When the meat is browned, drain and add
the water chestnuts and your brown gravy. Cover the skillet and
simmer for 1 ½ to 2 hours, stirring every once in a while. You
can serve this delectable meal over the show mien noodles.
Everyone seems to love steak fingers and you will be able to
find many variations of cube steak recipes for steak fingers.
With steak fingers you can prepare all types of different sauces
that your company is sure to enjoy. This recipe would be great
for when the guys are over watching the big game. What you
will need to prepare this meal is cube steak cut into strips, 2
cups of flour, salt, pepper, 2 tablespoons of seasoning salt
(one that has paprika), 2 eggs, and ½ cup of milk. Mix together
the flour, salt, pepper and seasoning salt and pour onto a
plate, blend the 2 eggs and ½ milk together in a bowl large
enough for dipping the steak fingers. Now, dip the steak strips
into the egg mixture and then roll in the flour mixture. Fry in
a skillet on medium until golden brown. Serve with your favorite
dipping sauce.
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