EASY SALISBURY STEAK

Take a walk down memory lane and have a very comforting 30 minute meal.  Maybe your mother made this on a weeknight.  Everything is so expensive now, including groceries.  Salisbury steak is made with ground beef and tastes as good as a meatloaf, but cooks much faster. 

Patties

½ cup plain bread crumbs

½ t garlic powder

1 T ketchup

1 egg, whisked

½ t sea salt

½ t fine ground pepper

1 ½ lbs. lean ground beef

Gravy

1 T oil

8 oz. white mushrooms, wiped clean, trimmed, and thinly sliced

1 small onion, cut into circles

1 T unsalted butter

1 T flour

2 ½ cups beef broth

1 T ketchup

1 T Dijon mustard

1 T Worcestershire sauce

Freshly chopped parsley, for garnish

In a medium size bowl, combine the bread crumbs, garlic powder, ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, Dijon, whisked egg, salt, and pepper.

Add the ground beef and combine.

Form into 4 equal patties.

Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat.

Add patties and brown well on each side, about 4 minutes per side.

Transfer to a platter and set aside.

In the same skillet, add the sliced mushrooms and onion rings.

Brown over medium heat for about 8 to 10 minutes.

Add the butter and flour and cook a couple of minutes.

Add the beef broth, ketchup, mustard, and Worcestershire sauce.

Mix until smooth, and bring to a low simmer.

Return the patties to the gravy, spooning some sauce, mushrooms, and onions on top of the patties.

Simmer for about 5 additional minutes until gravy is thickened.

Spoon over mashed potatoes with a sprinkling of fresh chopped parsley.

Serve with a green vegetable or salad.

Serves 4