Cube Steak with Gravy

Cube steak is covered generously with mushroom gravy and cooked until tender in the crock pot or oven. This is one of the easy family meals that my mom has made for decades.

Cube Steak with Mushroom Gravy

Tender beef covered in a simple gravy makes some of the best comfort food our family eats! With only four ingredients this meal can be mixed up in five minutes and then cooked in the oven or a slow cooker.

Whether you like to serve over Farmhouse Mashed Potatoes, Garlic Red Potatoes, Creamy Potato Bake or a package of instant potatoes cube steaks and gravy pair really well with mashed potatoes. A green vegetable like Bacon-Onion Green Beans or a bag of frozen green beans can round out the meal.

My mom got this recipe from a cookbook our elementary school PTO put together in the early 90s. She uses round steaks or any kind of cheaper steak that needs to cook low and slow for a long time to get tender.

The brown gravy is made with cream of mushroom soup, dry onion soup mix, and a package of brown gravy mix OR a package of mushroom gravy mix.

One of my mom’s tricks is to double the amount of gravy so that the steaks are fully covered in gravy.

Cube Steak in the Crock Pot

Cube steak laid in a single layer, covered with gravy in the crock pot cooks on low in 3 to 4 1/2 hours.

I find the crock pot to be the best way to make cube steaks.

Cube Steak in the Oven

The key to baking tender cube steak is to keep the pan covered TIGHTLY with foil or a tight fitting lid.

There is plenty of moisture in the gravy, the key is to hold it in the dish and keep the cube steaks covered with sauce and soup as it cooks.

My mom prefers to make cube steaks in the oven.

Ingredients Needed to Make Cube Steak & Gravy

• Cube steaks
• Cream of mushroom soup
• Package dry onion soup
• Package brown gravy mix or mushroom gravy mix
• Water – soup can of water

Storage & Freezing

Cooked cube steaks with gravy can be stored in the refrigerator in an air tight container for up to 3 to 5 days.

The dish reheats well and can be frozen in an air tight container for up to 3 months.

Tips for Making Cube Steak

• Keep covered tightly to hold in moisture while cooking
• Put cube steaks in a single layer in the baking dish or crock pot
• Cube steaks can be substituted for round steaks or any kind of steak
• Brown gravy mix can be substituted for mushroom gravy mix, or recipe can be doubled and one packet of each used
• Dry onion soup mix can be substituted for onion flakes
• Gravy recipe can be doubled for gravy lovers

Cubes Steaks & Gravy Recipe

Place cube steaks in a single layer in a lightly greased baking dish or in a lined or greased crock.

In a mixing bowl stir together gravy ingredients. Mix well.

Pour that beautiful brown gravy over the steaks.

If needed use a spoon to spread the gravy around so that every bit of meat is covered with moisture.

Cover the baking dish tightly with foil.

Bake in a 325°F oven for 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 hours until tender. OR cook in a crock pot on low for 3 to 4 1/2 hours.

Steaks are done cooking when they are fork tender. Serve warm over mashed potatoes and spoon the extra gravy over top of the finished plate.

This is such an economical way to feed the family warm and delicious food!

Other Easy Family Meal Ideas:

• Creamy Pork Chop Casserole combines pork chops, Swiss cheese, stuffing and white wine to make a very enjoyable casserole!
• Baked Mostaccioli is an easier version of lasagna that everyone in the family enjoys!
• Kielbasa and Sauerkraut is always eaten on New Years Day and our family enjoys it all year around.
• Smothered Pork Chops is a simple recipe that easily gets five stars!
• Farmhouse Pot Roast is one of our all-time favorites. It’s truly a one-pot meal.
• Salisbury Steak is another comfort food that looks so good!