Swiss Steak Recipe ~ Granny's Swiss Steak

This is comfort food at its best. My Granny makes it for me frequently when I visit. The sauce is good and thick. Serve with corn muffins.

Ingredients

• ¼ cup vegetable oil
• 4 (4 ounce) cube steaks
• ½ teaspoon salt, or to taste
• ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper, or to taste
• ½ cup all-purpose flour
• 1 green bell pepper, seeded and chopped
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 1 stalk celery, chopped
• 1 (6 ounce) can mushroom stems and pieces, undrained
• 1 (1 ounce) envelope dry onion soup mix
• ½ teaspoon dried oregano
• salt and pepper to taste
• 1 ½ cups tomato juice
• 1 cup ketchup

Cooking Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Dredge the cube steaks in a mixture of flour, salt and pepper, and brown them in the hot oil.
2. Arrange steaks in a 9x13 inch baking dish. Sprinkle the green pepper, onion, celery, mushrooms, oregano, and onion soup mix over the steaks. Stir together the tomato juice and ketchup; pour over everything in the dish.
3. Bake for about 1 hour in the preheated oven, or until the meat is cooked through, and the sauce is thickened.

Nutrition Facts

• calories412.8
• carbohydrateContent41.8 g
• cholesterolContent27.9 mg
• fatContent20.3 g
• fiberContent3.6 g
• proteinContent19.2 g
• saturatedFatContent4.4 g
• sodiumContent2188.4 mg
• sugarContent20.1 g