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August 12, 2011
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Country-Style Cube Steak

Hearty Meat Dishes
Prep time:
14 minutes
cooking time:
15 minutes

Grandpa always said that plain good cooking like this never goes out of style.

Grandpa always said that plain good cooking like this never goes out of style.

Ingredients

Serves 4 

  • 1 medium onion
  • 1 medium green bell pepper
  • 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
  • 4 (4-ounce) cube steaks
  • 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 1/2 cup each ketchup and water
  • 2 tablespoons each cider vinegar and Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 tablespoon light brown sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
Directions
  1. 1

    Chop the onion. Cut the bell pepper into strips.

  2. 2

    Combine the flour, salt and black pepper in a shallow dish. Coat steaks with flour mixture.

  3. 3

    Heat vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add steaks, onion and bell pepper. Cook, turning steaks occasionally, until browned.

  4. 4

    Combine ketchup, water, vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, brown sugar and dry mustard in a small bowl and mix well.

  5. 5

    Add the ketchup mixture to skillet. Simmer, covered, until steaks are tender, about 15 minutes. Serve with hot cooked pasta.

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Grandma's Secret Tips!

Grandma's Secret Tips!

With just a couple of changes, Grandma altered this recipe to make something very much like pepper steak. She reduced the amount of ketchup to 1/4 cup, used soy sauce instead of Worcestershire sauce, and omitted the dry mustard and vinegar.

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