Crock Pot Cubed Steak with Gravy
I think my love for my slow cooker is pretty well known (well, at least to my family). It really is one of my most favorite kitchen appliances. It’s right up there with my stand mixer. It is the busy parent, busy worker, and beginner cook’s best friend. It can take a rather tough cut of meat, like what I am using in this Crock Pot Cubed Steak with Gravy recipe, and turns it into tenderness on a plate.
Give me the gravy
My favorite part of this recipe? The gravy. Oh mercy, the gravy. Me and gravy, it’s a love thang.
So if you love your crock pot like I do, you gotta give this one a try. The cubed steak comes out so tender and the gravy is thick and rich and goes perfectly with some egg noodles or mashed potatoes!
Ingredients:
1 packet of au jus gravy mix
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 can French onion soup
1/2 cup water
1 ½-2 pounds cubed steak
to thicken gravy:
3 tbsp. cornstarch
3 tbsp. cold water
Directions:
In the bottom of a 6-quart slow cooker, combine cream of chicken soup, French Onion soup, packet of au jus and water. Stir well.
Then serve with mashed potatoes.
Shared at Whatcha Crockin’ Wednesday
- 1 packet of au jus gravy mix
- 1 can cream of chicken soup
- 1 can French onion soup
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 ½-2 pounds cube steak
- to thicken gravy:
- 3 tbsp cornstarch
- 3 tbsp cold water
- In the bottom of a 6-quart slow cooker, combine cream of chicken soup, French Onion soup, packet of au jus and water.
- Stir well.
- Put cubed steak in slow cooker with gravy mixture.
- Cover slow cooker and cook steak on low for 6-8 hours.
- After cooking, it's time to thicken gravy. In a small bowl, whisk together cornstarch and cold water. Stir mixture into crock pot.
- Turn the setting to high and cook for 30 minutes (until gravy is thickened.)
Serve with mashed potatoes.
If you are sensitive to salt, use lower sodium options where possible.
I heartily agree that the slow cooker is one great tool . . . even in the heat of summer, especially in the heat of a busy summer day. I'll be trying this. (Another appliance that ranks right up there is my immersion blender.)
I'd like to start out by saying I have followed this recipe through Pinterest. Sadly, my boyfriend is allergic to onion. All the recipes on pinterest including this one calls for onion soup. But it suggest cream of mushroom, which he does not like mushrooms. But will eat them if they are small….which are in the condensed soup. I think the au jus and brown gravy will cover the lil bit of mushroom. Thank you for allowing me to let my b/f have cube steak again. I've never cooked the old fashion way,it always intimidated me. But crock pot I'm a ole' pro at thank you. I know it will be flavorful and tender.
Angie try this…place cube steak in crockpot. Mix 1 can cream of mushroom soup with 1 can of cream of celery. Pour over steak. After cooking on low all day, this makes the yummiest gravy. You don’t even know it has cream of
Mushroom in it! And no omit needed.
I also like to brown my steak a bit beforehand.
I think browning it first is a great idea !
I made this and we really enjoyed it!
The tenderized cube steak did not fall apart after all that time in the crock pot?
Can you cook on high
I made this with cream of chicken, cream of celery, and tenderized chicken cutlets
it was wonderful oh sorry added 1/2 an onion and a couple of cloves of garlic
Well then you didn’t make this recipe but your own…..
I made this recipe using Beefy Mushroom as I didn’t have Au Jus gravy mix. Yummy!
I use cream of mushroom, my husband does not like mushrooms either. But, will eat in a recipe. No onion, no problem, make this your own, to your own taste. I have a problem with so much salt, so I water it down some????
Blender I’ve the mushroom soup and he’ll never know.
Great tip Mary!
Oh my! Cube steak was one of my mom's staple meals when I was younger. I bet you we have it at least 2 times a month…We never had it with gravy, but that suuuuuure does look mighty tasty!
oh my mom made the best cube steak and cream gravy…always with mashed potatoes….YUM
The cube steak is the beginning to a hearty meal. My mama prepared this for us when we were under her roof. I have yet to try my hand at it. I need to now to have a taste of home again. Looks so delicious and my stomach is growling over this one. Yummy!
I have never made cube steak before. I didn't know what to do with it. But I am so going to make this!! love a good crock pot recipe!
You can also fry it like fried chicken then make white gravy to serve over it. Really good with mash potatoes and biscuits.
The only way my mom cooked cube steak was to dredge it in flour and fry it up. So yummy! We would dredge the steak in some egg wash and then flour and fry it up in a skillet with about an inch of oil. Fry it until it's golden brown and cooked through. To make the gravy we would take out just enough of the oil to leave a couple or 3 tablespoons of oil and then put flour in the oil until it makes a paste (slurry). Pour a 1/4 cup of milk at a time in the pan stirring constantly until it was thick.
Sounds delicious! Thanks for sharing your mom’s recipe
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That sounds really really good!!
This is how I use to make cubes steak. It was delicious.
I use cubed steak to make chicken fried steak with gravy. Its the bomb!
We used to cook it with tomato sauce and topped with mozzarella cheese – ‘steak pizarole’, is what we called it. Great served with pasta and garlic bread. Yummo!
Wow. My family would love love love, did I say love….this recipe. It looks fantastic and is made in my fav applicance too. The crockpot. I knew we were kindred spirits (Tammie). Come over and visit us today. We have a great grilled fuit recipe.
Sounds like a meal to keep a family VERY happy – thanks!
Mary
OMG!! That looks amazing! I too am a fan of the crock pot it is the best invention ever 🙂
I too will be adding this to my menu.
I grew up loving cube steaks. The husband? Not so much. Maybe your slow-cooker goodness can help me talk him into giving cube steaks a try. 😉 Thanks, Bran!
Now that is a country meal.
This looks like an easy and delicious comforting meal! I added it to my menu plan for August! YUM!
Cube steak is not my favorite cut of meat, so unlike most Texans I do not like chicken fried steak. The main reason is that it is so tough. Preparing it as you suggested just might get me to like it-thanks for sharing.
That was so sweet of you to invite my daughter, Rhondi to visit and share a recipe on your blog. About this crock pot recipe, It looks so good and would be easy for me to make since I work full time. Rhondi bought me a crock pot for Christmas a few years back, but unfortunately it's in storage with all of my other great cooking utensils. Love your blog!!
Donna Stiles
I will have to give this a try, love to use the slow cooker on hot days and on sunday. Thanks for sharing.
This looks delicious!
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Looks So Good I'm Gonna Make It Thank You
I'm with you on the gravy, Brandie!
I do love me some slow cooker… and some gravy! This looks like a good dinner 🙂
I don't use my slow cooker nearly enough! This looks like some down home type of slow cooking. Awesome! Thanks for sharing! And keep them coming honey!
Oh wow! I've been making this wrong all these years!
My family makes this simply with the steak and the cream soup. I never thought about adding all the extras for some extra good flavoring!
I will definitely be making this one. Thank you! 🙂
This was great. Love crock pot cooking. In the heat of July and can still have good old comfort food. Thanks ffor sharing this recipe.
Question. Do you add water to the dry gravy mixes or just them to the other soups? I want to try this tonight
No water is added to this unless you want a thinner gravy. Hope that helps. 🙂
The recipe calls for 1/2 cup water
Is it possible to just use regular steak? Sirloin? I have some frozen in the freezer.
MMMmmm…I cannot wait to try this! Looks so simple and delish! Thanks so much for sharing!
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I grew up eating cube steak. My mom would make a brown gravy and add sauteed onions. She would brown the meat. Then she would simmer it for maybe an a hour or 2.
My husband calls this farm food and loves it! I haven't made it in years.
Have you noticed that the price of cube steak isn't inexpensive in the grocery stores?!
I tried this recipe out for supper tonight! It was heavenly!!! When the meat was finished I just threw a bag of egg noodles in the crock pot and let them cook in the beef gravy. They turned out great! And so easy! We will certainly be making this one again! Thank you so much for sharing it!
did you already cook the egg noodles before you did you already cook the egg noodles before you put them in. did you also do the thickening with the cornstarch.
Hi Cari! Thank you so much for taking the time to let me know how it turned out for you! I'm SO happy to hear that y'all enjoyed it! Yay!!
This recipe looks wonderful! I'd love it if you submitted it to us here at Gooseberry Patch for possible inclusion in a new slow cooker cookbook. Just follow the link for simple directions! Thanks!
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This was a very good recipe and I will make it again. I can't stress enough that Low Sodium soups should be used. I thought I could get away with using the regular ones, but it was WAY too salty. I, too, took the meat out and put a bag of egg noodles to cook in the sauce for about 20 minutes. A very tasty dish! Thank you for posting!
Overall the cubed steak was really good, but I do have a question. The gravy was really thick, rich and too salty. Although the recipe doesn't indicate it, should I have mixed a can of water with each of the condensed soups? Other comments suggest using the low sodium versions for less salt. Thanks for any advice.
By the way, I used a bottom round roast that was trimmed by the butcher. It was cut into 1/2" thick slices and cubed twice, resulting in 1/4" steaks. I also browned the steaks in a cast iron skillet before adding to the slow-cooker.
Hi Bill, thanks for your comment! I definitely recommend low sodium items for this and also adding one can of water. The gravy is the best part of this. I think, also, some of the newer crock pots run at a higher temperature so the gravy reduces down quickly. If you find that is the case, add in another can of water to help with the thickness. Hope that helps!
All I got is- OMG!!!! Made these today- something different for my husband. He is very very ill & I have been trying new things out!!! He loved it- could even cut the meat all by himself!!! The only thing I changed was the cube steak to chicken fried steak. My butcher said that cube would fall apart because they tenderize twice & only once for chicken fried. I made mashed potatoes & all day green beans- my way of cooking canned ones. He wants again & I am so happy I have found your blog-
Hi Jen!! It just thrills me to bits to know your husband enjoyed this recipe. And you are so sweet to want to make some good meals for him!! I really appreciate you taking time out of your busy day to let me know how this came out for you. Big hugs to you both!
My family really enjoyed this recipe. They requested that it be added to my "Tried and True" recipe book.
Thanks for sharing.
Ok, YUM. Not a weekly meal due to sodium but so easy, flavorful, and aromatic! I was so distracted when assembling it I couldn't remember if I'd already added a can of water so I tossed in one half of a can just in case. Delicious and will definitely make again.
-Ginge
Can't wait to try this. Looks yummy. We have always eaten cube steak – fried of course – we are in the South – lol. What would be a good substitute for the French Onion Soup? If I leave it out how would it effect the flavor? My dad cant' eat onions, but still want to try this.
Maybe try cream of mushroom in it's place…
LeAnn, please try Beef Consomme soup instead of the french onion.
I have made wonderful dishes with it! 🙂
O.M.G. another great recipe, you def have another follower! I figured to try this recipe since my 1st recipe w/ you was the Banana Puddin Poke Cake & was an instant hit, & u def didn't let anyone in this household down this time either. I have been looking for SOOOOO long another way esp. w/ the slowcooker on how to cook cube steak, don't get me wrong I love the traditional fried way but just wanted something different but not complicated. I def suggest to go with the low sodium idea, we're big salt eaters in the house(sadly) & almost always have to salt everything even after it's been "seasoned" but this I didn't have do anything but add a lil bit more pepper for my taste. It was sooooo perfect & tender a def must repeat. I did double this recipe & did a can each of cream of mushroom & cream of chicken soups, added some sliced onions(b/c DH absolutely loves onions), & added a few dashes of pepper. Looking forward to trying your other dishes!! 😀
SO glad you enjoyed this one!! Cube steak is such a budget-friendly meat too so it's nice to have other ways to make it!! I appreciate y'all taking the time to let me know how it turned out for you!!
Kmona – I'm sure you could. Not all crock pots are made equal these days. Some of them (especially newer models) get so hot and they can actually cook food so fast that it doesn't have time to get tender (like you would get from slower cooking).
Hi. I think this sounds wonderful. I was wondering can you cook it on high for 4-5 hours and get the same result? Thanks
This looks amazing! Thank u! I am always looking for new yummy recipes for my large family!!!
About how many servings does this recipe yield?
are there different cuts of cube steak? i was going to make this but the cube steak here is like paper thin. pounded with a malet looking.
making this tonight! looks so yummy in the slow cooker now.
I have this in the crockpot now. Been cooking it since 6am. Ohhhh man, it smells heavenly!! In about an hour I will be putting in dried egg noodles. Can't wait to try this! Oh i added 2 cans of drained mushrooms too.
Doesn’t this soak up the gravy putting in noodles?
It's a snowy day here in Colorado, and I have this cooking in the crock pot today. Can't wait to dig in later! I'll be making mashed potatoes and the butter dip biscuits to go with it. YUMMY!
I always add a liitle bit of leftover morning coffee to brown gravy sauces, It darkens the color and deepens the flavor
Is this something could cooked ahead and frozen to reheat?
I've never actually tried that, I'm sorry. So I don't have a good answer. If you do try it, please let me know!
I did cooked this for my family last night and I must say from myself and the family… KUDOS!!!!! I've never seen cubed steak as form tender before. I loved it and will put this in rotation of the "go to" meals for sure.
This looks sooooo good but I have a question can I use somthing else instead of the cream soup due to the fact my son is highly allergic to milk and all creamed soups contain milk….
Hi Tammy! I wish I had a good answer but I'm really not sure. I would say use some sort of soy based product but I don't know how well it would hold up in the crock pot. Maybe someone on here might have a good suggestion for you!
Hello Tammy – Google "substitute for creamed soup in recipes" for some great ideas
Tammy. I have done this before. Instead of cream soups I used the Campbell's beefy mushroom soup. You also can use beef gravy packet and beef consomme soup. They also come in low sodium. It also freezes well. Be sure to warm in oven slowly.
When I don’t have cream soup I have used beef broth, kitchen bouquet and Cornstarch with water to thicken.
Holy guacamole is this good! I have made this several times actually and it turns out 100% awesome each and every time. I've served it over egg noodles and mashed potatoes and both were fabulous. That gravy is to die for!
Thank you so much for posting so many amazing recipes, I have yet to try a bad one!
Hi! This recipe is the best. My parents are coming to visit and I'm making this! How much meat would you recommend for 6 people? Thank you for this great recipe! Laurie
I just put this in the slow cooker but have a question. My cube steaks equaled 6 patties. The gravy didn't quite cover them so I added 1 extra can of water. Do you think I should do anything else? The gravy already seems quite thick before cooking so I'm worried it will cook down too much after 6 hours. What do you think? Thank you!
Just finished a sample off the crock pot. I'm still partial to the white/mushroom gravy style my mom and grandmother make, but this one is a solid alternative with a very different flavor (the onion and au jus being the drivers) certainly worth mixing in to change things up from time to time. Thanks!
Good morning! I have just put this is the slow cooker. Have been following you for awhile on Facebook but am new to your site. (Bookmarked it!) Every dinner this week is coming from you! 🙂 We had the baked Ravioli last night, and are doing this tonight. I just happen to have all ingredients on hand except for the French Onion soup, so I substituted Beef Consommé and a can of water. I hope it won't be too salty. Will let you know!
Barbara
Found this on Pinterest and decided to try it because all I ever seem to make in the crockpot is chicken. This turned out awesome! It makes the whole house smell great as well. I used microwaveable baked potatoes as a side dish. I will definitely be adding this to the slow cooker rotation.
Definitely going to try this and likely will add quartered potatoes or perhaps red new ones. That should aid in the high sodium content as well. If you over salt a dish and it has enough liquid adding a peeled whole potato will absorb a good amount of the salt.
Great tip and advice – thank you for sharing!
I made this today, and the gravy was delicious (I used low-sodium soups), but oddly enough, the steaks were a little dry ?? I put them in straight from the freezer, and cooked it on low for 9 1/2 hours. Did I cook it TOO long?
Hi! Yep, it sounds like it was a bit too long. The directions state 6-8 hours but you were cooking from frozen so I would have kept it between the 7 or 8 hour range. Plus, cube steak can vary from thinner to thick. It really depends on how your supermarket sells it. I have one store in my area that only does it fairly thin but I can go to Wal-Mart and find thicker cuts. So if they are pretty thick, they need slightly longer cooking time but ones on the thinner side will obviously cook up faster. Hope that helps and I'm glad you still enjoyed it!
Do you not have to brown the steak first?
Though I did alter it a bit (I didnt have french onion soup, so I used a lipton's onion soup packet) same concept, and my kids LOVED it. They aren't big meat eaters, but I didn't have to coerce them into taking a few more bites. Thank you so much! Your blog is fantastic!
Put it together this morning. Left out the brown gravy and hope that's not to big of a deal. My local IGA did not have ANYTHING with lower sodium so that's a bummer. cant wait to try after work.
I can taste it already just from looking at the photo. Yummy! I would like to make this for our church carry-in dinner and wonder how many people your recipe would feed then I can calculate for a larger group?
I have never used cubed steak for anything other than Chicken Fried Steak!! I will be giving this a try in the very near future. Thank you for all of your recipes and ideas!!
Saw the post, love to cook in the crock pot. Tried the Cube Steak with gravy, big hit with the family! Will be trying more of the recipes, thanks
Sheila Flynn
Thanks SO much!! So happy you like this one! I appreciate you coming back to let me know! 🙂
Can anyone tell me about how much gravy this makes? Feeding 5 people.
Love, love, love this recipe!!! It is one of my husbands favorites. I have made it several times since seeing it on your page and it is always a hit even with my 1 and 2 year olds:). Thank you!
I have never tried cube steak & am so excited to try this recipe! I love, loves your recipes but most of all i love how you post a picture of the ingredients, it really helps me when i dont know what some of the items are. Thank u soooooi much!!!
Can this be made in the oven? I can't wait to make!
I am in Australia what is Aus Ju & what can I use in place of it please.
Au jus is the juice of meat from cooking
I have only had cube steaks once when my husband prepared them for me and they were tough and awful(he loved them). I was leary to try this recipe but decided to give it a go. It was AMAZING!!! I've made it several times and the only thing I had to adjust was not using the french onion soup (hubby hates onions). The gravy was just as delicious without it!!! Served it with egg noodles and it was fantastic! Thanks for all the yummy recipes! Have loved almost every one I have tried!
Could I use round steak?
I have been looking for a quick and easy recipe for venison cube steak, and believe me i found it! This was fantastic. Wife and 2 young children loved it. Thank you so much, this will give me a reason to get back in the woods.
Awww – you made my day – thank you!! So happy y'all love this one!! It is one of my "go-to" meals for sure. For those of you asking, you can use a round steak for this. Any cut of beef will work fine (or venison) 🙂
I had pinned this once but it no longer showed up. I hope this one stays on Pinterest! Thanks for your great recipes!
I have it cooking in the crockpot now. First time trying cubed steak in the crockpot. Smells delicious! Can't wait for dinner. Thanks for the recipe.
Should you brown cubed steak beforehand?
Made this tonight…we loved it.Thanks for sharing:)
The cubed steaks I got at the store are very thin.They look a lot thinner than the pictures you provided. How long do you think it will take in the crock pot?
I have a quick question. My son doesn't like onions and I wanna know if I can use 2 cans of the cream of chicken soup in place of the french onion soup or just leave it out.
I use 1 cream of mushroom and one cream of chicken and can of beef broth mixed in and season/color with kitchen bouquet.
One of my family's top 10 meals. So hearty and so darn yummy for the tummy.
This sounds lovely and really tasty. Thank you for sharing this.
Simon
I used the French onion soup – but just the juice. I strained the onions out and the gravy was awesome 🙂
Could I cook on high for 3 hours instead of low for six??
Sherry, yes you can!
I'm using a little over 4lbs of cube steak.. Should I double up on the soups and gravy mix?
I would say to double it just so you have plenty of gravy!
I make it with 1 can beef stock and 2 cans stewed tomato simmer oven 350degrees 2 hrs. Or 6hr low crock pot. Serve with buttered wide egg noodles.
I bet adding an additional tsp of corn starch and 1/3 c of red wine to the water would "guild a lily," as my father used to say. This recipe sounds like a wonderful meal to come home to on a cold winter day! ~Heather, aka The Happy Cooker 😉
Does the steak have to be thawed? And could I use brown racy instead of the au jus?
I have a quick question. We don’t like onions and I want to know if I can use 2 cans of the cream of chicken soup in place of the french onion soup or just leave it out. If not, what can replace it OTHER than cream of mushroom (allergies).
You could maybe do the cream of chicken soup. It would make it more creamier than the gravy it normally has. If you try it out, make sure you come back and let us know how it turned out for you.
What kind of slow cooker do you have? Looks awesome!
Could I use a pack of French onion soup mix? I like to sift out the dehydrated onions with a mini sifter, idk if I could sift them out of the can soup, thanks! 🙂
10/10/16
Made this meal last month for my husbands family, we all enjoyed it very much. Thanks for sharing.
Laura from Ronkonkoma, NY
Laura, thank you for taking the time to come back and let me know how it turned out for you!
I want to know is cube steak the same as ground beef. It’s obviously ground but what kind of meat is it…..a beef roast?
Hi Mary! It’s not ground beef. It is actually a top round cut (back end of the cow) or chuck round cut (front end of the cow) and then it is run through a tenderizing machine (since those cuts tend be on the tough side.) Cooking it low and slow helps give the meat time to get even more tender.
If cooking on high, what is your suggestion on time?
Hi Angela! You *could* cook it on high but I’m not sure if you’d want to. It won’t get as buttery tender by cooking it too fast. Low and slow is the way to go to get it super tender.
Could you throw some quartered up potatoes in with the gravy and cube steaks?
Hi Doreen, I don’t see why not! You’ll want to use a sturdy potato like a red potato. It holds up a bit better to the longer cooking time. 🙂
O’ my so so yummy, the whole family agreed! It’s definitely a winner and we will so be making it again.
This looks so good! Will be trying this for dinner tonight! Thank you so much for posting!
Thank you Branndie for your recipe! Cooking has always been one of my passions! But several months ago, I had a little neurological incident, and now cooking is beyond my skill set. Then I found your recipe! I needed help getting the crockpot in from the garage, but once in, I was on it! I was able to make this dish within minutes without help! The best part was there was so little cleanup do to! No wait… the best part is the sense of achievement and independence I achieved this morning thanks to you Brandie! I feel so proud of myself and can’t wait to share this with my physical therapist! Now I just have to wait 6 to 8 hours to eat! ❤️
I liked this recipe but it was a little to salty. What do you suggest to cut back on the sodium?
You can get lower sodium options for the soup and the mix. This should help with the sodium content.
So this recipe only makes 4 cube steaks? Would I need to double if have 8 cube steaks?
Is french onion soup same as a can of onion soup
I’ve loved and made this recipe for a while! Thank you for it! Didn’t it uses to call for a packet of brown gravy instead of the cornstarch?
I absolutely love this recipe. The only thing I did differently was substitute the cream of chicken soup with cream of mushroom soup and it was delicious!! Thank you for this quick, easy and delicious recipe????
I thought it was a little strange using cream of chicken in a beef dish. I did see some people substituted other things in the comments but I thought I’d try the original first before making any adjustments. In the slow cooker now, looking forward to giving it a try!
Many days I am out of the house for 10 hours, do you think that would be too long on low?
I can not find au jus gravy mix any where in town, can I use mushroom Gravy mix in its place? I really hope so because it’s gona be our supper tonight
Confused… the picture shows a packet of brown gravy mix but its not shown anywhere in the ingredient list or directions. Not sure if I use it or not??
Wendy, it is a packet of Au Jus Gravy mix and it is listed in the ingredients. Sorry you were confused on that.
What I like most about the recipe is no pre-browning of the meat. Less work and a lot less mess to clean up. This also freezes well–not that I expect to have much left over.
I loved cubed steak growing up but never could make it taste as good. Now I can make it easily and it tastes great. If anything, it’s even better than in the days of old when it was dredged and fried. It was done that way because they worked with what was available. If they’d had slow cookers, they would have used them often, no doubt.
I dont have au jus or French onions soup. What do you suggest as a replacement.
My husband says this is the best brown gravy he has ever had! Frequently requests this dish simply for the gravy. Thanks!
I made this while my mom came for the weekend. I buy meat in bulk and portion it out to meals for my family, plus two. I told my mom that we had to still cut the steaks in half to make it work since I didn’t precut the large steaks I bought at my grocery store. Well, thanks to her not halving a steak (which she dug in first before I could even get plates down), I ended up being the one that didn’t get any meat. So, today, I made it again. Today I FINALLY got a piece of meat. I think browning the meat beforehand will work great, but I don’t think it’s necessary. The gravy was delicious the first time (without the meat), but it was even better with the meat this time! I paired it with egg noodles and green beans and it turned out phenomenal!
Do I take out the steak before I thicken the gravy?
This is what we called Salisbury steak when I was a child some 50 yrs ago. When you ordered it at a restaurant, you received this also with large slices of fresh mushrooms and slivers of onions. Mom would make this a day or two after having pot roast, using the juice/drippings as part of the gravy.
One word delicious, I’ve made this dish twice now and it’s awesome followed the recipe didn’t change one thing and my entire family enjoyed it thank you so much for this easy to follow recipe
Hi Desiree! Yay!! You are so sweet to come back and let me know how it turned out for you. So thrilled you love it!
This was excellent. The meat was so tender. Served it with mashed potatoes and a corn casserole. Now this is comfort food at its best!
It is a little salty and the gravy is rich. Next time I will add more water.
angie voltz, use beef broth or bullion instead of French Onion Soup and it comes out great!
I made this last night but because I am highly MSG intolerant I made a few changes. The Cream of Chicken soup that I used was Campbell;s Healthy Request (no MSG in this soup). I also used McCormick au jus gravy packet – no MSG in this either. Since there are no French Onion soups with out a lot of salt and no MSG – I just used a finely diced yellow onion. Then I added 2 tablespoons of minced garlic and 1 Tablespoon of Mrs. Dash Original.. With those being the only changes due to health reasons – this was better than anything that my Mom every made – she was a lousy cook.
Hi Kathi!! That is awesome! I love hearing how folks take a recipe and make it their own! Good job!
Do you take the meat out at the end to make the gravy?
Hi Jen! You don’t have to but it may make it a bit easier to whisk it all together. You can then put the steak back in after you have stirred it.
I only have 1.5 quart crock pot and would really love to try this recipe. How long should I cook this for on low heat only?
What is cube steak? I’ve never cooked with it, but it looks good.
I can’t wait to try this one.
Could you make this on the stove for faster cooking???
I made this last night. The steak came out tender.
Can my meat be partially frozen?
I. Made a mistake, I bought a dry French onion soup mix instead of the can, can I use it in the recipe
I really want to try this but we’ve got some picky eaters in the house that don’t like onions or mushrooms. Do you have any recommendations for substitutions for the French Onion Soup?
Do the steaks need to be thawed out first or can I put them in still frozen?
I made this today and it was delicious. I added two cans of water instead of just half a cup and didn’t add the cornstarch like the recipe calls for. The gravy still came out perfect. The extra water made it perfect, and it wasn’t salty tasting. I added egg noodles right to the pot after the meat was cooked and they cooked in under 10 minutes. The meat was so tender it was falling apart. My daughter loved it so much, she asked if she could eat it for breakfast LOL!
Looks really good. Going to try this on HIGH for 1 hour and low for 4 and half to 5 hours to shave some time off since I am cooking it so late and I am not trying to stay up until 4am. I need it done for tomorrow’s dinner and I am going to keep warm while I sleep. I wont be up till later in the day tomorrow and it needs to be done at a certain time which is why I am doing it the night before. My schedule is crazy! I know how important it is to cook on low so I will do most time on low… Thank you looks and smells great! Never had cubed beef before!!
I totally get that Amber!! This is a good one because it is totally fine hanging out for a while!
This is a very good recipe. I substituted pork cutlets at a much better price. I floured and browned each cutlet. I put a layer of the soup mixture and a layer of pork cutlets until finished. I also doubled the recipe. I set the crockpot on low for 7 hours. I did not have to make the slurry to thicken the gravy as the flour batter took care of that.
I know I cooked it but my goodness!!!! This was DELICIOUS!!!!! Keeping this recipe!!!
Kinda messy browning the cutlets but it was definitely worth the time, trouble, and mess to take this step. Once that is done it cooks itself! Make some creamed potatoes, a vegetable, and some rolls and you have an awesome dinner!
We carrried a plate to my father-in-law for dinner. He called back as said it was wonderful. He’s never made such a complement!!!!!
Really good!!!!!!!
We have made this recipe a couple times already and it is so satisfying on a cold night! Stick to your bones good! We have a family and both work full time so it’s so nice that it is so simple too. Appreciate you sharing!
The gravey was amazing. . I just boiled potatoes and covered them with the sauce. I wasn’t to crazy with the meat choice. Think I will try pot roast next time. Love the crock pot method. Thank you it was very tasty ????
My husband is lactose intolerant and cannot have Cream of Chicken soup. Any suggestions on substitute? I was thinking Golden Mushroom soup?
Hi Katie! You can actually make your own and some whole foods stores sell lactose-free cream of chicken soups. Send me a message through my contact form and I can get you the homemade recipe for it! 🙂
Do I need to thaw the steaks before hand or can I use frozen.. I don’t crock pot a lot
Hi there! Making this tonight and I’m on Weight Watchers! Do you know the sugar content and how many servings are in this recipe? Thank you so much!
Just got up from the table after trying this recipe. I’m ready to go back for more! Seriously, make this and you will not be disappointed! I browned the steaks first in a little olive oil because I can’t bring myself to put unbrowned meat in the crock pot. Since the pan was so hot and ready I browned some mushrooms and onions to go into the pot as well. I also added an extra 1/2 cup of water and halfway through the cooking time, 1/2 cup of beef broth because things were looking a bit thick. Needless to say, the gravy needed no thickening and came out just great. This is cube steak Nirvana. Or Valhalla. Or Heaven. Just bliss!
Wonderful recipe, thank you!
Great recipe,the whole family liked it
I used cream of mushroom with roasted garlic instead of cream of chicken. It was delicious.
Can I use something else besides packet of Au jus? I have been to every store in town multiple times and they never have Au jus.
Hi Rachel, you can just use a packet of low sodium brown gravy. 🙂
I can’t call this recipe good or overnight excellent. Frankly, it tasted like a frozen dinner. Perhaps I would just prefer to make my own gravy. I’m surprised so many liked it this much.
Thank you for such a delicious meal very easy to make you can use pork chops chicken and just about any kind of meat we used round steak run through the tenderizer three times that seems like to many times but it comes out perfect.
I’m wanting to make this today but all I had in my cupboard is dry Lipton Onion Soup mix d you think I could possibly mixed that with water per instructions and use this in place of the can of french onion soup mix
Absolutely DELISH!!! Will definitely make this again!!!
Hi! Planning to make this tomorrow for dinner. Can I swap out the ah jus gravy for brown gravy? That’s what I have already in my pantry. Thanks!
Please tell me what kind of crock pot is that??? I love the other settings it has. Btw, I make this about every other week.
My husband won’t eat onion or mushrooms. What can I substitute for those or can I just user the cream of chicken and au jus?
I put this in the crockpot before I left for work on low. Got home and the house smelled wonderful. Gave it a taste and it was a bit salty so I cut up a potato and threw it in to soak up some salt. Worked like a charm. The meat was fall apart tender. I subbed cream of chicken for the french onion soup because of “no onion” eaters, and the recipe still worked. Thanks for sharing!
I made these today for the first time and they are SO good! I’ve made your recipe for hamburger steaks and gravy meany times, and it has become my husband’s favorite meal, but these are easier, less mess, and fewer steps. That suits me to a tee!
Do you just layer the pieces on top of each other bc I had 6 pieces for the 2 lbs? Don’t want them to stick!
Yep, you can layer! Just make sure there is some of the gravy in between them. 🙂
Tried this recipe today.my mother always fried cube steak and made gravy also. But I got to say this is a lot easier and quite tasty thanks for the recipe.
How do you know if this is overcooked or undercooked? I made it tonight but have never actually had cubed steak so I’m not sure if it’s just not my thing or if I possibly over or undercooked it. I have a newish slow cooker( 5 years old) and switched it between low and warm because it seems to cook pretty hot. I liked the gravy but the steak reminded me of the canned corn beef hash. I loved how easy this recipe was and would try it again if I potentially just cooked it wrong.
Hey!! People in my house don’t like the taste of the au jus mix anything to replace it???
I just finished and it I’m really sad. The only thing different was low sodium beef stock and fresh onions, it is literally a beef mush soup, my only guess is that my crock pot says 6 hours is still high before it goes to low, I guess ill just recommend not to do high. Hoping to pour it over mashed or noodles hubby won’t be so upset his dinner is like mud
I tried this recipe and was too salty for us so I increased the water to 2 cups total & added more cornstarch , turned out great!! I suggest using low sodium soups & adding water if you don’t like the strong taste of salt in this recipe but is very simple and quick dinner idea!! Thanks for the recipe , was a hit!!
I Made this tonight and it was fantastic. I unfortunately could not find any low sodium soups so it ended up a touch salty, but not so much that it took away from the meal. I served it over Trader Joe’s mashed potatoes and it turned out great. Thank you Brandie, I look forward to trying many more of your recipes
I tried this today as the recipe showed except instead of a cornstarch slurry to thicken the gravy I used a couple of tablespoons of sour cream after cooking. It gave a kind of beef stroganoff flavor to the gravy. My housemate who is very picky rated it a “very good”. I read through all the comments to see if anyone else had tried sour cream and found several suggestions I liked. Substituting the cream of celery for cream of chicken was a good idea that I will try in the future. I also liked the suggestion of Campbell’s Beefy Mushroom which I had considered and which is my new favorite soup. I saw a suggestion for Beefy Mushroom soup and sour cream to make stroganoff which is where I got the inspiration to use that to thicken the gravy. I haven’t tried it yet but I am going to soon. Have you seen Campbell’s latest cream soup, “Cream of Bacon”? Imagine the recipes ahead with that!
Made this last night and it was delicious!! Cubed steak wasnt tough at all. Will definitely make again!
So good! I’m not very good at making my own gravy so this saves me from that frustration. I make this with pork cutlets instead of cube steak and they are fall apart goodness every time. This has become a go-to recipe for me when I want comfort food. Thank you!
Made this and it was so good!! Definitely making again!
I made this with three small tweaks and it made really delicious beef stroganoff. I used cream of mushroom soup instead of cream of chicken, added a small can of drained sliced mushrooms, and at the end, instead of thickening, I added sour cream. Delicious, thanks for the great crackpot foundation.
What a fantastic idea!! Love it!
Made this yesterday to have food for the winter storm that came in today! Absolutely amazing!!! Will be making this again in a few days! Thanks for sharing!