Let's Talk BBQ
Other Cooking Equipment => Other cooking Eqipment => Other cookers => Topic started by: Smokin Don on April 05, 2016, 12:52:25 AM
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Apr 04 2016
Well we may get back to normal soon. Our daughter moved in with us last Thanksgiving after 17 years in the Chicago suberbs teaching school, she has her Masters in Spanish. She substituted teaching in a school nearby but got a pretty nice job at Bowling Green University Library. She has been commuting since the first of February but it's a 70 mile drive one way. She found an apartment there and is moving this week end. We will miss her but at 74 the wife and me don't need to raise our kids anymore!
I asked her if she had a request for a meal this week and she said baked steak and cheesy potatoes. I was glad she picked that since I had not made baked steak in a while. It would also taste good with the cold weather here.
The baked steak I got from my mother, she cut round or sirloin steak into serving size pieces, pounded both sides with a tenderizer mallet, salt and pepper then dredged in some flour then browned in a skillet. After browning it went into a casserloe dish, some mushroom soup poured over. She baked it for an hour at 350 deg. lid on for 40 minutes then took the lid off the last 20 minutes. I have found I like Campbell's beefy mushroom the best.
The cheesy potatoes came from my Mom too. She always par boild sliced potatoes, then added a can of Campbell's cheddar cheese, a 1/3 cup of half and half and some grated cheese over top. Bake at 350 deg. for an hour. I found it is just as good if you skip the par boil and bake lid on for an hour then lid off a half hour.
I wanted to get a head start so I sliced my potatoes on a mandolin, about ΒΌ inch thick, put them in a bowl with a can of lager light beer and a Tbs. of salt. They went in the fridge until time to cook.
Our daughter would be home by 6:30 so I got my potatoes ready to go at 5:00. I rinsed them and let dry a while; added them to a bowl and stirred in the can of cheddar cheese and tried to get all the slices coated with some cheese. I added 1/3 cup of half and half and some salt and pepper. I usually added a couple handfulls of shredded cheddar but for these all I had was some mild cheddar I had to grate over.
After I got the potatoes in I had plenty of time to brown up my steak and mix up some Jiffy Corn Pudding for another side. I had just over a pound of sirloin tip steaks from my butcher, it was thin so I didn't tenderize it or dredge in flour. I browned it in a little olive oil with some salt and pepper. Added it to a casserole dish, deglazed the skillet with a little water and poured it over the steak; then added a can of beefy mushroom soup.
I covered the steak and mixed up my Jiffy Corn Pudding then got it and the steaks in the oven at 5:30.
Art 6:05 I took the lid of of steak and potatoes. At 6:30 I took all out of the oven and covered, turned up the oven to 375 and baked some bake at home garlic knots for 4 minutes.
We all enjoyed this meal, the daughter and wife said the corn was extra good. I had preferred my plain corn pudding over the Jiffy but I too thought this was extra good. Maybe this was a little different recipe so will post it here. The steak was tender and tasty!
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Smokin Don
Corn Recipe:
Jiffy corn pudding
1 (15 1/4-ounce) can whole kernel corn, drained
1 (14 3/4-ounce) can cream-style corn
1 (8-ounce) package corn muffin mix (recommended: Jiffy)
2 eggs, neaten
1 cup sour cream
1 stick butter, melted
Mix all together and pour into a lightly greased casserole dish. Bake in a 350 deg. oven uncovered for 50 to 60 minutes until light brown around the edges.
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I've never done a baked steak. It sounds and looks fantastic - the whole meal looks great! I've bookmarked it and printed your recipe. Next chance I get, this is on the top of the list - thank you!
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Another out of the park meal Don!
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Looks great Don !
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You sure put a lot of comfort in your comfort food, Don ;D
Hub
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Excellent Don! Bookmarked!
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Big ole plate of goodness there!
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Big ole plate of goodness there!
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Great Recipe Don and thanks for sharing it.
A couple of my thoughts about our children and grand children.
When are they gone to come visit and than when are they going to leave. ;D
Anyway family day dinner with all is every second Sunday and I am happy for that.
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Don i was thinking with your daughter leaving you might now have a spare room....I will bring the beer ;) ;) ;D ;D ;D Another great looking meal....Wow
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I wanna eat at your place tonight! O-MY-GOODNESS! ;) ;)
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That looks GOOD! Never had a baked steak but I might have to try it. We like country fried steaks in gravy.
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Does Don ever cook a bad meal?.............Heck...I know the answer to that one......No way....No How 8) 8)
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Very nice Don!!!
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That whole meal looks good, and man does this bring up good memories. My mom used to do a very similar baked steak dish growing up.