Let's Talk BBQ
Other Cooking Equipment => Other cooking Eqipment => Other cookers => Topic started by: Smokin Don on September 30, 2013, 08:47:28 AM
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Sept 29 2013
My wife is finally home after three days in the hospital for both knee replacements and two weeks in rehab therapy. She is doing well for being 70! The first day we were both tired from moving her back home so we got carry ins. I asked her what she wanted for our first meal and I said I had baked steak in mind. She said that’s what I had in mind, after 47 years together sometimes we are on the same wave length!
Saturday I had to mow the grass then we had company in the afternoon. I was tired again so we had carry ins. I would fix the steak Sunday. I am finding doing her usual work too; the dishes, the wash and the cleaning keeps me busy all the time!
Baked steak was one of my Mother’s great meals and she had cheesy scalloped potatoes and scalloped corn as sides most of the time. She usually used sirloin, browned it then baked covered with Campbell’s mushroom soup. You can make your own gravy but as a step saver I have been using a jar of Heinz’s savory beef gravy.
I don’t have a set recipe but just eyeball most of the ingredients. I bake all at 350 deg. The potatoes I bake covered for 1 ½ hours and remove the cover the last 20 to 25 minutes. As soon as I get the potatoes in I brown the steak, add the gravy and bake for 1 hour covered and remove the cover the last 20 minutes. The corn goes in for 45 minutes.
For the potatoes I peel about 2 pounds and slice about 3/16 inch thick. In a bowl add 1 can of Campbell’s cheddar cheese soup, 1/3 to ½ cup of half and half cream or milk and a handful of shredded sharp cheddar. Mix well and pour into a greased baking dish, bake covered. Add more shredded cheese after removing the cover.
I like to use sirloin but I had four pieces of round steak frozen I used. When I use round steak I add a little Adolf’s tenderizer, a little salt and pepper. Dredge in flour then pound with a meat mallet a little on each side. I don’t overdo it but I like that it gets some of the flour in the meat. Brown in a skillet with a little olive oil remove the meat, pour off the excess grease and deglaze with a little water. Add the meat back in and cover with the gravy. Bake covered for one hour; remove the cover the last 20 minutes.
My basic scalloped corn recipe is 1 14 oz. can of whole kernel corn and 1 can of creamed corn, a half cup of milk, 1 or 2 eggs, a cup of saltine cracker crumbs and a teaspoon of sugar. Mix all together and pour in a greased baking dish. Cut 2 to 4 butter pats in half and push down in the corn mix. Bake at 350 deg. for 45 minutes. With one egg it will be runnier and with two it will set up more.
For my corn this time I had a pound of frozen fresh sweet corn to use, I added an 8 oz. can of creamed corn, a 1/3 cup of half and half, 2 eggs beaten, 2 tablespoons of sour cream, a cup of saltine cracker crumbs and a teaspoon of sugar.
Start preparing your potatoes 2 hours before you want to eat and this meal will be ready in just 2 hours.
I had baked a loaf of Pillsbury crusty French bread to serve with the meal. My wife enjoyed her first home cooked meal she had in a while. The steak was not fork tender but easily cut with a kitchen knife and all tasted good.
Before I finished I went back and added some bread and gravy to my dish, I love gravy bread!
Potatoes ready to bake
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Steak seasoned
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Steak ready to brown
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Steak browned
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Steaks done
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Potatoes done
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Corns done
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My supper
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Smokin Don
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Glad to hear your wife is home and on the mend, Don! That's great news.
The baked steak dinner sounds and looks excellent. Thanks for the great explanation and pictures, that is one I will be making this winter.
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A smooth recovery wish for your Mrs. Don. If you keep feeding her like that - I will bet she is running to the table soon! :) What a great looking comfort food dinner.
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Wow Don!!
What a great meal!! Glad your wife is home too.
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Wow! That is a great cook Don!
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Glad Mrs. Smokin' Don is home and doing well!
And the King of Comfort Food comes thru again! Great meal Don, as Tee said with food like this she'll be better in no time!
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Goon news, and great meal.
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Glad to hear your wife is home and on the mend, Don! That's great news.
The baked steak dinner sounds and looks excellent. Thanks for the great explanation and pictures, that is one I will be making this winter.
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I could eat bread and gravy most any time!
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awesome.
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Glad to read those good news about your wife, Don. I bet she'll be fine very soon with food like that.
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Great to hear your wife is doing so well Don and back home!
Nice homecoming meal there ;)
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Glad to hear that Mrs SD is doing well.
Amazing comfort meal. It's reminiscent of something momma used to make—but she never made baked steak I'll try to duplicate that cook someday. You provided the kind of specificity I need.
Did you cook any or all of it in your traeger?
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Don, we are so glad to hear your wife is recovering well and you are taking good care of things for her.
I really appreciate these recipes and especially the details and pictures. Since I haven't learned to "wing it", I really needed the details you provided. It all looks so good. We'll definitely be cookin' this soon.
Is it okay if I use your pictures when I post? ::)
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She is bound to get better in a hurry with Don manning the grill. Best wishes for her recovery.
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Smokin Don, I made this for dinner tonight. We split a sirloin. We each had a piece about as big as Marcia's hand. I didn't have the timing down as precise as you but the steak and corn held well for the spuds to finish cooking. I thought that everything was wonderful! Marcia would have liked the corn to be somewhat creamier. Nevertheless she ate two helpings.
Thanks for a great recipe and the detail that made it easy to duplicate.
BTW, I wasn't certain about the wine so I chose a Beaujolais. A good wine but it was a bit overpowered by the gravy. Next time (and there will be a next time) I'll try a Pinot Noir.
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You do some outstanding meals Don!!!
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Don, we are so glad to hear your wife is recovering well and you are taking good care of things for her.
I really appreciate these recipes and especially the details and pictures. Since I haven't learned to "wing it", I really needed the details you provided. It all looks so good. We'll definitely be cookin' this soon.
Is it okay if I use your pictures when I post? ::)
X2 - Couldn't agree more.
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Don, we are so glad to hear your wife is recovering well and you are taking good care of things for her.
I really appreciate these recipes and especially the details and pictures. Since I haven't learned to "wing it", I really needed the details you provided. It all looks so good. We'll definitely be cookin' this soon.
Is it okay if I use your pictures when I post? ::)
Sure can PB! Anything I post here is for sharing! Don
X2 - Couldn't agree more.
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man, I sure like the way you cook. food look great. 8)