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Slow Cooker Cube Steak is an easy crockpot dinner made with simple ingredients, simmered in a rich, savory gravy until the beef is fork tender and full of flavor.
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“I made this for my picky eater grandchildren and they loved it!! Made some mashed potatoes and green beans to go with it and there wasn’t any thing left over…………I’ll will without a doubt be making it again………….Loved it!!!”
– VERONICA
My Slow Cooker Cube Steak recipe gets rave reviews! My recipe has some shortcut ingredients, so it’s easy to throw together. The best way to get melt-in-your-mouth cube steak is to make it in the crockpot! I hope you give my tried-and-true recipe a try.
Key Ingredients
Cube Steak: This cut is naturally tougher, but the slow cooker helps it cook up fork-tender in the gravy.
Brown Gravy Mix: To jumpstart the beef gravy mix for the cubed steaks, you’ll want to use two premade gravy packs like this.
Beef Broth: Using water instead of broth will give it a more beefy flavor.
Golden Mushroom Soup: This soup is not only mushroom flavored, but also has a tomato notes.
Lipton Onion Soup Mix: A combination of dry onion flakes, onion powder, black pepper, celery seed, paprika, parsley, and beef bouillon granules for the perfect seasoning mixture.
How to Make Slow Cooker Cube Steak
- Add the cube steak and all ingredients to the crockpot.
- Let it cook low and slow until the beef is tender, and the gravy is rich.
- Stir and serve over your favorite side.
Tips & Variations
Soup Swap: Regular condensed cream of mushroom can be used in place of the golden mushroom. Cream of celery soup or chicken soup is another good substitute for this tender cube steak. This will make a country style gravy.
Add Veggies: Fresh mushrooms or sliced white onions can be added, but the gravy will be thinner, and you may want to add a cornstarch slurry at the end of cooking.
Defrost: Thaw frozen cube steak in the fridge overnight before cooking.
My Serving Suggestions
Pasta: The cubed steaks taste wonderful over a bed of egg noodles. Be sure to spoon some extra gravy over the top.
Other starches: You may enjoy this steak on top of mashed potatoes (try my slow cooker mashed potatoes), or steamed white rice is also a great choice to soak up all that gravy.
Top it off: And don’t forget the dinner rolls or cornbread, or add a fresh garden salad for some veggies.
How do I make this thicker?
Depending on how juicy your steaks are, you may want to thicken further. Make a cornstarch slurry of 2 tablespoons of cornstarch to 2 tablespoons of water, add to the finished dish and let cook for about 20 minutes longer on high.
Should I add Salt?
Do not add any extra salt, as the soup mix, gravy packets, and soup already contain sodium.
Slow Cooker Cube Steak Recipe
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Ingredients
- 1 ½ lbs. cubed steak, about 6 pieces (can use up to 2 lbs.)
- 1 packet onion soup mix, (I used Lipton)
- 2 oz. brown gravy mix, two 1 oz. packets (I used McCormick)
- 21 oz. condensed golden mushroom soup, two 10.5 oz. cans
- 1 ½ cup beef stock, or water
- parsley for garnish, optional
Instructions
- To the slow cooker, add the cubed steak, onion soup mix, brown gravy mix, condensed mushroom soup, and pour the beef stock over everything.
- Lightly mix and cook on HIGH for 4 hours or LOW for 6-7 hours.
- Carefully stir and serve over desired side such as egg noodles, rice or mashed potatoes. Garnish with fresh parsley if desired. Enjoy!
Nutrition
Nutrition info is auto-generated. This information is an estimate; if you are on a special diet, please use your own calculations.
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I’m cooking it now, since my wife passed away from brain cancer I’ve been cooking for myself using easy/simple recipes like this one, hopefully this one is a keeper
I think you’ll love it. I’m so sorry about your wife!
Do you use water with the soup or just can soup
Just the soup. 99.9% of the time, don’t add water with condensed soups in the slow cooker.
But the recipe calls for 1 ½ cup beef stock or water.
I’m confused.
Right, don’t add what the can says in addition.
Can I add onions in with onion soup mix?
Yes, that will work great.
When doubling the recipe, are the cooking instructions the same? Or should I use two crock pots? Just got all the ingredients, excited to try!!
You can do in one crockpot!
Can’t have mushroom soup what other soup can be used.
Cream of celery is always a good choice.
I’ve made this a couple times but briefly sautéed 8 oz of fresh mushrooms (just enough to soften a little and brown) then add them in. It’s delicious! Can you freeze any leftovers? If so, how would you reheat in the oven (temp and time)?
Hi! You can freeze this. I don’t have oven reheating instructions; I apologize! I usually reheat each serving in the microwave.
One part of the recipe calls for 4 hours on high or 6-7 hours low. In recipe towards bottom calls for 4 hours on low or 6-7 on high. Which is correct?
It’s 4 hours on high or 6-7 on low.
Super easy and great taste. Added sliced mushrooms and served over egg noodles with green beans on the side.
Cooking mine now , smells delicious. Can’t wait till it’s ready
I made this last night for dinner, using four medium sized cube steaks. Added a couple cups of peeled, cut up red potatoes. Wow! Delicious, with lots of sauce, and oh so tender. Was concerned that the taste might be off because of the packaged gravy and onion soup, but the flavor was right on. I have a couple cups of sauce and some steak leftover to which I will add some thickener for gravy and serve as a second meal over garlic mashed potatoes. No need to brown the steaks before cooking, which is something I would do ordinarily. It’s not called for in the recipe, and it doesn’t need that extra step. Thank you for another great and easy crockpot recipe.
Amazing!
My favorite recipe. Easy and good.