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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 made this with cube steaks a few weeks ago and we both swooned over our supper and then the leftovers. I thought, it tastes a lot like the Kettle Beef we are served often! Fast forward we have company coming today and I really didn’t want to be in the kitchen when we could be visiting so I cut up some sirloin steaks and will have my version of Kettle Beef for our supper tonight. Doing deluxe mashed potatoes as well with a salad as sides. Dessert will be Grape Salad which is wonderful as a simple dessert. Thank you for such a great recipe!
I made this recipe for dinner tonight and it turned out so tender and so yummy. I served it over mashed potatoes and a side of broccoli and cauliflower. Just delicious.
this is my 2nd time with this recipe, this time I had the juices from a beef roast that I had saved and used it instead of the beef stock. I served it with jalapeno and cheddar rice a roni, and jalapeno cornbread from my supermarket bakery. absolutely awesome recipe for a hard to utilize cut of meat.
Easy to make and affordable ingredients.
We loved this and made it tonight.
Thanks!
Always love your crockpot recipes
Thanks!
Awe. Glad you enjoyed it. Thank you for the kind comment Sharon.
Do you stir as it cooks
No.
My family doesn’t like mushrooms or celery. Could we use cream of chicken soup instead?
Yes, cream of chicken will work well!
We didn’t care for this…. the gravy was good but the cut of meat just didn’t cut it for us… I’ll use hamburger patties next time
Dry and tough
I made this for my husband and it was delicious. I used mushroom soup and beefy mushroom soup, that’s what I had.
. Followed recipe except added some green pepper. It’s a keeper.
I will come back and rate this as soon as we have it tonight. It is in the crockpot now. I made two adjustments: added a slice onion on the bottom of the crockpot, and also added sliced mushrooms. The rest followed. It was super easy to put together. Which is always handy for a quick dump type meal.
Let me know how you like it!
I made this and slow cooked on low for 7 hours and it was dry and tough. What did I do wrong?
Have made this twice. My husband just loved it both times. Goofed on the second go and got Beef Mushroom soup in error. Actually liked it better. This is a keeper.