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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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Followed recipe and it was Delicious
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!!!
Thank you for this recipe! It turned out great!
I made this with Cream of Bacon soup (I don’t do mushrooms…) and I envelope of brown gravy mix and one of Au Jus (all I had at the time). Increased the beef stock to 2 cups. I would say the gravy was a bit salty but the cube steak would melt in your mouth! Over mashed potatoes, this is a good stick to your ribs dish. Even in south Florida!!
Delicious, a crowd pleaser even my picky 9 yr old Grandson loved it. We enjoyed it served over Rice, and will have it again soon
The time states 4 hours on high or 6 – 7 on low. I thought cooking on high would cut the time in half.
So wouldn’t it be 3 – 3 1/2 hours on high or 8 – 9 hours on low?
It’s not an exact science, I don’t trust cutting in half.
You thought wrong,
It’s cooking now..sounds great..certainly easy. Loved the fact that all ingredients were in my pantry so it wasn’t a trip to store.
Wonderful dish. The meat was so tender that it fell apart as I was transferring it to a serving dish. Fork tender, gravy was flavorful as was the meat. Will make this again. Thank you for a wonderul recipe.
What is a good substitute for cream of mushroom other than cream of chicken or broccoli?
Cream of onion or celery.
Cream of celery would work
3rd time through with this recipe. Locally sourced beef, home grown mashed potatoes and your recipe works perfectly. Leftovers just as good as the first time through. Thanks, Sarah!