**Indiana Swiss Steak: A Hoosier Classic**
Indiana Swiss steak is a delectable dish that perfectly embodies the culinary heritage of the Hoosier State. This comforting and flavorful meal, often considered a local favorite, features tenderized cube steak smothered in a rich and savory tomato-based sauce, accompanied by sautéed onions and bell peppers. While the exact origins of this dish remain shrouded in mystery, its popularity has soared throughout Indiana and beyond, earning it a spot as a beloved classic. This article presents a collection of carefully curated recipes that capture the essence of Indiana Swiss steak, offering home cooks a chance to recreate this iconic dish in their own kitchens. From traditional methods using affordable cuts of meat to unique variations that add a modern twist, these recipes cater to diverse tastes and skill levels. Get ready to embark on a culinary journey that pays homage to Indiana's culinary heritage while tantalizing your taste buds with every bite.
YODER'S SWISS STEAK
My ex mother in law who is a fabulous cook and a wonderful woman whom I adore taught me how to make this tender swiss steak.
Provided by Laura Yoder
Categories Steaks and Chops
Time 1h50m
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- 1. Cut steak into serving size peices. Pound steak with a meat mallet until tenderized. Dredge each peice in flour, salt and pepper. In a large skillet, heat vegetable oil. Add peices of steak and brown on both sides. Place browned steak in a large shallow baking dish. In the skillet with drippings from meat add remaining flour from dredging. Stir until lightly brown. Add celery, onions and green pepper and stir until tender. Add beef broth and stir to thicken. Pour over steaks. Add can of tomato sauce and kitchen bouquet. Stir well. Cover with foil and bake in 325 degree oven for 1 1/2 to 2 hours.
SEASONED SWISS STEAK
This main dish combines tender beef and vegetables in a gravy that melds tomato, brown sugar and mustard.-Edna Hoffman, Hebron, Indiana
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Dinner
Time 2h5m
Yield 6 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Combine the flour, mustard, 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/8 teaspoon pepper; set aside 2 tablespoons for gravy. Rub remaining flour mixture over steak. Pound meat with a mallet to tenderize. , In a large skillet, brown steak in oil over medium-high heat. Transfer to a greased 2-1/2-qt. baking dish. Top with the carrots, onion, green pepper, brown sugar and Worcestershire sauce. Pour tomatoes over all. , Cover and bake at 350° for 1-1/2 to 2 hours or until meat and vegetables are tender. , Transfer meat and vegetables to a serving dish; keep warm. Strain pan juices into a measuring cup; add water to measure 1 cup. , In a small saucepan, combine reserved flour mixture with cold water until smooth. Whisk in pan juices. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Add remaining salt and pepper. Serve with steak.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 249 calories, Fat 9g fat (2g saturated fat), Cholesterol 64mg cholesterol, Sodium 549mg sodium, Carbohydrate 14g carbohydrate (7g sugars, Fiber 3g fiber), Protein 28g protein.
TRADITIONAL SWISS STEAK
Our ladies' group held monthly dinners at our church to raise money and this is one of the dishes we served. We never had to advertise these dinners - word about the good food got around quickly.
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Dinner
Time 1h50m
Yield 8 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Cut steak into serving-size pieces. Combine flour, salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper; sprinkle over steak and pound into both sides. In a skillet over medium heat, brown steak on both sides in oil. , Transfer to a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish; top with onion and green pepper. Drizzle with soy sauce; sprinkle with garlic salt and remaining pepper. , Cover and bake at 325° for 1-1/2 hours or until meat is tender. Serve with noodles if desired.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 215 calories, Fat 7g fat (2g saturated fat), Cholesterol 64mg cholesterol, Sodium 754mg sodium, Carbohydrate 8g carbohydrate (2g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 28g protein.
OLD-FASHIONED SWISS STEAK
"THE KIDS enjoyed this Swiss steak so much they would eat it as leftovers the next day."
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Dinner
Time 2h30m
Yield 8 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- In a large plastic bag, combine 1/2 cup flour, 1 teaspoon salt, 1/2 teaspoon pepper and garlic salt. Add beef, a few pieces at a time, and shake to coat. Remove meat from bag and pound with a mallet to tenderize. , In a Dutch oven, brown meat in oil until no longer pink. Add the green pepper, celery and onions; cook and stir for 10 minutes. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Stir in the tomatoes, broth, soy sauce and remaining salt and pepper. Cover and bake at 325° for 2 hours. , Remove from the oven and return to stovetop. In a small bowl, combine water and remaining flour until smooth; gradually stir into juices. Bring to a boil over medium heat. Cook and stir sauce for 2 minutes or until thickened.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 257 calories, Fat 9g fat (2g saturated fat), Cholesterol 64mg cholesterol, Sodium 1033mg sodium, Carbohydrate 15g carbohydrate (4g sugars, Fiber 2g fiber), Protein 28g protein.
MY MOTHER'S SWISS STEAK
My mother's recipe. Serve with potatoes, rice, or noodles.
Provided by nixxie
Categories Main Dish Recipes Beef Swiss Steak Recipes
Time 1h45m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Stir flour, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon black pepper together in a bowl. Sprinkle pieces of steak with flour mixture and pound the flour mixture into the meat with a meat mallet or the edge of a sturdy plate.
- Heat vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium heat; cook the floured beef in the hot oil until browned on both sides, about 15 minutes. Reduce heat to low, pour in water, cover skillet, and simmer beef until tender, about 1 hour. Add more water to the skillet if needed to prevent burning.
- Mix diced tomatoes, green bell pepper, onion powder, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/8 teaspoon black pepper in a bowl. Pour tomato mixture over beef, bring to a simmer, and cook until sauce has thickened, about 30 more minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 262.4 calories, Carbohydrate 7.2 g, Cholesterol 76.1 mg, Fat 12.2 g, Fiber 1 g, Protein 28.6 g, SaturatedFat 3.6 g, Sodium 548.6 mg, Sugar 2.1 g
SWISS STEAK
For dinner tonight, try Alton Brown's Swiss Steak cutlets from Good Eats on Food Network, cooked in bacon drippings and smothered in an oniony beef gravy.
Provided by Alton Brown
Categories main-dish
Time 3h15m
Yield 4 to 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
- Cut the meat with the grain into 1/2-inch thick slices and season on both sides with the salt and pepper. Place the flour into a pie pan. Dredge the pieces of meat on both sides in the flour mixture. Tenderize the meat using a needling device, until each slice is 1/4-inch thick. Dredge the slices on both sides once more and set aside.
- Add enough of the bacon drippings or vegetable oil to just cover the bottom of a 4 to 5-quart Dutch oven set over medium-high heat. Once the oil begins to shimmer, add the steaks to the pan, being careful not to overcrowd. Cook until golden brown on both sides, approximately 2 minutes per side. Remove the steaks to a plate and repeat until all of the steaks have been browned.
- Remove the last steaks from the pot and add the onions, garlic, and celery. Saute for 1 to 2 minutes. Add the tomato paste and stir to combine. Next add the tomatoes, paprika, oregano, Worcestershire sauce and beef broth and stir to combine. Return the meat to the pot, submerging it in the liquid. Cover the pot and place it in the oven on the middle rack. Cook for 1 1/2 to 2 hours or until the meat is tender and falling apart.
PIONEER WOMAN'S SWISS STEAK RECIPE
Pioneer Woman's Swiss steak recipe includes steaks that are simmered in a delicious, tomatoey sauce until they are melt-in-your-mouth tender. They are particularly wonderful with mashed potatoes or noodles, which can soak up the sauce.
Provided by Emily Hill
Categories Dinner
Time 2h10m
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 325 F.
- Slice the meat 1/2-inch thick with the grain and season with salt and ground black pepper on both sides.
- Fill a pie pan with the flour.
- Dredge both sides of the slices of meat in the flour until coated.
- Use a needle meat tenderizer to tenderize the meat until each slice is 1/4-inch thick.
- Put the slices aside and dredge them with the flour again until coated on both sides.
- Set a 4 to 5-quart Dutch oven over medium-high heat with the vegetable oil or bacon drippings.
- Add the steaks to the Dutch oven once the oil begins to shimmer, being careful not to crowd the Dutch oven.
- Cook until golden brown, about 2 minutes on each side.
- Once all the steaks have been browned, remove them to a plate.
- After removing the last steaks from the pot, add the onions, garlic, and celery, and cook them for 1 to 2 minutes.
- Stir the tomato paste into the mixture. Then, add the tomatoes, paprika, oregano, Worcestershire sauce, and beef broth, and stir well.
- Add the meat back to the pot, submerging it in the liquid.
- Place the pot on the middle rack of the oven and cover it.
- Bake until the meat is tender, about 1 1/2 to 2 hours.
- Serve and enjoy with your favorite sides.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 351 cal
TRADITIONAL STYLE SWISS STEAK
Family or company dinner. Very filling and it freezes great! I've made this Swiss Steak for a good 40 years..it's definitely "tried and true"!
Provided by Peg1933
Categories Meat
Time 2h30m
Yield 4-6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 325°F.
- Grease interior of covered roasting pan or Dutch oven.
- Cut round steak into serving size pieces (approximately 4 inch squares).
- Sprinkle both sides of steak pieces with Aldolph's tenderizer.
- Place flour into plastic zip lock bag and place on a chopping block (or if you don't mind the flour mess clean-up, just place half the flour on a sheet of waxed paper that's on top of a chopping block).
- Place 4 or 5 pieces of steak into the bag of flour, turning over several times to coat, then using the edge of a dinner plate, pound the flour into the meat.
- Do this to both sides several times.
- Remove the "pounded and floured" meat, and continue with remaining pieces.
- Heat heavy skillet until droplet of water rolls when dropped into hot skillet.
- Now add the Crisco; when Crisco is melted, add the butter.
- Quickly fry steak pieces, in batches, until browned good on both sides.
- Remove to plate until all steak has been browned.
- Lower heat, add onions and green peppers, about 1/4 tsp black pepper with 1/4 teaspoon salt, and scant 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder.
- Remember NOT to salt the steak if you've used Aldolph's tenderizer, but you do need to salt the onions and green pepper.
- Cook the peppers and onions until lightly browned on edges.
- Do not let burn!
- Pour in the canned whole tomatoes and tomato sauce.
- Break up tomatoes a bit with a spoon, leaving some in rather large pieces.
- When this comes to a boil, remove from heat.
- Pour tomato, green pepper, onion mixture into bottom of the greased roasting pan.
- Place fried steak over the top.
- Cover and bake 1 3/4 hours.
- Check liquid about half way through baking time, add 1/4-1/2 cup water if necessary to keep sauce from drying out.
- You want to maintain a gravy.
- Serve in large "Country Style Bowl" with side dish of buttered and creamed mashed potatoes.
- My family enjoys mayo cole slaw as the side dish with the Swiss Steak.
- AND lots of bread and butter to dunk into the "gravy".
Nutrition Facts : Calories 893.2, Fat 32.8, SaturatedFat 13.2, Cholesterol 216.8, Sodium 814.9, Carbohydrate 61.5, Fiber 7.7, Sugar 14.3, Protein 87
EASY SWISS STEAK
Here's a dinner that takes up little of your time. We like it with mashed potatoes, rice or noodles. -Betty Richardson of Springfield, Illinois
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Dinner
Time 1h40m
Yield 4 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- In a large nonstick skillet, brown cube steaks on both sides in oil over medium-high heat; remove and set aside. In the same skillet, saute the onion, celery and garlic for 3-4 minutes or until tender. Add the tomatoes, tomato sauce and bouillon. Return steaks to the pan. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 1-1/4 to 1-3/4 hours or until meat is tender. , Combine cornstarch and water until smooth; stir into tomato mixture. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 255 calories, Fat 8g fat (2g saturated fat), Cholesterol 65mg cholesterol, Sodium 746mg sodium, Carbohydrate 18g carbohydrate (10g sugars, Fiber 3g fiber), Protein 28g protein. Diabetic Exchanges
MY MOM'S SWISS STEAK
This is so easy and all done in one pot! It is delicious and everyone including kids will love it! This recipe is tried and true, impossible to fail! It can also be doubled or tripled without problems, but lower the heat on the second and third batch when browning, as not to burn.
Provided by JANNE2
Categories Main Dish Recipes Beef Swiss Steak Recipes
Time 2h20m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Heat oil in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Place steaks into the pot one at a time, quickly browning on each side. Remove steaks, and set aside. Add the onion to the pot, and cook over medium-low heat until wilted, about 3 minutes. Return the steaks to the pot, and add the tomatoes, mushrooms, celery and green pepper. Season with oregano and add the bay leaf.
- Cover the pot, and cook over medium-low heat for about 1 1/2 hours, or until meat is fork tender. If you wish to thicken the gravy, remove the meat to a plate. Stir together the cornstarch and water; stir into the pan juices. Let simmer for about 2 minutes to thicken. Return the beef to the pot.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 307 calories, Carbohydrate 14.4 g, Cholesterol 60.6 mg, Fat 17.5 g, Fiber 2.9 g, Protein 21.9 g, SaturatedFat 5.3 g, Sodium 233.9 mg, Sugar 6 g
EASY AND QUICK SWISS STEAK
This was my favorite growing up. I was amazed when I was older and asked my mom for the recipe how EASY it is! A small amount of prep. time, a day in the slow cooker, and you'll be amazed! It sounds too simple to be good... TRUST me! This gets RAVE reviews when we make it! The amount of vegetables is only an estimate. Use as many or as few as you choose. When it's done, you will have a yummy gravy, and will have to carefully dig for the steak pieces.
Provided by azdadof5
Categories Main Dish Recipes Beef Swiss Steak Recipes
Time 8h25m
Yield 8
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Heat the oil in a skillet over medium heat. In a bowl, mix the flour, salt and pepper, and paprika. Dredge the steaks in the flour mixture, and place in the skillet. Brown steaks on both sides, and remove from heat.
- In a slow cooker, alternate layers of steak, green bell pepper, red bell pepper, onion, and tomatoes.
- Cover, and cook 6 to 8 hours on Low, until steaks are very tender.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 349.3 calories, Carbohydrate 48.6 g, Cholesterol 27.2 mg, Fat 8.7 g, Fiber 7.3 g, Protein 21.6 g, SaturatedFat 2.5 g, Sodium 304.6 mg, Sugar 5.3 g
SUPER SWISS STEAK
"This is one of my very favorite recipes," writes Vicky Reinhold from her ranch in Sturgis, South Dakota. "I've made it countless times over the 45 years I've been married. Our children always asked for it on their birthdays, and it has a wonderful rich flavor...guess that's why we call it 'super'!"
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Dinner
Time 1h40m
Yield 8-10 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- In a large resealable plastic bag, combine the flour, 1/2 teaspoon salt and pepper. Add beef, a few pieces at a time, and shake to coat. Remove steak from bag; flatten to 3/4-in. thickness., In a large skillet, brown steak on both sides in oil over medium-high heat. In a large bowl, combine the tomatoes, tomato soup, onion, bay leaf, marjoram, thyme, paprika, cloves if desired and remaining salt; pour over beef. , Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer until meat is tender, 1-1/4 to 1-3/4 hours. Discard bay leaf.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 214 calories, Fat 6g fat (2g saturated fat), Cholesterol 64mg cholesterol, Sodium 522mg sodium, Carbohydrate 11g carbohydrate (5g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 27g protein.
Tips:
- Choose high-quality beef: Look for cuts of beef that are well-marbled and have a good amount of connective tissue. This will help ensure that the steak is tender and flavorful.
- Use a heavy-bottomed pot: A heavy-bottomed pot will help distribute heat evenly and prevent the steak from sticking.
- Brown the steak in batches: If you are cooking a large batch of steak, brown it in batches to avoid overcrowding the pot and steaming the meat.
- Cook the steak over medium-low heat: This will allow the steak to cook slowly and evenly, preventing it from becoming tough.
- Do not overcook the steak: Swiss steak is best when it is cooked to medium-rare or medium. Overcooking will make the steak tough and dry.
- Use a good quality Swiss cheese: The type of Swiss cheese you use will have a big impact on the flavor of the dish. Look for a Swiss cheese that is flavorful and melts well.
Conclusion:
Swiss steak is a classic comfort food dish that is perfect for a cold winter night. It is easy to make and can be tailored to your own taste. Whether you like your steak rare or well-done, there is a Swiss steak recipe out there for you. So next time you are looking for a hearty and delicious meal, give Swiss steak a try.
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