Here’s a classic Salisbury Steak recipe — juicy beef patties served in rich onion gravy.
🥩 Salisbury Steak
🧾 Ingredients (4 servings)
For the patties
- 1 lb (450 g) ground beef
- ½ cup breadcrumbs
- 1 egg
- ¼ cup milk
- ½ small onion, finely chopped
- 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
- ½ tsp garlic powder
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp black pepper
For the gravy
- 1 tbsp butter
- 1 onion, sliced
- 2 cups beef broth
- 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
- 2 tbsp flour or cornstarch (for thickening)
- Salt and pepper to taste
🍳 Instructions
- Make the patties
- In a bowl mix ground beef, breadcrumbs, egg, milk, chopped onion, Worcestershire sauce, garlic powder, salt, and pepper.
- Shape into 4 oval patties.
- Brown the patties
- Heat a skillet over medium heat.
- Cook patties 4–5 minutes per side until browned.
- Remove and set aside.
- Cook the onions
- In the same pan melt butter and cook sliced onions until soft.
- Make the gravy
- Stir in flour and cook 1 minute.
- Slowly add beef broth and Worcestershire sauce while stirring.
- Simmer until the gravy thickens.
- Finish cooking
- Return the patties to the skillet.
- Cover and simmer 10–15 minutes until cooked through.
- Serve
- Serve hot with mashed potatoes, rice, or bread and spoon the onion gravy on top.
💡 Tips
- Add mushrooms to the gravy for extra flavor.
- For extra tenderness, mix a little grated onion into the patties.
- Salisbury steak tastes even better the next day because the flavors deepen.
If you’d like, I can also share a super easy slow cooker Salisbury steak recipe that only uses 4 ingredients and is very popular.
