27 smothered steak recipes

Old-fashioned smothered steak pounded tender, seared hard, and braised with sliced onions until the flour coating melts into a thick, silky gravy. Simple weeknight comfort food.

Slow cooker beef chuck strips smothered in a tangy barbecue-molasses sauce with bell peppers, onions, and mushrooms. Dump it in, walk away, and come back to dinner.

Fork-tender flank steak slow-cooked on a bed of onions and mushrooms in the Crock-Pot, rubbed with Worcestershire and paprika. Set it up in 10 minutes and let it cook all day.

Cajun smothered round steak braised low and slow with the holy trinity of onions, bell peppers, and celery until fork-tender. Serve sliced over rice with all that pot gravy.

Instead of going through the hassle of using the oven, use the crockpot to cook this savory and succulent dish that will have you licking your fingers.

Southern smothered steak with flour-dredged round steak browned in bacon drippings, then simmered in its own gravy until fork-tender. Four ingredients, pure country cooking.

Smother your appetite with this succulent dish that can easily be made by using your crockpot.

Round steak smothered in a rich browned-flour gravy with sliced onions, fresh tomatoes, and apple cider vinegar. A Southern braised steak that turns a tough cut fork-tender.

Salisbury steak stuffed with cheese and smothered in onion gravy. Deceivingly easy homemade Salisbury steak with a surprise inside.

Dad's chicken fried steak with cream gravy: pounded round steak triple-dredged in flour and evaporated milk, fried golden in oil, and smothered in pan-drippings white gravy. Pure Southern comfort.

Chicken fried steak done Southern style: steaks dipped in buttermilk, dredged in seasoned flour and crumbs, pan-fried crispy, then smothered in a from-scratch milk gravy made right from the pan drippings.

Quick Salisbury steaks with a horseradish punch, pan-fried beef patties smothered in mushroom gravy. Old-school diner comfort food on the table in 40 minutes.

Dad's chicken fried steak, minute steaks pounded thin, breaded crisp and pan-fried, then smothered in a creamy milk gravy built right from the pan drippings. A down-home Southern supper.

Chicken fried steak with a craggy double-dredged crust, fried golden and crisp, then smothered in peppery cream gravy made right from the drippings. Classic Texas comfort cooking done the proper way.

Chicken-fried steak with saltine cracker breading and hot pepper sauce egg wash, pan-fried crispy and smothered in a milk cream gravy made from the pan drippings. Pure Texas comfort.

Poor Man's Steak turns ground beef and cracker crumbs into tender, gravy-smothered patties. An old-school Depression-era dinner with a scratch mushroom cream sauce.