Country-Style Cube Steak

By Addie

“Grandpa always said that plain good cooking like this never goes out of style.”

Ingredients

• 1 medium onion
• 1 medium green bell pepper
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
• 4 (4-ounce) cube steaks
• 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1/2 cup each ketchup and water
• 2 tablespoons each cider vinegar and Worcestershire sauce
• 1 tablespoon light brown sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon dry mustard

Preparation

Step 1

Chop the onion. Cut the bell pepper into strips.

Combine the flour, salt and black pepper in a shallow dish. Coat steaks with flour mixture.


Heat vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add steaks, onion and bell pepper. Cook, turning steaks occasionally, until browned.


Combine ketchup, water, vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, brown sugar and dry mustard in a small bowl and mix well.


Add the ketchup mixture to skillet. Simmer, covered, until steaks are tender, about 15 minutes. Serve with hot cooked pasta.

Grandma's Secret Tips!

With just a couple of changes, Grandma altered this recipe to make something very much like pepper steak. She reduced the amount of ketchup to 1/4 cup, used soy sauce instead of Worcestershire sauce, and omitted the dry mustard and vinegar.