Salisbury Steak Recipe

ground beef

🥗Healthier: ground turkey

💰Cheaper: ground pork

Ground turkey is lower in fat, while ground pork is often less expensive.

beef broth

🥗Healthier: vegetable broth

💰Cheaper: chicken broth

Vegetable broth is lower in calories, and chicken broth is usually cheaper.

Worcestershire sauce

🥗Healthier: soy sauce

💰Cheaper: teriyaki sauce

Soy sauce provides a similar umami flavor, and teriyaki is often more affordable.

bread crumbs

🥗Healthier: oats

💰Cheaper: crushed crackers

Oats are healthier and provide fiber, while crushed crackers are a cost-effective substitute.

Place the ground beef in a mixing bowl.

Add breadcrumbs, all the spices, and the egg.

Combine the burger mass so that it is well mixed.

Shape into equal-sized balls. Place them on a clean surface and gently press down to shape circle burger patties.

Dice onion, chop garlic, and slice mushrooms.

Keep all the ingredients separate at the side nearby.

Heat up a skillet with 1 Tbsp olive oil and wait for it to get hot enough. Keep over a medium to high heat setting.

Place hamburger beef patties into the pan and keep the same heat setting.

Cook meat on both sides until cooked through. Reduce to a medium heat setting if it's too hot.

Take the meat from the pan and keep it aside but keep the pan hot, on a slow flame. Add 2 Tbsp olive oil.

Stir all-purpose-flour into the oil. This is your roux now. It should be smooth without lumps.

Stir onion into the skillet and sauté until it has softened a bit. Keep over a medium heat setting.

Stir in chopped garlic and cook and mix for a minute or two. Be careful that the garlic doesn't burn on, keep on a slower heat setting.

Increase the heat again and add the sliced mushrooms. Mix and sauté. The mushrooms will reduce considerably.

Season with black pepper, salt, and grated nutmeg.

Pour in beef stock and add the dijon mustard. Mix it all and keep it over a medium heat setting.

Stir cook and watch the sauce thicken. Cook until you are satisfied with the consistency.

Place meat slices back into the pan into the sauce. Serve up.

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