I had literally never even heard of salisbury steaks before. It doesn’t even look like a steak. It’s name makes no sense to me. Would you call a rooster a chicken? No. It’s a rooster you idiot. But anyways, I again found myself with leftover ground beef, and no idea of what to make. So who do I turn to? Come on now…you know the answer. Dom. I told you he’s a genius. Are you just wishing Dom had a blog now instead of me? Yeah, me too.
All and all, salisbury steak is just ground beef with a bunch of crap added to it. It’s simple as hell AND freagin delicious. It rocked my world. I even ate it as leftovers for breakfast, lunch, and dinner…in one day. My God, my life is over the top thrilling.
Salisbury Steak Burgers with Mushroom Gravy
Ingredients
Scale
For the steak burgers:
- 1.5–2 lbs grass fed ground beef
- 1 egg
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1/2 yellow onion, minced
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
For the mushroom gravy:
- 2 tablespoons fat of choice (I used duck fat-duh)
- 3/4 cup beef broth
- 1/2 6oz can coconut milk
- 1/2 yellow onion, minced
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1 package mushrooms (your choice what kind)
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
Instructions
- Heat up that grill of yours. If you don’t have a grill, invest in one. Or cook them on your stove top. Whatever.
- Add all the ingredients for the steaks into a large mixing bowl and use your hands to get after it. Mix everything thoroughly. Then make the meat into oval patties. Why ovals? I’m guessing that’s what makes them salisbury steaks. I don’t know. Just make them oval.
- Put your oval patties on the grill to cook. They will need to cook for about 3-5 minutes each side depending how thick you made them and how pink you want them inside.
- While the patties are on the grill, make the gravy. Add your fat, onions, and garlic to a saute pan over medium-high heat. Let the onions cook until they become translucent. Add the rest of your ingredients including the coconut milk, broth, mushrooms and seasonings.
- Mix together and let cook down a bit. Once the onions are beginning to soften, cover the pan and turn the heat down low to let cook, stirring occasionally.
- Once the burgers and gravy are done, top the steak burgers with the mushroom gravy, and ENJOY! So tasty!
Grocery List Helper:
- Grass Fed Beef: on sale for $2.99 at Sunflower Market
- Mushrooms: on sale at King Soopers
- Beef Broth: Organic, on sale at Sunflower Market
- Yellow Onions: on sale at Sunflower Market
My husband has been cackling about his coworkers who bring Salisbury steak TV dinners for lunch. He
asks me,”What the hell is Salisbury steak?”. I answered, “Probably something invented for TV dinners.” Then I finally looked it up… it was invented by Dr. Salisbury, who was an early proponent of a low carb diet.
I love trivia!
And thanks for the recipe!
O.M.G. this seriously has to be the best tasting recipe you’ve ever created. And not only that, it is leaps and bounds better than the microwave meal I used to have as a kid. Consider yourself lucky to have never experienced that. As for the gravy, like the other comments above, I added about 3-4 tsp of arrowroot powder to help thicken it up. Keep up the good work!
I love these and have made them a few times. tonight i switched up the gravy and used beef stock rather than coconut milk and thickened with aarowroot. it was perfect! for realzzzz!
i am probably going to eat this for the next two weeks. people at work are going to make me get my head checked.
Love this recipe!! Made it the other night and I think this convinced my partner that paleo tastes amazing and isn’t deprivation or starvation at all 🙂
Had to share: I loved the gravy so much, that I decided it would be a good soup….increase the coconut milk to a 14 oz. can and the beef stock to 32 oz give it an hour on simmer and voila! Pure magic!
I am not surprised because I love all of your recipes, but I loved the combination of flavors! Thanks.
I am eating this as a type and I am enjoying every bite! I LOVED Salisbury Steak as a kid (sadly the over processed TV dinner kind) and I thought it would be fun to make a “throw back” meal. So glad I made this, will be adding to the rotation. I would have liked my gravy a little thicker so perhaps I will try a little arrowroot powder next time.
This recipe was the bomb! I loved it and so did my husband, ten year old son and nine year old daughter. It was similar to the beef stroganoff we love, but way healthier. Awesome! Thanks, Juli!
I tried the Salisbury steak tonight. Yuck! Way to much pepper. I had to throw it away. Will try other recipes though!
Hi Juli,
Congrats on your new cookbook plans! I love your blog.
Anyhoo, just baked this as a big square loaf in a 9×13 pan (added frozen spinach) with some gravy changes (coffee instead of beef broth; a generous shake of Mel’s Ras el Hanout seasoning, and arrowroot flour to thicken after baking).
SO SO SO delicious. My oldest four boys (aged 13, 10, 7, 5 years) didn’t complain once. They heartily ate it up which is the biggest compliment, seriously. I typically fight with at least one kid at each dinner…
Thanks!!
Brandae