MMMMMMM Meat

Burger was on sale last week. When burger is on sale we buy a TON, well not actually a ton but LOTS. We didn't reserve our cow last winter so we have been having to get beef at the store like most people. I have to say IT SUCKS!!!! That stuff is not cheap, unless it is on sale. I think I bought about 10 pounds. I bought all the store had out. I'm a meat hogger like that. Usually I just cook it all and freeze it for stuff like spaghetti and tacos, but The Dad thought we should make Salisbury Steak with it. I do not love making Salisbury Steak. It is easy, it is tasty, but it also requires mixing the meat mixture with my hands and forming it into patties. This

TOTALLY grosses me out. The dad thinks we could use the Kitchen Aid to mix the meat, but then I will have to wash it AND the patties still have to be formed. I got the recipe from my mom, who got it from a Campbell's Soup Cookbook a LONG time ago. I haven't really looked around too much but I think this recipe only exists in the cookbook that is buried somewhere in my mom's house and in an email between my mom and I that I have saved in Gmail so I won't lose the recipe....that is until now. I am sharing the sacred Salisbury Steak recipe.

Before I start I must that say that The Dad and the kids are PICKY EATERS. The recipe has onions and Golden Mushroom soup in it. I have to use the Ninja to re-chop up the onions (I use frozen chopped onions) and I also have to Ninja the soup so the big pieces of mushroom get liquefied. I hate washing the Ninja. I actually hate washing everything. Momma is LAZY!!!! Back to the meat...

Like I said this is a super easy recipe. You mix the burger, onions, bread crumbs, egg, and some of the soup together. I tried to do it with a spoon this time but it doesn't work. MUST USE HANDS! It is cold and gross but it has to be done.

After it is mixed you form it into nice little patties. I make them oval shaped. I'm not sure why, I think because my mom does it that way.

This time we froze the patties because we weren't using them that night. It worked out pretty well. I have also just dumped the meat mixture into a baking dish and made a Salisbury Steak meatloaf. I wanted to do that this time but The Dad and Number One said it is better when it is a patty. I guess because the sauce gets into the meat better. Whatever! They are crazy. Meatloaf is soooooo much easier.

When we finally decided to cook them I threw them into a baking dish, baked them at 350 for about half an hour and then drained off the grease, poured the sauce on them and baked for another half hour. This is NOT what the recipe says to do but I think this way is better. I have 5 kids, one of them is TWO, I can't be babysitting stuff on the stove for an hour.

I like to serve them with mashed potatoes and green beans. Doesn't this look delicious? Yes. I am using a kid plate. I think they are cool.

Salisbury Steak recipe from My mom, who stole it from a really old Campbell's Soup Cookbook

Makes 6 servings.

1 can condensed golden mushroom soup (I usually double the recipe and use 4 cans of soup so we have lots of sauce)

1 1/2 lbs. ground beef

1/2 cup fine dry bread crumbs

1/4 cup finely chopped onion

1 egg, slightly beaten

1/3 cup water

Mix thoroughly 1/4 cup soup, beef, bread crumbs, onion, and egg: shape into 6 patties, In skillet, brown patties(use shortening if necessary); pour off fat. Blend in remaining soup and water. Cover; cook over low heat 20 minutes or until done. Stir occasionally. (This way works great if you have time to babysit the stuff. I don't so I put the patties in a baking dish, bake them at 350 for thirty minutes, drain off the grease, then cover with the soup/water mixture and bake for another thirty minutes.)