Ingredients

  • 1 lb round steak, cut into serving portions and pounded flat (just use a meat mallet, hammer, rolling pine ... anything heavy)
  • 1 cup flour, to dredge meat in before sauteing
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 1 onion (large, cut in half and thin sliced)
  • 1 green pepper (cut in half and thin sliced in rings)
  • 2 cups mushrooms, sliced (button or cremini are fine)
  • 2 carrots, thin sliced in rounds
  • 1 celery rib, diced fine
  • 1 (15 ounce) can Italian tomatoes, garlic or 1 (15 ounce) can onions or 1 (15 ounce) can basil or 1 (15 ounce) can garlic
  • 2 tablespoons tomato paste
  • 1 (15 ounce) can cream of mushroom soup
  • 1 (15 ounce) cancan beef broth, low salt
  • 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
  • 2 tablespoons fresh parsley, chopped
  • 1 teaspoon dried oregano
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 2 tablespoons of olive oil to saute the meat and vegetables
  • 2 12 lbs baking potatoes (peeled and quartered)
  • 2 tablespoons sour cream
  • 1 -2 teaspoon prepared horseradish sauce (use according to taste)
  • 34 cup heavy cream (use can half and half or just milk too)
  • kosher salt
  • ground black pepper

Method

  • Steak -- First prepare the meat.
  • Cut the steak into several pieces and then pound fairly thin.
  • Once pounded, add flour, salt and pepper to a large baggie and then dredge each piece of the round steak and get ready to pan sear.
  • Meat -- In a large saute pan, heat to medium high and add the olive oil.
  • Add the meat dredged in flour a few pieces at a time to cook.
  • Saute each piece until golden brown just a couple of minutes per side.
  • Once all done, remove to a plate while you cook the vegetables.
  • Vegetables -- In the same pan add a little bit more olive oil, just a teaspoon, and saute the onions, peppers, carrots, celery and mushrooms and cook 3-4 minutes until lightly soft, then return the meat to the pan.
  • Sauce -- In a small bowl, add the broth, soup, tomato paste, diced tomatoes, worcestershire, herbs, salt, and pepper and mix well.
  • Add this to the pan with the steak and vegetables and lightly fold in so everything is mixed through.
  • Bring to a medium boil and then reduce to low and cook covered on the stove for 2 hours until the meat falls apart.
  • Just low and slow is the only way for this to turn out right.
  • Potatoes -- As the steak is cooking, it is "spud" time.
  • In a medium pot of salted water, add the potatoes and cook on medium high until soft.
  • Once soft, drain well and return back to the pan to lightly dry out.
  • Mash the spuds with a potato masher (personally I like mine a rough mash vs a creamy type with a mixer).
  • And for the cream or milk, I like to heat mine up just a bit in the microwave, 20-30 seconds just so it isn't ice cold.
  • It just makes for a smoother sauce.
  • Then add it to the potatoes along with the horseradish, sour cream, salt and pepper and combine.
  • Enjoy!
  • Serve the swiss steak and vegetable sauce over the horseradish creamy potatoes.