The Very Best Salisbury Steak

INGREDIENTS:

1 (10 1/2 ounce) can campbells French onion soup
1 1/2 lbs ground beef
1/2 cup dry breadcrumbs
1 egg
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper, to taste
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
1/4 cup ketchup
1 -3 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce, to taste
1/2 teaspoon mustard powder
1/4 cup water

DIRECTIONS:

1. In a large bowl, mix together 1/3 cup condensed French onion soup with ground beef, bread crumbs, egg, salt and black pepper.

2. Shape into 6 oval patties.

3. In a large skillet over medium-high heat, brown both sides of patties.

4. Pour off excess fat.

5. In a small bowl, blend flour and remaining soup until smooth.

6. Mix in ketchup, water, Worcestershire sauce and mustard powder.

7. Pour over meat in skillet.

8. Cover, and cook for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.

NOTES:

I actually cooked this a while ago, so my memory of the changes I made is a little foggy. I do remember that I doubled the gravy. So I added an extra can of french onion soup and doubled everything else when I did the gravy part. I think I would've even tripled it 'cause Vuong and I like a lot of gravy. I also omitted the mustard powder. I didn't have it, and I don't care for mustard taste too much. I also think I might've added some sugar to the sauce, since I'm not too much of a ketchup fan.

RESULTS:

Really good. It's like a fancy loco moco. The patties were nice and tender, and the gravy sauce was pretty good.

I totally forgot about this recipe! I've only made it once so far. I'm definitely going to make this again as soon as I can get the ingredients together.

EDIT - 05/03/2011

I made these again a month or so ago. It wasn't as good as I remembered from the first time. Not sure what it made it "really good" the first time around. I don't think I'll be making these again any time soon.

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