Smothered Swiss Steak

breezermom's Note:

These cube steaks are cooked slowly to make them nice and tender. The acid from the tomatoes and the cola help to tenderize the meat. Serve with mashed potatoes or rice to soak up the sauce.

• Total Time: 1 hrs 52 mins
• Prep Time: 12 mins
• Cook Time: 1 hrs 40 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• ½ teaspoon salt
• 24 ounces cube steaks
• ½ cup all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon pepper
• 4 ½ tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 medium onion , diced
• 1 medium green bell pepper , diced
• 1 (14 ½ ounce) can petite diced tomatoes
• 12 ounces cola drink
• 1 tablespoon beef bouillon granules
• 2 tablespoons tomato paste

Directions:

1. Sprinkle salt evenly on both sides of the cube steaks. Combine flour and pepper in a shallow dish; dredge steaks in the flour mixture.
2. Brown 2 steaks in 1 1/2 tbsp hot oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium high heat 3 minutes each side; drain on paper towels. Repeat with remaining steaks and oil. Drain drippings from skillet, reserving 1 tbsp oil in skillet.
3. Saute onion and bell pepper in hot drippings 7 minutes or until tender.
4. Add diced tomatoes and remaining 3 ingredients to skillet. Bring to a boil, and cook, stirring often, 5 minutes or until slightly thickened. Return the steaks to the skillet; cover and cook over low heat 55 to 60 minutes or until tender.

Reviews

[Lorac]

Excellant! I made the recipe as directed. DH loved the flavor of the sauce.

[Lavender Lynn]

Tasty, Enjoyable, and new take on swiss steak. We all thought this was delicious. made for ZWT7.

[Chef1MOM~Connie]

Made this last night for dinner and I must say it tastes very similar to my FIL recipe witht he addition of the cola. The cola gave it a bit of a sweet taste but it also tenderized the meat so it cut with a fork. I really enjoyed this comfort food. I haven't had a good cube steak in years and as we got a 1/2 a cow just before summer this is a great recipe to keep on hand to use to make the cube steaks and a few other less tender cuts of meat. Served this with Cute Pacific Cod With Baby Roastie Potatoes- from the Farm
. and fresh cut asparagus. Thank you for sharing. Made for ZWT 2011