Make your delicious classic comfort food with this amazing Salisbury steak recipe. It is an easy ground beef recipe you can make up quickly for a wonderfully hearty and flavorful meal.
This is the best Salisbury steak mixture that you can find to make with a delicious gravy sauce, perfect weeknight dinner recipe when you have a hankering for an old fashioned Salisbury steak.
What is Salisbury Steak?
Salisbury steak is a delicious way to use ground beef that you might not have done before. These are similar to hamburger patties, but they are loaded with so much more flavor.
The Salisbury steak patties are a classic dish made with lean ground beef, seasonings, and all mixed together in a savory gravy sauce. It is the perfect old school comfort food TV dinners and great for weeknight dinners.
Ingredients Notes:
- Meat: Use ground beef with a higher fat content if you want to make your own gravy
- Bread crumbs: For the best flavor, use Italian bread crumbs, but plain bread crumbs can work too
- Seasoning: All you will need is dry French onion soup mix with the meat patties
- Egg: Egg is important to combine the hamburger steaks
- Water: Water helps moisten the bread crumbs for the meat mixture
- Gravy: Get a jar of beef gravy from the grocery store
How to Make Salisbury Steak:
Make beef mixture:
- Mix together the ground meat, bread crumbs, french onion mix, egg and water in a large mixing bowl.
- Shape the meat mixture into 4 oval-shaped patties, about 1/2 inch thick.
Cook ground beef patties:
- Spray a large skillet with cooking spray and warm up over medium heat.
- Add the patties to the skillet and cook for 10 minutes on each side.
Add gravy:
- Drain the excess fat from the skillet, and then add in the jar of gravy.
- Continue to cook in the gravy, covered, for 10 more minutes, flipping halfway through.
Optional Addins:
- Add sliced mushrooms and create a rich mushroom gravy
- Top with sliced onions to make a simple onion gravy
- Switch out the water for either beef broth or Worcestershire sauce for added flavor
- Tomato paste is another great option for additional flavor
Frequently Asked Questions for Pesto Chicken Recipes:
Traditionally, a homemade Salisbury steak recipe is made with ground beef. But, ground pork or ground turkey are good substitutes for this ground beef recipe.
Not everyone loves using jarred gravy, and that is okay! You can make your own gravy for this recipe if you want.
All you will need is the fat juices from the meat, flour or cornstarch slurry, and then season with salt and pepper. Mix everything until you get the consistency to use.
If you aren’t sure what recipe to use, take a look at our Classic Beef Gravy recipe and try it out with this Salisbury steak recipe.
The best thing about this easy Salisbury steaks recipe is that you can serve it alone or over a bed of egg noodles or white rice and roasted broccoli.
Salisbury Steak Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground beef
- ¼ cup Italian bread crumbs
- 1.4 ounces dry french onion soup mix
- 1 egg, beaten
- 2 Tablespoon water
- 12 ounces beef gravy
Instructions
- Mix together the ground beef, bread crumbs, french onion mix, egg and water.
- Shape the mixture into 4 oval-shaped patties, about ½ inch thick.
- Spray a large skillet with cooking spray and warm up over medium heat.
- Add the patties to the skillet and cook for 10 minutes on each side.
- Drain the grease from the skillet, and then add in the jar of gravy.
- Continue to cook in the gravy, covered, for 10 more minutes, flipping halfway through.
Notes
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Six sisters. My uncle had six kids. One boy, five girls. Their house number was 516 and people remembered it by; five girls, one boy, six brats. I can’t wait to try this recipe. Perhaps tonight. I have been looking for a good Salisbury steak recipe. Thanks!
Nice and real easy. Thank you.
This puts a lid on the cafeteria salisbury steaks of my childhood. Can’t wait to make this for my hubby!
Hi, I LOVE your site. This recipe looks so GOOD, but unfortunately, I won’t be able to use it. My husband has an illness called Gastroparesis, which literally means “Stomach paralysis.” Therefore beef is a HUGE NO-NO for his diet. At one time, I had a recipe for a Mock Salisbury Steak made with ground chicken, but due to a computer issue I’ve lost that recipe and never been able to find it again. Does anyone within your circle know of or have a recipe that could substitute either ground chicken or turkey for the beef in a Salisbury Steak recipe (or any other recipe too?) Thanks!
I make mine from scratch with one pound of ground turkey, 80/20 beef, and one pound of ground pork, smashed round buttery crackers, eggs, salt pepper and some thyme. Ummm, make homemade gravy with lots of mushroom and onion in the roux, and good beef stock. Fry them alone, then make gravy and add them back into it to finish cooking, oh, ummm, bring on the mashed potatoes with roasted garlic and lots of butter. Add green beans or peas and it’s a feast. But I have two teenage boys, and always at least two of their friends for dinner!
Just made this last night and it was so delicious! I even made it with the Italian Peas and mashed Pots. Excellent comfort food! Thanks for all the wonderful recipes.
I’m a vegetarian, but my family of carnivores LOVED this. Classic comfort food. Thank you!
Hubby loved it, told me to make sure I saved this recipe to make again. Quick easy recipe. I did add some onions and bell peppers. Yum!
We make it all the time now. My family loves it!
This looks delicious! I do have a question: the cook time at top of the recipe says 20 min, however if I read the recipe right, the patties cook for 10 min one side, 10 min on the other, then 10 min in the gravy? So are they supposed to cook for 30 minutes, or am I reading it wrong?
Just follow the cook times in the directions. We’ll fix that. Thanks for letting us know.
This is the easiest, best tasting salisbury steak recipe. My boys love it and it is easy to double.
Can you substitute the jar of brown gravy for a packet mix of the same?
Sure, you can whip up the gravy packet and it will work fine.
Question my store didnt have french onion just onion is that ok?
You should be fine!! 🙂
Would it work as well if I use mushroom gravy instead of beef gravy?
Mushroom gravy would be delicious too!
I was thinking the same thing. I intentionally didn’t cook the patties for long. I have trouble swallowing and noticed most people and recipes cook the meat to death. 10min ea side and ten mins in gravy would make them inedible for me. I used a meat thermometer until they were 5-10 degrees before medium rare. Added the gravy and simmered until it read medium. So juicy and tender.
My pick hubby gave this a double thumbs up! I have never made Salisbury steaks before because I always thought it was just a hamburger with gravy. But this is its own special little patty of savory joy! Thank you for giving us a new family favorite 😘
Hi Rose. So glad you liked the Salisbury Steak. Thanks for taking the time to leave a sweet comment! Have a great week.
Made the Salisbury steak and your make ahead potatoes. It was wonderful! Entire family was crazy and demanded that it go on the rotation! Very easy to make.
I followed the recipe except it only took 5 min per side to cook. I also made the gravy following the gravy recipe. My family really enjoyed it, and so did I. Next time my kids want Salisbury Steak for dinner I’ll skip the frozen & make this instead.
I make this often, but use lipton beefy onion soup mix, a dash of steak sauce, and sauteed mushrooms and onions, add a little red wine to beef gravy mix packets.
Hi Kathy! Sounds delicious. Thanks for sharing.
Our family loves this recipe! A total hit and I love how simple it is to make! Thank you!!
Super easy, great tasting, perfect for a quick filling meal. My husband loves this dish. It’s now one of our staples.
This was really good! I inadvertently bought Au Jus Mix instead of gravy, so when I made it I added some Cream of Mushroom Soup to it and it tasted great! Thanks for bringing me back to the 60’s!!
This is the best! I have been making your recipe for this for years now and it always turns out so moist and delicious and it is very easy to put together. I serve it with the pea recipe you have and masked potatoes. Yummy!