Swiss Steak
Swiss Steak
Equipment
- oven-proof skillet with tight fitting lid
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 pounds (24 oz) beef top round, beef round steak, or beef bottom round
- 1/4 cup (2 fluid ounces) bacon fat or oil
- 2 celery sticks, sliced
- 1/2 medium yellow onion, sliced
- 2 cloved garlic, minced
- 1 cup (8 fluid ounces) chopped tomatoes in juice
- 1 serving Beef Soup keto Chow stirred into 1 cup (8 fluid ounces) warm water
- 1 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce
- 1 bay leave
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/8 tsp black pepper
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 275F
- Cut the beef against the grain, into four 6-ounce steaks. Place them one at a time, between two layers of heavy plastic wrap or in a freezer bag and pound them with a meat mallet or heavy skillet two or three times until slightly flattened and widened.
- Pat the steaks dry while you melt the bacon fat in an oven-proof skillet over medium heat.
- When the bacon fat is hot, carefully add the steaks to the pan. Brown them on each side.
- Add the celery, onion, and garlic to the pan and cook until the onion is translucent and starting to brown.
- Stir in the chopped tomatoes and cook, stirring until the sauce is starting to bubble, scraping any cooked bits off the bottom of the pot as you stir.
- Carefully stir in the Keto Chow, Worcestershire sauce, bay leaf, salt, and black pepper.
- Bring the contents of the pan back to a simmer, cover tightly and transfer to the preheated oven.
- Bake covered until the meat is tender and the sauce has reduced and thickened, at least two hours.
- The dish can be refrigerated well sealed up to five days or frozen up to three months.