Pepper "Steak" with Garlic Mashed Potatoes
I grew up eating both pepper (with a tomato gravy) and salisbury steak (with a brown gravy), and still find them delicious, easy, and comforting (not to mention cheap) dishes to make, especially with mashed potatoes. Mom always made pepper steak with green bell peppers (which for some reason she called mangoes) and used condensed tomato soup for the gravy. I much prefer red bell peppers and will use these over green if given the chance, and rarely use condensed soups anymore for cooking (although they did play a huge role while I was learning to cook :). I was really craving this for dinner one (cold) evening, but a search of the freezer turned up no cubed steak. What I did find was a package of burgers made from ground round...same thing!!
4-6 nice sized chopped steaks or burgers
1 large onion, peeled, quartered, and cut into thick slices
2 large bell peppers, seeded, quartered, and cut into thick slices
coarse salt and fresh ground black pepper
2 cups (16 oz.) tomato sauce
1 cup beef broth
I just made my first Salisbury steak! Yes, a glorified hamburger, but so more interesting. (Like you, I don't use condensed soups much anymore either, but, indeed, they did help me learn how to cook and have fun in the kitchen when I was younger!)
ReplyDeleteOn Facebook Tracey said: mary, i had to laugh...i have always known a green bell pepper as a mango!!!!!!!!! its a hilljack thing :) and i love pepper steak and this looks delish!
ReplyDeleteJanuary 17 at 12:03pm
Casa en la Cocina said: Tracey! Are you calling my mom a hilljack?!! (giggle, giggle)
January 18 at 8:47pm
Tracey said: im calling our whole REGION hilljacks!!!! lmao
January 18 at 8:55pm