Blast From The Past Salisbury Steak
By: More is More Mom
Published: Thursday, March 10, 2011 - 7:58pm

Ingredients




2 pounds ground beef (makes 6 generous patties)
2 eggs, lightly beaten
2/3 cup finely chopped onion
3/4 cup finely chopped saltine crackers (does it get better than this?)
1 tablespoon fresh sage, finely chopped
Salt and pepper to taste
1 stick of butter
8 oz sliced mushrooms (more if your family will eat them. Chuck and I were the only takers)
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
3 tablespoons flour (plus you may need a little bit more to thicken the sauce)
2 tablespoons fresh parsley, chopped
Egg noodles, buttered

Preparation

1 In a mixing bowl, combine; 2 Beef 3 Egg 4 Onion 5 Cracker 6 Sage 7 Salt 8 Pepper 9 Evenly divide the beef mixture into 6 patties (no more than ½” to ¾” thick so they cook all the way through) 10 In a large skillet, heat 2 Tbsp butter over medium-high heat 11 Brown the patties for 8-10 minutes per side 12 If you need to, add a little more butter to the pan (see, just like the 70’s completely not heart healthy) 13 Once the patties are browned, set aside on a platter 14 Add 4 tbsp butter to skillet 15 Cook the mushrooms until nicely browned 16 Stir in Worcestershire sauce and sprinkle with salt and pepper 17 Scrape up any brown bits 18 Sprinkle the mushrooms with 3Tbsp of flour 19 Add 2 ½ cups of hot water 20 Simmer until the sauce starts to thicken, for about 5 minutes 21 If your sauce is not getting thick enough yet, add a little flour to speed up the process 22 Add another Tbsp of butter, stirring to combine 23 Return the patties to the skillet to finish cooking and continue thickening sauce 24 In the meantime, prepare the egg noodles according to the directions, and butter (again we loved butter in the 70’s) 25 Place a serving of egg noodles on a dinner plate, along with a hamburger patty 26 Generously spoon gravy and mushrooms over the patty 27 Serve and enjoy 28 More nostalgia, more blast from the past dinners, more Salisbury steak…..

About


As the More is More Mom®, I’m all about……more fond food memories! Recently, I came across a recipe for a meal that was a total blast from the past; Salisbury steak. Maybe it’s because I grew up in the 70’s , coupled with the fact that my mom was a single parent that worked a demanding full time job, but if it didn’t come out of the Crock-pot or freezer, we didn’t eat it. Of course, we also loved our Presto Burger; an electric burger making gadget (clearly the precursor to the George Foreman Grill). With all of these tasty treats on the menu to choose from, I must say, one of my fondest memories is boil-in-the-bag Salisbury steak. We would grab our TV style dinners and watch some of our favorite TV shows; Three’s Company, Happy Day’s, Laverne and Shirley, Diff’rent Strokes, The Facts of Life, a veritable who’s who of Nick at Nite. 
When I shared with Chuck my blast from the past dinner inspiration he was psyched. His family was also a fan of Swanson’s Hungry Man and On-cor frozen entrees. They however didn’t boil their meat in a bag; they cooked a great big family size serving in the oven. He said that the best part was when his mom would make buttered egg noodles to serve on the side. My mouth was watering just think about it!