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Oven Baked Cube Steak

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Cube steaks are an easy fix and can be made ahead except for the time to bake them. Dredge in flour, fry in butter with onions, then make a gravy from the drippings and bake.
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 3 hours
Total Time 3 hours 20 minutes
Course Main
Cuisine American
Servings 4

Ingredients
  

  • 4 Cube steaks
  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 1 onion sliced thinly
  • 1/4 - 1/2 cup butter
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • Flour with 1 cup milk for gravy

Instructions
 

  • Dredge steaks in the flour
  • Melt butter in skillet
  • Fry steaks in skillet until brown, turning once, adding salt and pepper as desired
  • Put steaks into a roaster or pot with a lid
  • Sauté onions in remaining butter until tender
  • Move onions with a slotted spoon and put on top of steaks
  • Using the left-over flour from dredging the steaks, mix with milk until you have a smooth paste
  • Bring the butter/steak/onion mixture in the skillet to a boil, then add the flour/milk paste slowly
  • Stir and simmer until it is the right thickness
  • Pour over steaks
  • Cover and bake at 250 for 3+ hours until the steaks are tender.
  • You can bake at 350 for a shorter time if you desire.