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Learn How to Cook Cube Steak in a few simple steps. Combine with fried onions and parsley for an easy and naturally gluten free dinner!

Originally Posted: February 7th, 2014    |   Updated: November 6th, 2018white dinner plate with cooked cube steak topped with fried onions and parsley

Let’s talk about Cube Steak.

You might be asking: “What exactly is cube Steak?” I didn’t know either, until recently, when I purchased a grass-fed meat bundle and wound up with almost 5 lbs of it.

What is Cube Steak?

It is a cut of beef, usually from the top sirloin or top round, that is tenderized through an electric tenderizer. The cuts are thin and resemble a cutlet of some sort but have a “cubed” surface appearance from the tenderizer machine. Here is the official Wiki for Cube Steak if you want to learn more.

How do you Cook Cube Steak?

I searched “How To Cook Cube Steak” on Google and Pinterest and found the same couple of recipes over and over (dump in a slow cooker with onion soup mix – no thanks!) and a few variations on a sandwich using crappy ingredients.

After reading up on it for a while, the consensus is that you either cook it low and slow or very quickly over high heat.

Since I have so much of it, I will be experimenting a bit, but for now, I think this super quick technique is tasty and makes for an unbelievably easy weeknight dinner.

Plus, Cube Steak (even grass-fed) is pretty cheap!

I served it alongside my Creamy Mashed Cauliflower with Ghee and Garlicky Braised Collard Greens.

white plate with cooked cube steak topped with fried onion and parsley

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How To Cook Cube Steak
Prep Time: 1 min
Cook Time: 24 mins
Onion Cooking Time (optional): 1 hr
Total Time: 25 mins
 

Learn How to Cook Cube Steak in a few simple steps. Combine with fried onions and parsley for an easy and naturally gluten free dinner!

Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American
Keyword: affordable cuts of meat, beef recipes, cow share, cube steak, easy dinner, grass fed cube steak, how to cook cube steak, what to do with cow share
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 501 kcal
Author: Alyssa B. | EverydayMaven
white plate with cooked cube steak topped with fried onion and parsley
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Ingredients
  • 2 T butter (or Ghee)
  • 2 pounds cube steaks (approx 8 cutlets)
  • 2 teaspoons kosher salt divided
  • 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper divided
  • 1 cup caramelized onions (or fried onions) (approx 1 pound raw onion - see Notes)
  • 1/4 cup parsley leaves chopped
Instructions

  1. Make sure to make your fried or caramelized onions first and set aside as those can take some time. See NOTES below for instructions.

  2. Sprinkle both sides of each Cube Steak cutlet with kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper.

    raw cube steak on a plate getting sprinkled with black pepper from a pepper mill

  3. Heat a large frying pan - large enough to hold 2 of the Cube Steaks with some room between them (a 12" frying pan worked perfectly for me) over high heat. 

    very hot, add 1/2 Tablespoon of butter to frying pan. Add 2 of the Steaks to the pan and cook, undisturbed, for 3 minutes.

    placing uncooked seasoned cube steaks into a stainless steel frying pan

  4. Turn and cook an additional 2 to 3 minutes. Repeat with the butter and steaks until all are cooked.

    Serve topped with fried (or caramelized) onions and chopped parsley and Enjoy!

    turning cube steak with a tongs in a frying pan
NOTES:
  • How To Make Fried or Caramelized Onions: Here is a quick tutorial on how to make either Fried (aka quick) or Caramelized (aka slow) Onions. Both are great on top of this steak - make what you have time for!

 

Nutrition Facts
How To Cook Cube Steak
Amount Per Serving (2 cutlets with 1/4 cup of cooked onions and parsley)
Calories 501 Calories from Fat 270
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 30g 46%
Saturated Fat 13g 65%
Cholesterol 178mg 59%
Sodium 1354mg 56%
Potassium 866mg 25%
Total Carbohydrates 6g 2%
Dietary Fiber 1g 4%
Sugars 2g
Protein 47g 94%
Vitamin A 9.9%
Vitamin C 11.3%
Calcium 7.1%
Iron 22.8%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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  1. Heidi,season both sides of the meat with the spices and some salt and pepper if you like. Melt a couple of tablespoons of butter n the skillet on medium high heat. Once the butter is hot, place the meat in the skillet for about 3 minutes per side to brown. Take the steaks out and put aside. Cut up the onions, if you have any, and place them in the still hot skillet. Let cook for about 8 minutes to soften somewhat. Put meat into a baking dish. Mix the spices into the tomato sauce to create a zesty sauce. You may want to add some water or chicken broth to the sauce to thin it some. Pour the sauce over the meat. Put onions on top of the sauce. Cover the dish and let cook at 325* or 350* for about 2 hours. This would taste great served on a bed of wide noodles or some other pasta. I hope you have noodles, spaghetti, fetuccine or some type of pasta. Good eating to you and your daughter sister!
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  2. The BEST cube steak I’ve ever had. Thank you for the recipe and doing the research. I’m definitely subscribing!
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  4. Ok i have 3 cube steaks and nomidea how to cook them, no milk no flour. Got tomatoe sauce, spices. No oil but i got butter, any sugestions. Its dinner for my daughter and myself.
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  5. Im so disappointed with cooking cubed steak, no matter what I do it always comes out so tuff, WHAT CAN I DO???? HELP PLEASE. MOMMA ROSE.
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    • Cube steak should be cooked til it's starts to brown, you might feel as though your over cooking it, but cooking on low in butter with salt and pepper is best. I don't think your cooking it long enough. It's done but that's why it's still tough
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  7. I like to make chicken fried steak and add to brown onion gravy. Place over grits or rice
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  8. A favorite meal of mine that my mother always made with cubed steak we called Swiss steak and is very simple. Coat the steak in a flower mixture and pre-cook. Meanwhile, sauté onions and add canned tomatoes (when I say canned, I'm referring to preserved at home in a pressure cooker and canning jars, but I guess you could use canned from the store as well) to onions. I try to use a jar with quartered tomatoes and more tomatoes that juice. Let these flavors mix together while slowly heating. Afterwards, add the tomato/onion mixture to the meat and sauté on low to allow all the flavors to mix together. We serve with mashed potatoes and sweet peas.
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  9. I also cook it slow, adding sliced peppers , onions and cover with small can of diced tomatoes, add mushrooms , if you like them, serve with garlic mashed potatoes and veggie of choice.
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  10. I make mine the way my mama used to. It's very similar but with onions and peppers. Braised but then slow cooked on the stove. Yum.
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  11. Cut some of those cubed steaks into thin slices and use them to make either stroganoff or goulash. I like to braise mine in a skillet, add some water and then cook them for a while. I then use them on a sandwich with toasted English muffins and top with a home made Dijonaisse, and a tomato. Good stuff. The pork cutlets, I pound out a bit thinner and then treat them as you would for a pork tenderloin sandwich, which I love but cannot find here in Utah, so I make my own.
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    • That sounds like a great idea! I also just got some in a meat package and have never had it before lol
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  13. I too do not know much about cubed steak but I like your treatment of it, looking forward to reading about what you do with the other cubed steaks.
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  15. Debbie, the cubed pork steak is called a pork cutlet here in Texas, and I buy them and make like a chicken fried steak, with mashed potatoes and creamed gravy, and oh, sooooo delicious.
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  16. Cube steak is one of r regulars - even got cubed PORK steak the other day (first time I saw that)... Low & slow I simmer with onions/mushrooms... The other day I dipped in egg & dredged in Almond Flour/seasoning mix - kinda like a chicken fried "steak"...
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    • Wow Debbie, I bet the Cubed Pork Steak was really flavorful. My husband wants me to make a Paleo Chicken Fried Steak with it so that is probably next!
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  18. My mom used to prepare them this way but always added a couple dashes of worchestershire sauce to the butter during the steak frying. I am so new to gluten free and paleo, I don't know what to substitute for the worchestershire sauce or if we can continue to use that. Thanks. Jennifer
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  19. Your recipe sounds good, but I use these mostly to make chicken fried steak with.
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    • Do you fry it on oil or grease? Then so you bake it in the oven for 60 min in water or is that necessary? Im t rt yin it for the first time. ms.barbie13.bh@gmail.com
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    • Yes! It felt like a cold winter night meal. I can't wait to experiment more - I think Cube Steak has a lot of possibilities.
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