Cooking thin sliced frying steak...

*flutterby*

I pulled a mystery bag out of the freezer having no idea what it is, It's now defrosted and I've discovered it's some thinly sliced frying steak

But... bf has a 'sore throat' doesn't want anything too dry tonight and I don't fancy having fried/grilled steak either

How will it cook it the oven with onions and gravy?? Or any other stew style ideas? How do I stop it going tough? Still no slow cooker YET!!

Thanks in advance for all help

cupid_s

do you have a meat mallet? or just bash the hell out of it with anything you can find, this will tenderise it.

If you cook it slowly in liquid in a covered dish it shouldn't dry out.

We bought some thin frying steak recently and froze it and now you've given me an idea of what to do with it so thanks.

wigginsmum

I'd do it slowly in a casserole dish with plenty of sauce at a moderate temperature - it should be lovely. Fried thin steak is often tough in my experience.

newlywed

cupid_stunt wrote:

do you have a meat mallet? or just bash the hell out of it with anything you can find, this will tenderise it.

I love my meat mallet!! It's fun!!! Makes chops and steaks much more tender.

My sister uses a wooden spoon covered in clingfilm and just bashes, but there's something very satisfying about the mallet!!! Or maybe I'm just strange! :rolleyes:

cupid_s

newlywed wrote:

I love my meat mallet!! It's fun!!! Makes chops and steaks much more tender.

My sister uses a wooden spoon covered in clingfilm and just bashes, but there's something very satisfying about the mallet!!! Or maybe I'm just strange! :rolleyes:

Meat mallets are great. I don't have one (and am very disappointed about the fact), but am eyeing up my mom's. I remember being about 10 and sitting on the kitchen floor with braising steak in between cling film bashing this poor piece of meat. It was great fun and the meat is so nice after!

If you're strange then I most certainly am!

And surely a wooden spoon wouldn't do the job properly? It wouldn't be heavy enough.......?

newlywed

No the wooden spoon doesn't quite do the job. Tried it before I got one. Certainly more satisfying with a mallet and you bash it harder so it comes out more tender!! Well worth the fiver I paid for mine!!!

Pink.

I don't have a meat mallet, so to tenderise meat I wrap it in cling film and use the end of the rolling pin or the bottom of a bottle of fizzy....which ever is nearest at the time to bash it.

*flutterby*, I use thinly sliced frying steak to make beef baguettes with pepper sauce, but if your bf has a sore throat then that's probably not an option. If I was you I'd slow cook the meat either in the oven or slow cooker or on the hob.

Dry fry the meat, add some lightly fried onion, mushrooms if you have them, a bay leaf, some stock and some worcester or brown sauce and red wine (optional)........leave it alone until you are ready to eat. Serve with mashed potatoes and a softish veg that won't bother your boyfriends throat.

I think frying steak has to be either flash fried or slow cooked to taste good, I've never found an in-between to work.

Pink

cupid_s

You're making me hungry!

*flutterby*

Thanks all for your help... It's been malleted to an inch of it's life... Put 2 onions sliced up and covered it in slightly runny made-up instant gravy... covered the dish with tin foil (shiny side up - is this right?) and put in the oven... it's fan assisted on 180 degrees... It'll be in there for 3 hours, will that be enough? Gonna nip and peel back the foil cos that worcester sauce sounds like a fab idea! *fingers crossed* and thanks again all for your help and advice

russetred

Jeezo 3 hours! Please let us know if it tastes of anything after that.

*flutterby*

Yup, It was delish, cooked perfectly and the gravy thickened up! It was great! Thanks for all the help