Cooking thin sliced frying steak...

kirsty822001

Firstly apologies if this is not the right place to post,,,I have been looking for the correct place and have no idea.

I have some Lidl frying steak I bought for steak sandwiches but it wasn't nice and was tough even though Ii never over cooked it.
I have some in the freezer and wondered if i can slow cook it or other and make a stroganoff or something,,I certainly dont want to fry it again. It wasn't expensive but i do not want to waste it and am trying to include it in my meal plan this coming week.
Any ideas?
thanks in advance

balmaiden

I think slow cooking would be the best thing, anything slow cooked is tender. I have used frying steak for various casseroles and it has always been fine.

angeltreats

Put it between pieces of cling film and batter it out to about 5mm thick with a rolling pin. Coat it in seasoned flour and sear it briefly in a hot pan (or cast iron casserole if you have one). Take it out of the pan and fry a sliced onion in the same juices. Then tip the onion and steak into an oven proof casserole, cover with beer and some beef stock, and cook in a low oven (about 160º) for a few hours. It will be absolutely falling apart. You can thicken up the cooking liquid with a bit of cornflour or a roux to make a lovely onion gravy.

You could of course do it in a slow cooker but I'd still sear the beef first and fry off the onion as you'll get far more flavour.

zippychick

Hi Kirsty:D

Any ideas in here - cooking thin frying steak?

I'll merge this later for you

thanks
Zip

Barneysmom

If you do decide to make some sort of stew or cassrole, add half a teaspoon of vinegar to the gravy as it breaks down the sinewss in the meat without changing the flavour xx

Sublime_2

I agree with the posts suggesting slow cooking. Lovely in stews, curries etc, in the slow cooker.

kirsty822001

:j Many thanks to you all
I am confident i can use it for a lovely meal now.
I love this forum ;-)

I did look for a thread first Zippy ,,dunno why i couldnt find it, my searching skills are not too good, have followed tips but it usually takes me ages to find anything or i dont find it,,,or i get disctracted by lots of other fab info ;-)
I may even join in a challenge or 2 soon ;-)

Sunnyday

Another vote for the slow cooker!

Sliced onions, the steak and some guinness, lovely. thicken the gravy and make a pie or serve with mash and peas *drools*

SD

LJM

i slice it thin and use it in a stirfry/stew/casserole/curry

bitsandpieces

If it's just touch - but tastes OK - another option is to season with salt and pepper (and maybe a bit of fresh rosemary if you have it) then put some cling film on top and whack it till it's pretty thin. This will tenderise the meat a bit - and you can then griddle or fry it quickly for steak sandwiches or whatever.