Nothing says comfort food like hamburger steaks, especially with an onion gravy. After 3 or 4 straight meals of chicken, a juicy burger patty tastes mighty good. I made a batch last night and it passed the “Nancy test” with flying colors. She took the leftovers with her to work the next day.
There are a million ways to make hamburger steaks, but here’s my method.
First, I went with a lean hamburger (93/7). I didn’t wasn’t a bunch of grease in my eventual gravy. For the hamburger steaks, I used a pound of burger, 1 egg, 1/2 C panko crumbs, 1 T onion flakes, 1 t onion powder, 1 t garlic powder and salt and pepper. I formed the mixture into three patties, careful not to over press them I put about a tablespoon of olive oil in a pan and cooked the patties until they were almost done, still pink inside, and removed them to another plate. To the drippings, I added 2 T of butter and sauteed 1 small, sliced onions until tender. I then added 1 pkg. Brown Gravy and Onion mix to a cup of cold water and let that simmer for about 10 minutes in the pan. When the gravy had reduced a bit, I added the burger patties back to the pan and flipped them several times to cook through. This dish absolutely requires mashed potatoes, and I plated the hamburger steaks and smothered them and the potatoes with the delicious (and easy) onion gravy.
When it comes to comfort food, this is hard to beat.
Hamburger Steaks with Onion Gravy
1 lb. lean hamburger
1 T olive oil
½ C panko crumbs
1 beaten egg
1 T onion flakes
1 t garlic powder
1 t onion powder
S & P to taste
1 small,sliced onion
2 T butter
1 pkg brown gravy mix with onion flavor
1 C cold water
