Salisbury Steak with Mushroom Gravy
This tasty Salisbury Steak with Mushroom Gravy is old school comfort food that’s easy to make from scratch! If you’re unfamiliar with this classic American dish, the “steaks” are patties made from seasoned ground beef and smothered in rich brown gravy and usually onions or mushrooms. My recipe makes plenty of tasty gravy and mushrooms to cover your steaks and also pour over your side dishes! I recommend serving these Salisbury Steaks with mashed potatoes and your favorite cooked vegetable.
The Salisbury steak patties and mushrooms cook up super quickly, and you’ll make the gravy right in the same pan, so there’s only one pot to wash! Not only is this dish easy and delicious, but each serving is just 372 calories or 5 WW Points on the current Weight Watchers program. To view your current WW Points for this recipe and track it in the WW app or site, click here!
Ingredient Notes
- Ground Beef: I used 93% lean ground beef for this recipe, but 90% or 95% lean would also be great. The beefy taste is key to me for Salisbury steak, but if you prefer to substitute another ground meat like chicken or turkey, you can certainly do so.
- Better Than Bouillon: If you don’t have this, you can substitute powdered bouillon or cubes for the Better Than Bouillon, but I highly recommend purchasing it. I’ve seen it in pretty much every grocery store I’ve been to, including a small local store in my area, so you should be able to find it pretty easily. I have the chicken, beef and vegetable bases in my fridge at all times. BTB is sort of a paste rather than a powder, and the flavor is just unmatched in my opinion!
- Gravy Master: I always use this when I make gravy! Gravy Master adds flavor and browning to your gravy in a way that enhances the whole thing. Kitchen Bouquet is a similar product by a different brand, so if you have that on hand then feel free to use that instead!
- Mushrooms: I used sliced white mushrooms, but baby bellas would also be great in this recipe!
- Light Butter: I always have a tub of Land-O-Lakes Light Butter Spread with Canola Oil in my fridge, because it’s the main butter product that I use. I like it in recipes and also on toast, etc. It works great and is less calories/points than traditional butter.
More Tasty Comfort Food Recipes
Looking for more tasty, lightened up, comfort food recipes? Check out my Skillet Chicken with Mushrooms in Gravy, Slow Cooker Chicken and Stuffing, Meatloaf with Gravy, Ham and Cheese Au Gratin Potato Bake, One-Pot Cheeseburger Pasta, Cheesy Bacon Ranch Stuffed Chicken, One-Pot Meatballs and Macaroni, Hot Turkey Sandwich with Gravy, One-Pot Creamy Tomato Pasta with Chicken and Spinach, One-Pot Cheesy Chili Mac, Sheet Pan Meatloaves with Roasted Potatoes and Green Beans, Swedish Turkey Meatballs, One-Pot Buffalo Chicken Mac and Cheese, Chicken and Dumplings Casserole, Stuffed Turkey Bundles with Gravy, and so many more in the Comfort Food category of my recipe index!
Salisbury Steak with Mushroom Gravy
Ingredients
For the Steaks:
- 1 large egg
- ⅓ cup plain breadcrumbs
- 1 tablespoon ketchup
- 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 teaspoon dry mustard powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- 1 lb uncooked lean ground beef, (I used 93% lean)
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
For the Mushrooms:
- 2 teaspoons olive oil
- 8 oz sliced mushrooms
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
For the Gravy:
- 3 tablespoons light butter, (I use Land-O-Lakes light butter spread with canola oil)
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 2 ½ cups reduced sodium beef broth
- 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- ½ teaspoon Better Than Bouillon Beef Base
- ½ teaspoon Gravy Master Seasoning and Browning Sauce
Instructions
- To make the steaks, combine the egg, breadcrumbs, ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, mustard powder, salt, garlic powder, onion powder, and black pepper and stir together with a fork until well combined. Add the ground beef and mix together until well combined. Use your hands to form the meat mixture into four patties.
- Drizzle a large sauté pan with a tablespoon of olive oil and bring the pan over medium heat. Lay the patties in the pan in a single layer and cook for 3-5 minutes until the bottom is golden. Flip and cook for another 3-5 minutes until the patties are cooked through. Remove to a side plate and cover.
- To make the mushrooms, add two teaspoons of olive oil to the sauté pan over medium heat. Add the sliced mushrooms and stir to toss in the oil before spreading across the surface of the pan. Cook, stirring occasionally, for 5-6 minutes until the mushrooms are softened and golden around the edges. Add the minced garlic. Stir together and cook for another 30-60 seconds until the garlic is fragrant. Remove the contents of the pan to the side plate with the meat and re-cover to keep warm.
- To make the gravy, add the three tablespoons of light butter to the sauté pan and bring over medium-low heat until melted. Add the flour and whisk to combine (it will make sort of a paste – don’t worry about anything stuck to the bottom of the pan from previous steps, it will come up when you add liquid). Whisk in the broth a little at a time, stirring to combine as you go so that the flour dissolves into the broth and you scrape up anything stuck to the pan. Add the Worcestershire sauce, Better Than Bouillon, and the Gravy Master and whisk into the sauce. Raise the heat to bring the sauce to a boil, stirring regularly, and then reduce the heat to low to simmer. Simmer uncovered for a minute until the gravy thickens a bit.
- To finish the dish, add the mushrooms and steak patties back into the pan, along with any juices on the plate. Spoon some gravy over the top of the steaks and mix the mushrooms into the sauce. Cover the pan partially with a lid set slightly askew, and leave the burner on low for five minutes until warmed through, stirring occasionally.
Notes
372 calories, 18 g carbs, 4 g sugars, 20 g fat, 6 g saturated fat, 30 g protein, 1 g fiber, 626 mg sodium (from myfitnesspal.com) Weight Watchers Points Plus:
10 per (1 steak patty + ½ cup topping) serving (PP calculated using a Weight Watchers PointsPlus calculator and the nutrition info)
