President (Pat )Nixon's Braised Swiss Steaks
Created by dienia b on September 28, 2024
- Servings: 6
- Prep Time: 30m
- Cook Time: 2h
- Recipe #43709
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons corn oil
- 1 cup onion, sliced
- 1/4 teaspoon thyme
- 3 pounds beef round steak, cut from top round ( six - 8 ounce steaks)
- 1/4 teaspoon salt, seasoned
- 1/8 teaspoon pepper
- 1/4 cup flour
- 1 cup beef bouillon
- 1 cup vegetable juice (V8)
- 1 1/2 cups carrots, cut into julienne (thin strips)
- 1 1/2 cups leeks, cut into julienne (thin strips)
- 1 1/2 cups celery, cut into julienne (thin strips)
- 1 teaspoon parsley, minced
How to Make
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Step 1: Saute onions in 1 tablespoon corn oil until golden. Remove pan from heat and add thyme.
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Step 2: Season to taste and sprinkle steaks on both sides with flour, then brown steaks in 1 tablespoon hot vegetable oil on both sides in an iron skillet. Transfer steaks to pan with onions.
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Step 3: Pour vegetable juice and bouillon over steaks.
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Step 4: Cover pan and simmer steaks very slowly for 1 hour in the oven (350 degrees F)or on top of the stove.
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Step 5: Add water as needed.
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Step 6: After 1 hour cooking time, turn steaks over, then cover the steaks with the julienned vegetables and continue the cooking covered for 30 minutes more.
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Step 7: To serve, arrange steaks on serving platter.
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Step 8: Spoon sauce and vegetables over steaks.
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Step 9: Sprinkle with parsley.
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Step 10: Serves six.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (419.7 g)
- Calories 563.8
- Total Fat - 32.2 g
- Saturated Fat - 11 g
- Cholesterol - 181 mg
- Sodium - 738.5 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 13.2 g
- Dietary Fiber - 2.6 g
- Sugars - 4.2 g
- Protein - 53.7 g
- Calcium - 90.2 mg
- Iron - 5.3 mg
- Vitamin C - 16.7 mg
- Thiamin - 0.3 mg