Method for Cheap Steaks

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons salad oil
• i tablespoon vinegar
• 3-4 onion slices
• a cut garlic clove
• a bit of parsley or other herb
• half a bay leaf
• a sprinkling of pepper

Method

1. 1

   Lay a chuck steak, or other inexpensive cut, for several hours in a mixture of salad oil, vinegar, onion slices, garlic, parsley, bay leaf, and pepper.

2. 2

   Turn occasionally, and rub mixture into meat.

3. 3

   Lift out, drain and dry.

4. 4

   Dredge with flour, brown on both sides in fat, add the mixture and simmer until tender and nearly dry.

5. 5

   Salt during last half hour of cooking.

6. 6

   Make a gravy of pan remains.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Most for your money cookbook (1938) by Cora Lovisa Brackett Brown, Cora Brown, page 41. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

METHOD FOR CHEAP STEAKS Lay a chuck steak, or other inexpensive cut, for several hours in a mixture of 2 tablespoons salad oil, i tablespoon vinegar, 3-4 onion slices, a cut garlic clove, a bit of parsley or other herb, half a bay leaf and a sprinkling of pepper

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