Slow Cooked Swiss Steak {Old Fashioned Favorite}

Here is another Old Fashioned Favorite, Slow Cooker Swiss Steak. This dish falls under the category of not very photogenic. I tried and tried to get a good picture of this dish but no matter what angle I took the picture, it just looked blah.
 

However the taste is not blah at all. I have been making this Swiss steak recipe for as long as I can remember. This is one dish that I know turns out perfect and fork tender every time. There is one ingredient in this dish that you would not expect to find in Swiss steak.
 

I was surprised myself the first time i saw it on the ingredient listing, but it really brings the flavors together. It's Spaghetti Sauce!!! But this dish in no way taste like spaghetti. My favorite flavor to use is Ragu's Chunky Garden Style Mushroom & Green Pepper flavor.
 

I think any garden style spaghetti sauce will do. I also like to use Chuck Eye for my choice of meat, it is cut near the rib eye which makes it a continuation of the rib-eye meat.

We also like to use Chuck Eye and grill as steaks. It is so good as long as you do not over cook it on the grill. A lot of people do not know about this cut of meat and how much cheaper it is to the famous Rib Eye.
 

I like to use it for my No Peek Beef Tips, Beef Stew Smothered Steak and Swiss steak. When you braise this cut of meat in a liquid you end up with the meat being even more tender.

It truly is the best and low cost cut you will ever put in your mouth. Once you dredge and brown your meat this is really a toss it in the crock pot and forget it kind of meal. Perfect for summer when you don't want to fire up the stove.
 

Serve over rice or mashed potatoes and your all done. I remember my mother buying cheaper cuts of meat and stewing them all day, they turned out so tender. I ♥ to use my crock pot, but mom always did hers on the stove top.

 Whew its just to hot in Texas for that kind of cooking. So I try and use my crock pot for any recipes that require slow cooking for a long period of time.

For some reason the picture of all the ingredients did not turn out so, I will have to start here. Cut meat into steak size pieces. Dredge the pieces in flour, seasoned with salt and pepper.


Brown meat in 2 T. of oil

Place browned meat into Dutch oven or Crock Pot


Add sliced onions and green peppers.


Add the jar of Ragu Spaghetti Sauce and a 1/2 of jar of water. Add chili powder, cover and cook until meat in tender. Cook in crock pot on high for about 3-4 hours.


Serve over rice, noodles or mashed potatoes. Rice is my favorite.

Slow Cooker Swiss Steak

2 lbs - round steak or chuck eye, cut into smaller pieces
1 - medium onion, sliced
1 - green pepper, sliced
1 - 26 oz jar Ragu Mushroom & Green Pepper  spaghetti sauce
1/2 - jar water (13 oz)
½ - 1 teaspoon chili powder
salt & pepper to taste
1 - bay leaf
all purpose flour for dredging

Cut meat into steak size pieces. Add salt and pepper to flour and toss meat lightly in flour mixture. 

Brown meat in 2 T. of oil. Place meat into Dutch oven or crock pot. 

Add sliced onions and peppers. Add the jar of spaghetti sauce and a 1/2 of jar of water and chili powder, cover and cook until meat in tender. 

Cook on high for about 3-4 hours or low for 6-8. Serve over pasta, mashed potatoes or rice.

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