Simple Salisbury Steak
on Jan 30, 2023, Updated Aug 29, 2024
Salisbury Steak is a perfect weeknight recipe to serve the family. Plate up with mashed potatoes or tasty veggies for the best comfort food!
I’ve always loved this recipe for Simple Salisbury Steak. We’ve made this dish for dinner time-and-time again and loved it every time! Follow along with us to make this solid, standby dinner dish.
Why You’ll Love This Salisbury Steak
- This is a classic comfort food.
- This is a quick and easy meal without a lot of prep work.
- It is simple to modify to meet your picky eaters tastes.
- We love that this recipe is fairly inexpensive to make.
- It’s a reader favorite. Since posted on my blog in 2015, it has been shared over 1.5 million times. The user ratings are REAL and not inflated. Be sure to look at the comments below and you will see additional helpful tips and suggestions.
Easy and delicious ground beef recipes are a must-have in your kitchen’s cookbook! Ground beef almost always seems to be marked-down or on sale at the local grocery and it can serve as the base to a number of delicious recipes. From soups to stews to a classic cheeseburger, there’s always a use for this versatile food! One of the tastiest and easiest recipes you can make with your meat is some Easy Salisbury Steak.
Our Salisbury Steak recipe blows the frozen and TV dinner varieties out of the water! They can’t compare to this easy stovetop version that needs only a little extra time. It’s also the perfect dinner dish for all the picky eaters in your family- we keep things simple but leave plenty of room to add in whatever you’d like! The gravy is easy to make too, using some convenient brown gravy packets. With all this in mind, you’ll love this recipe for Homemade Salisbury Steak!
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Delicious Side Dishes to pair with our Recipe
- With all this gravy, we have to recommend pairing our Simple Salisbury Steak with The Best Mashed Potatoes. These rich, creamy potatoes are perfect for pairing with a delicious, meaty main course like our steaks. Super easy to make too!
- If you’re looking for some tasty, vibrant greens to plate with this dish, try some Garlic Green Beans. This buttery, savory side pairs well with darn-near anything- our Salisbury steaks included! One of our favorite veggie sides right now.
- Need something a little sweeter? Brown Sugar Glazed Carrots are what you need! This easy, 3-ingredient recipe cooks up quickly on the stovetop and is oh-so delicious. Perfect for holiday or anyday dinner!
Salisbury Steak Ingredients
We tried to keep our recipe simple for all the picky eaters you might be cooking for. There’s plenty of substitutes and modifications you can make that we’ll list here as well! We liked the way The Pioneer Woman kept a similar recipe simple, so we took some inspiration from her.
For our ground beef patties, you’ll need…
- Ground Beef – We prefer a lean ground beef for this recipe. It’ll help your patties hold together much better! If you have any dietary concerns, mixing or substituting the beef with ground turkey is fine.
- Bread Crumbs – We usually use breadcrumbs but we’ve seen all sorts of substitutes here! Experiment with rice, stovetop stuffing mix, crackers, or even oats.
- Ketchup
- Mustard – Dijon mustard is an interesting substitute to try here.
- Worcestershire Sauce
- Garlic Powder & Onion Powder
- Salt and Pepper
Our gravy, meanwhile, is going to use…
- Brown Gravy Mix Packets – Alternatively, you could make this recipe with our Easy Brown Gravy!
- Ketchup
- Worcestershire
How to Make Salisbury Steak
We love this Easy Salisbury Steak recipe because it’s so easy to prep and make! To make some for yourself, here’s all you need to do:
- We’ll start this recipe off my mixing up our meat and forming our patties from the mixture.
- Cook in a large skillet over medium heat until browned on both sides.
- Whisk together gravy ingredients until mixed.
- Pour gravy into skillet over patties and cook until thickened.
We’ve also made a video for this recipe, which we’ve pasted just below! Check it out!
Variations for this Salisbury Steak Recipe
- You can top your steaks with all sorts of veggies. Caramelize some onions with your patties or saute some mushrooms to go with them! Some of our crew loves mushroom gravy.
- There are plenty of other additives you can add to the gravy as well! Try substituting one of your gravy packets out for your favorite soup mixes- maybe use our Copycat Lipton Onion Soup Mix Recipe?
FAQs about Salisbury Steaks
There are many different reasons for steak patties not holding together or staying shaped perfectly. One reason would be the fat content of the ground beef used in the recipe. If you’re remaking this recipe and have noticed your patties tend to fall apart fairly easy, you might want to crack an egg into your meat mixture.
Note that one pound of ground beef will make about 4 hamburger patties.
Hamburger steak usually only contains salt and pepper, whereas Salisbury steak adds fillers.
The main difference is in the way it is shaped and cooked. Salisbury steak is formed into patties and cooked in a skillet. Meatloaf is formed into a loaf in a loaf pan and baked.
Tips for Making the Salisbury Steak
- Use your hands – This is as easy as dropping all of our patty ingredients into a mixing bowl and mixing it all together with our hands. Don’t even try to stir with a spoon!
- Don’t worry about the shape – If they are oval patties or round, they taste the same.
- You can make the patties ahead – Form patties and place in an airtight container and place in freezer.
- Cook on both sides until all the pink is gone – if you want to be extra safe, probe your patties with a food thermometer to check for doneness at around 160 degrees.
- Garnish with freshly chopped parsley for a finished look.
Other Delicious Ground Beef Recipes
- For another tasty ground beef recipe, try our Classic Meatloaf. Meatloaf is a timeless and juicy dish packed with flavor! This recipe with a tangy ketchup glaze makes an easy and simple dinner.
- Homemade Hamburger Helper Beef Noodle is so much better than store-bought. This ground beef recipe can be made with a few simple ingredients and a few minutes time.
- Hamburger Soup is another great comfort food. It’s hearty with vegetables, potato, and ground beef. A perfect weeknight meal. Make this delicious beef dish tonight!
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Simple Salisbury Steak
Ingredients
Patties
- 1 lb Lean Ground Beef
- 1/3 cup Bread Crumbs
- 2 tsp Ketchup
- 1 tsp Mustard
- 1 tsp Worcestershire
- 1/2 tsp Garlic Powder
- 1/2 tsp Onion Powder
- Salt and Pepper, to taste
Gravy
- 2 packets Brown Gravy Mix
- 2 cup hot Water
- 1 tsp Ketchup
- 1/2 tsp Worcestershire
Instructions
- Combine all pattie ingredients in a large bowl and massage with your hands until ingredients are incorporated.
- Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat.
- Cook patties on both sides until no longer pink.
- Lower temperature to low.
- Whisk together gravy mix and water until well blended.
- Whisk in ketchup and Worcestershire and pour over patties in skillet.
- Allow to simmer until gravy warms and thickens.
How many patties will this recipe make?
Hi Kristy. YOu can form the ground beef into 4 patties when using 1 pound of meat. I hope that helps. Have a great day!
Can I use finely diced cooking onions instead of powder snd fresh garlic. If so would the o lion cook if I do the burgers thick
This was so easy to make and it was delicious
This was delicious. I sliced up an onion in thin strings and caramel used them and added to the gravy. The family devoured it.
HOLY GUACAMOLE THANK YOU!!! I will be honest, I didn’t have a lot of expectations of creating the exact taste of Salisbury steak in such an easy recipe. My goodness this was simple, fast, and amazingly delicious. Clean plates at my house tonite. I’ve already told everyone I know about it and I hope you DONT mind I @ you on Instagram.
Hi, I’m a UK foodie looking for new ideas and new tastes to intrigue my pallet.
Besides sitting here for hours reading all of the comments (including those that are totally off the scale judgemental, and unnecessary!) Shame on those!! But I digress!! This looks and sounds both simple and delicious 😋 😍 😋 most certainly comfort food.
As Autumn (Fall) is now upon us, im surely not going to pass up trying this recipe at my earliest convenience.
I may need to make slight adjustments or changes to the ingredients seeing as how some on here are not available in the UK, but I’m sure I’ll figure something out 😊😊 thanks for what I hope will become a quick go to meal in the very near future.
Delicious! I was looking for something quick with ingredients I had. So I ended up using lean ground turkey, soy sauce and a mushroom brown gravy. I will definitely be trying this with the called for ingredients.
OMG- this was extremely delicious. I haven’t had this since I was a child. I am so glad I finally tried the recipe.
The family loved this recipe. I followed the advice of other reviewers and added an egg to the meat mixture. The patties were moist and the gravy thickened nicely. Thank you for sharing the recipe. I will definitely make it again.
Amazing recipe. This is one of our staple meals now. It’s hard to find recipes that everyone in my family like but this one is definitely one of our favorite meals.
I’ve been looking for some recipes to expand our rotation of meals. I am a super picky eater as well. I like everything in this though and like meatloaf, gravy, hamburgers so I think I’d love this. I’ve pinned it. Can’t wait to try it! Thanks for sharing!
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I have not had Salisbury Steak in years. It was always store bought. With the stay at home order I have been venturing out to make new things. I followed the recipe for the most part. I did add an egg and beef flavor onion soup mix. I was very pleased with this recipe. Would make again. I think cutting up an onion and mixing it with the meat next time.
Very good!! I added a little bit more garlic and salt and pepper and it was perfect! So quick and easy
YES – this is the BEST salisbury steak I have ever had! Even my uber picky husband enjoyed it.
I am not a cook. This recipe is sooooo simple, quick & easy to make on a tired night. Prep is easy. Cooking time short. Tastes good & goes with multiple sides. Have made 5-6 times on nights when I was very tired and got great family reviews. Need more recipes like this for the non-cooker often exhausted at the end of the day who doesn’t want to wait 1-2 hours for a frozen heat up casserole.
I haven’t made this recipe in quite a while. I used two packets of Pioneer brand gravy mix and it was barely edible because of the salt. I guess I used McCormick in the past and they are smaller packets. We felt sick after eating, don’t make my mistake people, use very small packets or 1 larger one.
Sorry….family was not a fan of this recipe….
Delicious recipe! Served it with carrots and mashed potatoes. Absolutely wonderful. Will be adding this to the meal rotation.
Looks delicious. I’m saving this one for when winter arrives.
Glad I found your recipe. I will try making a meal for my family, it looks great. I am feeling very excited. I will send you feedback later. thank you
This meat dish looks very attractive.
I will try making a small meal for my family.
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Made this for dinner and it was a big hit. We all loved it!
This recipe is awesome! I usually make homemade garlic mashed potatoes to go with it. My family loves it.
Oh YUM! Garlic mashed potatoes are some of my favorite and they pair so well with this Easy Salisbury Steak. I am happy to hear that your family enjoys it as much as mine. We make it almost weekly because I have no complaints from the picky eaters:). I hope you have a wonderful holiday and thanks so very much for the rating and review.
Would crushed Pork Rinds work instead of bread crumbs?