Pork Steak In Onion Gravy, Good But Not Healthy

This recipe when the kids were little was something I would say we had every other month if not more often. Over the years it became something we have maybe once a year, but it has been at least 2 years since I last made it. My wife and I both like it but it isn’t what I now consider a healthy meal. It’s made with a packaged product that is very salty. Over the years, purely by accident, I guess I have become a healthy cook. My cooking became healthy because I just liked making everything myself, and wanted fresh ingredients. Now that way of cooking has become the norm of what they consider healthy cooking and eating. So my warped mind years ago brought me to now what is now considered healthy eating.

Actually this recipe was on the back of a package of Lipton Onion Soup Mix and is how I first made it. I did modify it the next time I made it, but it is the only modification I made. I won’t go back to making it often but since I bought the soup mix for the stew I might as well use the second packet up. So pork steak with onion gravy was our supper. The meat has a lot of flavour and is fork tender and the gravy is great. Simple, easy, and yes we enjoyed it.

2 pork shoulder Steaks

1 package onion soup mix

1/2 onion finely diced

a 5 inch piece of celery finely chopped

1 clove garlic minced

2 cups water

pepper to taste (no salt because the soup mix is salty)

1 teaspoon olive oil

corn starch and water to thicken the gravy

Pepper steaks, brown in a preheated frying pan with olive oil on medium heat about 6 minutes per side. You want them heavily browned. While steaks are browning mix onion soup mix with 1 cup of water in a casserole dish that has a tight fitting lid. Add the onion, celery, and garlic and mix. Place the steaks in casserole dish, pour off the fat from pan, add 1 cup of water. Deglaze pan and pour into casserole dish. Cover and bake in a preheated 350 oven for 2 hours. Check after 1 hour add more water if needed and check again after another half hour. After the 2 hours remove from oven, take steaks out of casserole dish, add the corn starch slurry and thicken the gravy. We had it with mashed potatoes (done my lazy way) and green beans.