3 Ingredient Easy Hamburger Steak and Gravy Recipe
I’ve been making this 3 Ingredient Easy Hamburger Steak and Gravy Recipe since I was a kid! Yep, it’s been around that long! This family favorite is perfect for a busy weeknight dinner and only has 3 main ingredients! If you love EASY you might also love this Mashed Potato Burger Stack too!
This is a great recipe that can also be frozen for later…like those old-fashioned tv dinners…but WAY better!
This hamburger steak recipe is made with ingredients most households have right in the pantry. So if you’re looking to switch up plain ground beef patties and you LOVE gravy…then I’ve got you!
My whole family loves this recipe and I hope yours will too. This is definitely one to teach the kids to make and pass on to the next generation. Even picky eaters love this recipe!
Hamburger Steak Recipe
This Ground Beef and Gravy Recipe is similar (but not at all the same) to my Easy Salisbury Steak Recipe but even easier! I’ve got some great shortcuts in this recipe that will put a hearty meal on the table without spending hours in the kitchen. Not everything needs to be a big production…especially with our busy lives!
Hot Tip!
This makes a fantastic frozen make ahead meal! So if you have extra ground beef, make enough for 2 batches and freeze one! Cook as per directions below. Remove Hamburger Steaks before they are completely cooked through. Put into a freezer safe container with gravy over it. Cover and freeze for up to 2 months. It’s a great way to use extra hamburger meat!!
Or if you have leftover cooked hamburgers…don’t throw them out! freeze them to make this super quick dinner next time you are in a hurry.
Ingredients:
- Lean Ground Beef
- Pre-packaged or canned Gravy
- Worcestershire Sauce
- Optional: onion powder, garlic powder, black pepper
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Directions for Hamburger Steak Recipe:
Start by forming your hamburger patties very thick and plump. I do not add anything to my hamburger steak meat mixture. It’s just plain lean ground beef and makes yummy, juicy hamburger steaks.
You can sprinkle a little onion powder, garlic powder or black pepper over them before cooking. It’s optional though, because most of your flavor will come from the gravy.
After making your hamburger steaks, place them into a large skillet that’s sprayed with a little cooking olive oil. Cook your hamburger steaks over medium heat. I use a lid to cover them so that they cook like an oven.
Be sure and watch that you don’t burn them. They are thick but if you cook them over medium heat or even lower…then you should be good to go.
While your Hamburger Steaks are cooking, make your gravy. By using a pre-packaged gravy. you’ll get food on the table quicker. I use McCormick’s Gravy, but you can use whatever you like! I add 1 Tbsp of Worcestershire Sauce to it to give it a little kick.
This is also the time that I am boiling my red potatoes. I use small ones cut in half so they boil up fast over medium-high heat.
Once your gravy is ready, pour half of the brown gravy over your hamburger steaks while they’re still on the stove. Then simmer for about 5 minutes.
If making mashed potatoes, this is the time to mash them. Drain your potatoes. then add a little bit of milk, butter and salt and pepper. I use a hand masher unless I’m making a huge batch…like for the holidays.
Now plate your Mashed Potatoes and top with a Hamburger Steak. Pour more gravy over the top! YUM! There you have it…a delicious comfort food classic.
My husband doesn’t like onions, but I LOVE fried onions, so while the meat and potatoes were cooking, I sauteed some sweet onions (because they are deeelish!) then added them to part of the gravy to make a delicious onion gravy.
Tips & Ideas for Variations
- This is the kind of recipe that you can switch up in many different ways!
- Make any kind of gravy you like. Traditionally Hamburger Steaks are made with a plain Brown Gravy, however, you can make a Mushroom Gravy by simply sautéing mushrooms and adding them to your gravy. Or you can make Onion Gravy like I did with sauteed sliced onions.
- You can also use ground turkey for this recipe.
- It’s perfectly ok to use frozen patties for this Hamburger Steak recipe. Simply cook them a little longer OR thaw first.
Serving Suggestions:
- Serve over Mashed Potatoes (any kind) I used red potatoes. Personally, I think this is the best way BUT it’s your meal and your family…do what’s best!
- Serve over Egg Noodles
- Serve over Rice or Quinoa or both!
- Serve alone!
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Leftovers? I doubt it…LOL BUT, if you do, store the remainder in an airtight container for up to 3 days in the refrigerator.
Easy Homemade Hamburger Steak Recipe with Gravy
Ingredients
- 1 lb Lean Ground Beef
- 2 Cups Pre-Packaged Brown Gravy
- 1 Tbsp Worcestershire Sauce
- 1 pinch / sprinkle onion powder, garlic powder, black pepper Optional
Instructions
- Start by forming your hamburger patties very thick and plump. I do not add anything to my hamburger steak meat mixture. It’s just plain lean ground beef and makes yummy, juicy hamburger steaks
- OPTIONAL: Sprinkle a little onion powder, garlic powder or black pepper over them before cooking. It’s optional though, because most of your flavor will come from the gravy.
- After making your hamburger steaks, place them into a large skillet that’s sprayed with a little cooking olive oil. Cook your hamburger steaks over medium heat. I use a lid to cover them so that they cook like an oven. Be sure and watch that you don’t burn them. They are thick but if you cook them over medium heat or even lower…then you should be good to go
- While your Hamburger Steaks are cooking, make your gravy. By using a pre-packaged gravy. you’ll get food on the table quicker. I use McCormick’s Gravy, but you can use whatever you like! I add 1 Tbsp of Worcestershire Sauce to it to give it a little kick.
- This is also the time that I am boiling my red potatoes. I use small ones cut in half so they boil up fast over medium-high heat.
- Once your gravy is ready, pour half of the brown gravy over your hamburger steaks while they’re still on the stove. Then simmer for about 5 minutes.
- If making mashed potatoes, this is the time to mash them. Drain your potatoes. then add a little bit of milk, butter and salt and pepper.
- Now plate your Mashed Potatoes and top with a Hamburger Steak. Pour more gravy over the top! YUM! There you have it…a delicious comfort food classic.
Notes
- This is the kind of recipe that you can switch up in many different ways!
- Make any kind of gravy you like. Traditionally Hamburger Steaks are made with a plain Brown Gravy, however, you can make a Mushroom Gravy by simply sautéing mushrooms and adding them to your gravy. Or you can make Onion Gravy like I did with sauteed sliced onions.
- You can also use ground turkey for this recipe.
- It’s perfectly ok to use frozen patties for this Hamburger Steak recipe. Simply cook them a little longer OR thaw first.
Made this quick and super easy recipe for the first time!! All loved it! 😊
Yay! So happy to hear it Angela! Thank you so much for commenting so others would know how quick, easy and yummy it is! God Bless!