Salisbury Steak with Mushroom Gravy is a comfort food favourite that’s easy to make. Juicy seasoned beef patties made with ground beef (mince) smothered in an outrageously delicious mushroom gravy, this Salisbury Steak recipe has been tried and loved by readers from all over the world. And now it’s your turn to experience it!
And next time – try Salisbury Steak Meatballs!
Salisbury steak
There’s a man who lives in his car at our local dog park. He’s a valuable member of our community – he knows all the locals, looks after the park like it’s his own backyard, has gun-barrel views over Sydney’s beautiful Pittwater waterways and he tells the worst jokes. 😂
Anyway, the story of this Salisbury Steak recipe is that I regularly take hot meals down to him, sometimes even fancy-sounding things like duck confit. As we approached Christmas one year, I asked him what, of all the meals I took to him that year, his favourite meals were.
And he said “Oh, those burgers with the mushroom gravy were spectacular!” So I made them again for him, then I published the recipe on my site the next day. 🙂
This was back in 2015, and that’s how this Salisbury Steak recipe came to be on my website!
How to make Salisbury Steak
Salisbury steak involves making seasoned beef patties using mince / ground beef, then making a mushroom gravy. In my recipe, there’s just two little things I do differently to the usual Salisbury Steak recipe that I think makes them even tastier:
Grate onion and soak the breadcrumbs in the juices – guaranteed to make the steaks softer and tastier, a tried, proven and much loved method that I use for my classic Italian Meatballs (plenty of reviews substantiating this!). Plus it’s much more efficient than cooking chopped onions (raw onion bits in steak is not nice), and you avoid the risk of the steaks falling apart if the onions aren’t chopped finely enough ; and
Sear beef patties briefly then finishing cooking IN the gravy: I like to sear them in a stinking hot skillet to brown the steaks so they are still raw on the inside, then finish cooking them in the gravy so the juices that seep while they are cooking flavours the gravy. Never waste free flavour! That’s my motto! Plus, the gravy infuses moisture in to the steaks. Double bonus!
What is the difference between a Salisbury Steak and Hamburger patties?
Great Hamburger patties are made with nothing more than good quality ground beef, salt and pepper. Whereas the ingredients in Salisbury Steak patties are more like meatballs – including breadcrumbs, onion and flavourings such as Worcestershire sauce.
Salisbury Steak is pretty much me on a plate. Wholesome, homely, down to earth good food that’s economical, packs a flavour punch but is not fiddly or time consuming to make. Hope you love it as much as I do! – Nagi x
Watch how to make it
Sometimes it helps to have a visual – so watch me make this Salisbury Steak!
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Salisbury Steak with Mushroom Gravy
Ingredients
Salisbury Steak
- 1/2 onion (white, brown or yellow)
- 1/2 cup panko breadcrumbs (or 1/3 cup ordinary breadcrumbs)
- 1 lb/500g ground beef (mince)
- 1 garlic clove , minced
- 1 egg
- 2 tbsp ketchup
- 1 beef bouillon cube , crumbled
- 1/2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
- 3 tsp dijon mustard OR 2 tsp dry mustard powder
Gravy
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 2 garlic cloves , minced
- 1/2 onion , finely chopped
- 5 oz/150g mushrooms , sliced
- 30g / 2 tbsp unsalted butter
- 3 tbsp flour (all purpose / plain)
- 2 cups beef broth / stock , low sodium
- 1/2 cup water
- 2 tsp dijon mustard
- 2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
- Salt and pepper
Instructions
Salisbury Steaks
- Onion grating – Place breadcrumbs in a bowl. Use a box grater and grate the onion over the breadcrumbs. Mix with fingers, leave to soak for a few minutes.
- Mix – Add remaining Salisbury Steak ingredients into the large bowl. Use your hands to mix until just combined. Mix well for a couple of minutes until the mixture becomes a bit "pasty" which will ensure your patties hold together well.
- Form patties – Divide into 5 and pat very firmly into oval patties around 3/4" / 1 2/3 cm thick.
Cooking and Gravy
- Brown patties – Heat oil in a skillet over high heat. Add the steaks and cook the first side for 1 minute or until browned, then gently flip and brown the other side (they will still be raw inside). Remove onto plate.
- Cook aromatics – If skillet is looking dry, add a touch more oil. Add chopped onion and garlic and cook for 2 minute until onions are a bit translucent.
- Cook mushrooms – Add the mushrooms into the skillet and cook for 2 – 3 minutes until golden.
- Make gravy roux – Turn heat down to medium. Add butter. Once melted, add flour and cook for 30 seconds, stirring constantly.
- Gravy – Gradually add in beef broth, stirring as you go. Once mostly lump free, whisk in remaining Gravy ingredients.
- Finish cooking steaks – Add steaks along with the juices on the plate. Cook for 5 – 7 minutes, or until gravy is thickened, stirring occasionally around the steaks. If the gravy thickens too quickly, add more water.
- Season gravy – Remove steaks onto a plate. Taste gravy and adjust salt and pepper to taste.
- Serve salisbury steaks topped with the mushroom gravy – over mashed potato is ideal! Sprinkle with a bit of parsley if desired.
Recipe Notes:
Nutrition Information:
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I’ve never been one to leave a review, but I googled this recipe and found this site. This recipe is delicious! Its so good I needed to leave this review. I threw it together quick tonight with mashed potatoes and wife and kids loved it. Going to try them all.
Very tasty! I received lots of compliments for which I have you to thank, so – a great big Thank You! I’ll be making this again.
Hope your holidays are wonderful. Happy cooking. . . .
Two questions…won’t the garlic burn if you put it in with the raw onions? Onions take much longer to cook than garlic! Can I use Better Than Bouillon instead of a cube? Can’t wait to try this because I just tried one using dry onion soup in the burgers and did not care for that flavor.
Love the grated onion mix, sold me on the recipe. Then the butter melt before flour is always a winner for great gravy…will share!
This is the first time making it and it came out so good, the husband is loving it. I would not change a thing. Delish….
Love the grated onion mix, sold me on the recipe. Then the butter melt before flour is always a winner for great gravy…will share!
The Bomb dot com! Made it last night and we absolutely loved it! I ate 3 patties it was so yummy! Thank you!
I made this recipe for the first time tonight. Easy to follow instructions. Delicious.
Perfect, wouldn’t change a thing
DELICIOUS!!!!!!! Making it a second time today. Whole family loved it
I made this for dinner tonight, and it was absolutely delicious. This will be put into our weekly rotation. There is not one thing I would change.
This was really good! I’m going to try more of your recipes.
This is the best recipe I have ever made for Salisbury steak.
Everyone loves it and begs for the recipe, I keep giving out your website. I have tried many recipes and so far they are all delicious. I really like your tips! Thanks for the great recipe!
I’m going to try your recipe tonight because the music in the video got me hyped 😂
This recipe sounds delish. As it is just my husband and myself, would it be possible to freeze the patties before browning/cooking?
Yes Ann, they make the prefect freezer meal! N x
What an amazing easy straight forward recipe to follow. The steaks held together perfectly yet so moist at the same time. My family loved it. Thanks Nagi, you make me not dread cooking lol
lol, same here Aisha. Nagi has me cooking with a lot more confidence!
I want to double the recipe. Can I put these in a pan in the oven?
Tried this and it was great! Soft delicious meat and the gravy was devine!🤗
I made the Salisbury steak last night big hit
you have dijon in the recipe for the gravy, but you don’t put it in when doing the video.
Hi Rosie, it’t not shown in the video but is added in step 5 as per the recipe 🙂 N x
Oh, okay! I added the extra 2 tsp into the sauce and it was amazing. I actually made the Salisbury steaks into meatballs. Paired it with garlicy green beans and cauliflower mash. Amazing flavor! Oh, also I minced the onions instead of grating them and didn’t add the bouillon, but substituted it with a tsp of hamburger seasoning. Thanks for the recipe!
My husband and I thoroughly enjoyed this for dinner tonight! The Salisbury steak was so moist ! I followed the recipe as written and it was delicious! Thank you Nagi
You’re so welcome Sally! N x