Salisbury Steak

Directions

• Finely mince about ½ cup of the onion and slice the remainder of the onion.
• The minced onion will go in the ground beef mixture, the rest will be used for the gravy.
• Add the ground beef, minced onion, breadcrumbs, egg, 1 Tbsp of the Worcestershire sauce (the remainder will go in the gravy), Italian seasoning, salt, and pepper to a large bowl.
• Use your hands to mix the ingredients together until they are evenly combined. Divide the mixture into four equal parts, and shape each into a flattened oval.
• Add the cooking oil to a large skillet and heat over medium.
• Once the skillet is hot, add the shaped beef patties and cook for about 5 minutes on each side, or until they are well browned on each side.
• Transfer the cooked patties to a clean plate.
• While the beef patties are cooking, slice the mushrooms.
• After removing the beef from the skillet, add the sliced mushrooms and the remaining sliced onion along with a pinch of salt and pepper.
• Continue to cook the mushrooms and onions over medium until they are soft.
• Allow the moisture released from the onions and mushrooms to help you dissolve any browned bits off the bottom of the skillet as you stir.
• Once the mushrooms and onions have softened and most of the moisture has evaporated off the bottom of the skillet, add the butter and flour.
• Continue to stir and cook for about two minutes.
• The flour and butter will form a paste and begin to coat the bottom of the skillet.
• Add the beef broth and one tablespoon of Worcestershire sauce to the skillet.
• Stir to dissolve the flour into the broth, making sure to dissolve any flour that is stuck to the bottom of the skillet.
• Allow the broth to come up to simmer (still over medium heat), stirring often. Once it reaches a simmer, it will thicken into a gravy.
• Once the gravy is simmering, add the beef patties back to the skillet with the broth, mushrooms, and onions.
• Spoon the gravy over top, and continue to simmer the beef in the gravy for an additional five minutes.
• Taste the gravy and adjust the salt and pepper to your liking.