Swiss Steak Cafe

More requested recipes – this one involving the crock pot, steak, and coffee.

Swiss Steak Café

Serves 4

1 ½ pounds boneless beef round steak, cut ¾ in thick
1 tablespoon olive oil or cooking oil
2 onions, sliced
1 cup strong coffee
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 teaspoon bottled minced garlic, or 2 cloves garlic, minced
2 bay leaves
½ teaspoon dried oregano, crushed
2 tablespoons water
4 teaspoons cornstarch

Trim the fat from the round steak and cut into 4 serving sized pieces. In a 12 inch skillet, brown the meat on all sides in hot oil. Drain off any fat.

Place onion in bottom of a 3 ½ to 6 quart crockery cooker. Add meat. Combine coffee, soy sauce, garlic, bay leaves, and oregano. Pour over meat and onion.

Cover and cook on low heat for 8 to 10 hours, or on high heat for 4 to 5 hours.

Remove meat and onions to platter and keep warm. Measure 2 cups of the cooking liquid and pour into a small saucepan. Discard bay leaves. Combine water and cornstarch and stir into saucepan. Cook and stir over medium heat until thickened and bubbly. Cook and stir 2 minutes more. Serve sauce with round steak.

Source: What’s for Dinner? From Better Homes and Gardens Books, Inc. © 1995

Notes from the Hare

I must admit, I’ve never considered using coffee as an ingredient before, but this sounds very tasty.