Homemade Salisbury Steak

Homemade Salisbury Steak is an easy comfort food dinner! Made with homemade ground beef steaks and covered in the best mushroom gravy, this is a hearty meal the whole family will love.

Ground beef is one of my favorite proteins to have on hand – it’s budget-friendly, defrosts quickly and there’s so many different things to make with it. Meatballs, meatloaf, spaghetti sauce, lasagna, tacos… And Salisbury Steak!

What used to be a popular TV dinner is now an easy comfort food dinner made from scratch: Homemade ground beef steaks and covered in the best mushroom gravy, so good.

My kids call these “mini meatloaves”, and they are a dinner staple around here. Especially during winter, and we LOVE them with mashed potatoes, egg noodles or even rice – it’s such a versatile meal!

Ingredients you’ll need

Here is a visual overview of the ingredients in the recipe. Scroll down to the recipe at the bottom for quantities.

Ingredient notes

• Meat: Traditionally, it’s an all-beef recipe. But if you want to change it up, you can also use a mix of pork and beef. Or even ground turkey, if you want.
• Broth: Beef works best here, but you can use chicken broth with an extra dash of Worcestershire sauce if you don’t have beef on hand.
• Green pepper: Finely diced green pepper is a traditional ingredient in Salisbury steak, but you can replace it with a finely diced celery stick or 1 finely diced onion if you really don’t like the taste of green pepper.
• Mushrooms: Not a fan? Just leave them out! Alternatively, make the onion gravy from my bangers and mash!

Step by step photos

Make the patties

Make the gravy

Recipe tips

• Shaping the patties: Make firm patties to keep them from falling apart in the gravy. I always make a shallow indentation in the middle with my thumb to help them keep their shape during cooking.
• Oven instructions: 20-30 minutes, covered, in the oven at 350°F will cook your steaks, too.
• Internal temperature: Remember, however you cook your steaks, make sure they reach in internal temperature of 160°F to be safe! See also Safe Minimum Cooking Temperatures Chart on the government’s food safety website.

Make ahead instructions

I like to buy lean ground beef on sale and make a bunch of meatloaves, meatballs and Salisbury steak patties for the freezer. So handy!

To freeze the uncooked patties

Place them on a lined baking sheet in a single layer, cover with foil and and freeze until firm (about 2 hours). Then transfer to labelled freezer bags or freezer friendly containers for up to 3 months.Defrost in the fridge overnight, then proceed with the recipe as directed.

To freeze the cooked patties

Freeze the cooked patties in gravy. Defrost in the fridge overnight and then reheat in a pan OR in the oven until piping hot all the way through.

Salisbury steak FAQs

Now all that’s left to figure out is why on earth it has become so popular. Probably because it tastes amazing – although I would never have it without a side of carbs 😉

Serving suggestions

My family loves their Salisbury steak over mashed potatoes with a side of sautéed green beans.

The steaks are also delicious with wide egg noodles or rice, and I do also enjoy a side salad with either my honey mustard dressing or my homemade ranch dressing.

More comfort food classics

Check out my collection of easy dinner recipes with ground beef for more ideas!

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I first shared this recipe on 12/05/2018. I updated it on 06/05/2020 to make it better for you.