tender braised steak in a bowl with cooked onions, gravy and mashed potato

Braised Steak and Onions is a hearty and classic dish for a cold winter’s night! With saucy, tender pieces of beef in a delicious and sweet onion flavoured gravy, this is the ultimate comfort food! 

Braised steak and onions may be considered a bit of an old fashioned dish, but you can’t deny how delicious it is! It’s one of those classic meals that just makes you feel good inside! 

The tender beef just melts in your mouth and the onions become so sweet and tasty in the oven. Then there’s the sauce! The gravy-like onion flavoured sauce! Give me some bread and I’d be happy with just a bowl of it. Okay, maybe not – the meat is pretty darn good…

But the point is, braised steak and onions is one of the best comfort foods you’ll find this winter. It’s a dish full of nostalgia for most people and something that I’m very happy to be sharing with all of you!

a large bright blue dutch oven casserole dish half way full of a rich brown beef stock broth. Large pieces of browned off beef steaks and quartered brown onions are floating in the broth. The casserole pot is sitting on a gas cook top.

Tips and Tricks

Whilst this dish is already incredibly easy and pretty foolproof, I have included some little tips and tricks to not only ensure the best results, but to also make things as easy as possible.

  1. Brown the meat in batches and make sure you don’t overcrowd the pot. This with prevent the steaks from stewing and make sure you get the best flavours.
  2. This dish only takes about 15 minutes to prep; after that the oven does all the work. But if you’re really strapped for time, you can skip browning off the meat. Just don’t coat in flour and add everything straight to the pot at once. But I’ll just say, browning the meat does add great flavour!
  3. If you can’t get pearl onions – or just don’t want to use them – then just substitute them for 2 brown onions cut into eighths.
  4. If you’re Gluten Free, then you can just omit the flour. Continue to brown the meat and follow the recipe as directed!
tender braised steak in a bowl with cooked onions, gravy and mashed potato

Braised Steak & Onions

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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 3 hours 30 minutes
Total Time 3 hours 35 minutes
Course Main Course
Servings 6

Ingredients
  

  • 1 tbsp oil
  • 4 blade steaks around 800g in total
  • ¼ cup plain flour
  • 6 pearl onions quartered
  • 3 cloves garlic peeled & crushed
  • 500 ml beef stock
  • 500 ml water
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 tbsp worcestershire sauce
  • 1 tbsp butter
  • 1 tsp tomato paste
  • 3 thyme spigs
  • salt & pepper to taste

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 125℃. Heat oil in a large dutch oven or casserole pot.
  • Cut steaks in half and coat in flour. Brown on both sides in the casserole pot or dutch oven, in batches to avoid overcrowding. Remover pot from heat.
  • Add remaining ingredients and stir thoroughly to combine. Cover with lid and place in the oven. Cook for 2½ hours.
  • Turn the heat up to 180℃ and remove lid. Cook for 1 hour. Remove bay leaf and thyme and serve with mashed potato and bread.

Notes

You can also add in some chopped carrots for a little extra colour and flavour!
Keyword Braised Beef, Braised Steak, Steak & Onions

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a large white bowl of slow cooked braised steaks swimming in a pool of rich brown sauce. tender pieces of cooked onions were also swimming in the sauce and there was some on top of the beef. the steak and onions are leaning against a large pile of fluffy white mashed potatoes. the whole dish is garnished with fresh thyme. across the tip of the picture is a bold black heading that reads "braised steak and onions" and underneath that is a smaller subheading that reads "a classic winter warmer"