This rich and delicious slow cooker or Instant Pot Swiss steak recipe can be prepped in the morning for the slow cooker or done in the Instant Pot at dinnertime if you prefer.

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What you need to make Swiss Steak
How to make Swiss Steak
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What you need to make Swiss Steak

round steak, approx. 1 inch thick, cut into pieces
flour
dry mustard
salt and pepper to taste
butter
oil
carrots
celery
onion
diced tomatoes
Worcestershire sauce
brown sugar

See recipe card for quantities.

How to make Swiss Steak

Coat the steak with a mixture of flour, mustard, salt, and pepper. Coat the steak with a mixture of flour, mustard, salt, and pepper.

In a skillet, brown the meat in 1 tablespoon butter and 1 tablespoon oil, then transfer to the slow cooker. In a skillet, brown the meat in 1 tablespoon butter and 1 tablespoon oil, then transfer to the slow cooker.

Heat the remaining butter and oil in same skillet. Sauté onion, carrots, and celery until almost tender.

Added: Heat the remaining butter and oil in same skillet. Sauté onion, carrots, and celery until almost tender.

Chopped onion, carrots, and celery in a red and white skillet. There is a wooden spoon in the skillet, and a red and white striped dish towel beside the skillet.

Add the sautéed vegetables to the crockpot with the meat, then combine the tomatoes, Worcestershire sauce, and brown sugar in the skillet.

Worcestershire sauce and diced tomatoes in a red and white skillet. There is a red and white striped dish towel beside the skillet.

Heat the mixture, and be sure the get all the yummy pan drippings.

Cooked Worcestershire sauce and tomato mixture in a red and white skillet. There is a red and white striped dish towel beside the skillet.

Pour the tomatoes over the meat and vegetables in the crockpot. Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours, or until tender.

Chopped onion, carrots, and celery topped with Worcestershire sauce and tomato mixture in a slow cooker. There is a pair of red metal tongs in the slow cooker.

Enjoy with mashed potatoes, rice, or pasta.

White bowl with mashed potatoes in one half and strips of beef and chopped vegetables in the other half, garnished with parsley. To the left of the bowl is a spoon and fork on a red linen napkin. To the right is a wooden cutting board with parsley on it.

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White bowl with mashed potatoes in one half and strips of beef and chopped vegetables in the other half, garnished with parsley. The bowl is on a red linen napkin and there is a fork in the bowl.

Slow Cooker or Instant Pot Swiss Steak

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This rich and delicious slow cooker or Instant Pot Swiss steak recipe can be prepped in the morning for the slow cooker or done in the Instant Pot at dinnertime if you prefer.

Mary Ann

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Prep Time 45

Cook Time 6

Total Time 6 45

Course Main Dish

Cuisine American, Gluten-free

Servings servings

Calories 292

Ingredients

1 ½ lbs round steak, approx. 1 inch thick, cut into 6 pieces
¼ cup flour
2 teaspoon dry mustard
Salt and pepper to taste
2 tablespoon butter, divided
2 tablespoon oil, divided
2 carrots, sliced
2 stalks celery, chopped
1 onion, chopped
14 oz can diced tomatoes
2 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
2 teaspoon brown sugar

Instructions

Crockpot Instructions

Coat steak with a mixture of flour, mustard, salt, and pepper. In a skillet, brown the meat in 1 tablespoon butter and 1 tablespoon oil. Transfer to a slow cooker.
Heat remaining butter and oil in same skillet. Sauté onion, carrots, and celery until almost tender, then add to crockpot with meat.
In the same skillet, combine tomatoes, Worcestershire sauce, and brown sugar. Heat, scraping up drippings, until skillet is deglazed. Pour tomato mixture over meat.
Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours, or until tender. Serve meat with vegetable sauce spooned over the steak.

Instant Pot Instructions

(Instant Pot instructions are courtesy of Carolyn, who converted the recipe for use in her IP. Note that the venting instructions are *not* tested.)
Coat steak with a mixture of flour, mustard, salt, and pepper. On sauté mode, brown the meat in 1 tablespoon butter and 1 tablespoon oil.
Remove the steak from the pot and set aside.
Sauté onion, carrots, and celery until almost tender.
Add the tomatoes, Worcestershire sauce, and brown sugar and use it to deglaze the pot.
Add the beef back to the pot and stir gently just enough to cover the meat in sauce.
Add cover and seal. Cook on Stew mode for 30 minutes.
Vent as preferred; NPR was used in Carolyn's conversion but venting immediately would probably work fine. (Let us know how your method worked in the comments.)

Notes

Nutrition data does not include buttered potatoes.

This recipe is courtesy of Marilyn Moll, who did a guest stint for our meal plans for a week way back in 2005 (when we were doing free meal plans as Menus4Moms), and this is one of the delicious recipes she contributed.

Nutrition per serving

Calories: 292 calCarbohydrates: 13 gProtein: 27 gFat: 14 gSodium: 265 mgFiber: 2 gSugar: 5 g

Recipe courtesy of Marilyn Moll.