# What can you make with cube steak that isn't chicken fried steak? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 27, 2017, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-make-with-cube-steak-that-isnt-chicken-fried-steak/783161 "2017-03-27T19:12:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2017, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-make-with-cube-steak-that-isnt-chicken-fried-steak/783161/1 "2017-03-27T19:12:54Z")
I saw a family sized package of cube steak and was tempted to buy it but couldn’t think of another thing to make with it besides chicken fried steak. Any good recipes for the next time I see this bargain at the butchers? ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2017, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-make-with-cube-steak-that-isnt-chicken-fried-steak/783161/2 "2017-03-27T19:19:51Z")
[Swiss steak.](http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/swiss-steak-recipe) yeah, I know he uses bottom round, but it works fine with cube steaks also. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2017, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-make-with-cube-steak-that-isnt-chicken-fried-steak/783161/3 "2017-03-27T19:24:53Z")
Pretty much anything that has a “comfort food” quality to it. Salisbury steak, stroganoff, that sort of thing. Really, think of just about any beef recipe and there will be a cube steak version out there on the interwebs. The only constant will be that cube steak generally requires plenty of time to cook and get tender. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2017, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-make-with-cube-steak-that-isnt-chicken-fried-steak/783161/4 "2017-03-27T19:40:08Z")
Schnitzel. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2017, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-make-with-cube-steak-that-isnt-chicken-fried-steak/783161/5 "2017-03-27T19:42:05Z")
Crock pot cube steak and gravy > **[Crock Pot Cubed Steak and Gravy (+Video)](https://www.thecountrycook.net/crock-pot-cubed-steak-with-gravy/)** > > Crock Pot Cubed Steak with Gravy is made with cubed steak, au jus gravy mix, French onion soup and cream of chicken soup. Ready when you get home from work. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2017, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-make-with-cube-steak-that-isnt-chicken-fried-steak/783161/6 "2017-03-27T19:42:08Z")
**Smothered Steak** is yummy. Caramelized onions and brown gravy. **Pepper Steak**. Bell peppers, onions, mushrooms in a light brown sauce with soy. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2017, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-make-with-cube-steak-that-isnt-chicken-fried-steak/783161/7 "2017-03-27T20:04:46Z")
Whoa, thanks! ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2017, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-make-with-cube-steak-that-isnt-chicken-fried-steak/783161/8 "2017-03-27T20:10:27Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > **Smothered Steak** is yummy. Caramelized onions and brown gravy. > **Pepper Steak**. Bell peppers, onions, mushrooms in a light brown sauce with soy. Those two are exactly what I do with cube steak most often. Yum yum, especially with a Cajun/creole sauce. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2017, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-make-with-cube-steak-that-isnt-chicken-fried-steak/783161/9 "2017-03-27T20:45:11Z")
Stir-fried beef with vegetables & rice. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2017, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-make-with-cube-steak-that-isnt-chicken-fried-steak/783161/10 "2017-03-27T21:11:35Z")
> [@jz78817](#): > > [Swiss steak.](http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/swiss-steak-recipe) > > yeah, I know he uses bottom round, but it works fine with cube steaks also. I believe this is the one I’ve used before, and it is AWESOME. (And it totally looks like somebody already ate it.) I do it with egg noodles. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2017, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-make-with-cube-steak-that-isnt-chicken-fried-steak/783161/11 "2017-03-27T21:12:40Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > **Smothered Steak** is yummy. Caramelized onions and brown gravy. > **Pepper Steak**. Bell peppers, onions, mushrooms in a light brown sauce with soy. Hell to the yeah! These are standbys. Infinitely adaptable to whatever you have on hand. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2017, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-make-with-cube-steak-that-isnt-chicken-fried-steak/783161/12 "2017-03-27T22:27:23Z")
[City chicken](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_chicken)? (It’s usually made with veal or pork, but I imagine steak might work) ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2017, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-make-with-cube-steak-that-isnt-chicken-fried-steak/783161/13 "2017-03-27T22:57:19Z")
There’s a German dish where you wrap up up carrot slices and pickle with cubed steak and cook it a mushroom sauce (or cream of mushroom soup) that’s pretty darn tasty. Can’t remember what it’s called though. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2017, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-make-with-cube-steak-that-isnt-chicken-fried-steak/783161/14 "2017-03-27T23:03:21Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > There’s a German dish where you wrap up up carrot slices and pickle with cubed steak and cook it a mushroom sauce (or cream of mushroom soup) that’s pretty darn tasty. > > Can’t remember what it’s called though. I assume it’s a form of _rouladen_. I still remember as a kid being perplexed when I was served that for the first time on a Lufthansa flight in the 80s. Beef wrapped around a pickle?! But quite tasty. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2017, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-make-with-cube-steak-that-isnt-chicken-fried-steak/783161/15 "2017-03-27T23:58:08Z")
Beef curry? ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2017, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-make-with-cube-steak-that-isnt-chicken-fried-steak/783161/16 "2017-03-28T01:21:48Z")
I use [this marinade](http://allrecipes.com/recipe/68301/grilled-delmonico-steaks/) (minus the salt because that’s just ridiculous), and then I grill them. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2017, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-make-with-cube-steak-that-isnt-chicken-fried-steak/783161/17 "2017-03-28T01:33:51Z")
Whenever my mother had a chance to buy a bargain beef, she made stew or soup. I was a kid who didn’t like meat, but I would usually eat the beef stew or the soup. Sometimes she made matzah ball soup with sliced beef instead of chicken. I’m a vegetarian, so I can’t vouch that this is exactly the cut she used, but I think she used a lot of different cuts, depending on what was available. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2017, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-make-with-cube-steak-that-isnt-chicken-fried-steak/783161/18 "2017-03-28T01:38:02Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > Schnitzel. Also known in America as “chicken fried steak”. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2017, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-make-with-cube-steak-that-isnt-chicken-fried-steak/783161/19 "2017-03-28T01:39:39Z")
In N’Awlins, they make _grillades_ out of round steak. Which is unmacerrated cube steak, cut into strips or paillardes. The recipes go all the way back to the _Picayune Creole Cookbook_ of 1901, which is one of the few cookbooks that old that you can still use everyday now. You can salt and pepper them and fry them and eat them plain as a breakfast side with your eggs and toast, or braise them in a gravy with vegetables and scoop 'em over grits (or rice or mashed potatoes or noodles). > **[Grillades](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grillades)** > > Grillades /ɡree-yahds/ are medallions of various meats, conventionally beef, but veal and pork are also used in modern recipes. Often served with gravy at breakfast or brunch over grits, they are a traditional Creole food. > Despite the name, grillades are not grilled, but fried or seared. For grillades with gravy, the meat is cut into medallions, pounded flat, seasoned and dredged in flour. The meat is then browned and braised in a flavorful liquid made up of roux and chopped or crushed tomatoes.... ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2017, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-make-with-cube-steak-that-isnt-chicken-fried-steak/783161/20 "2017-03-28T01:43:47Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > Also known in America as “chicken fried steak”. Exactly. Although I’m more likely to use pork or chicken cutlets in schnitzel. Of course, the original was veal. The Argentineans, who seem to eat nothing but beef, call their round steak schnitzel _Beef Milanese_, a reminder that nearly all civilized peoples like to eat breaded meat fried in a pan. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-make-with-cube-steak-that-isnt-chicken-fried-steak/783161.md?page=2)