Crockpot Cube Steak and Gravy. Best cube steak EVER.

I hate mushrooms. Slimy. Their texture is... SCRUNCHY. I used to LOVE mushrooms. When I was pregnant with my Christopher back in '88, I ate a crap ton of stuffed mushrooms. At the time, we lived in Big Bear, which is a GREAT if you're just visiting.We had a friend whose house we visited almost every day and she catered to my crazy pregnancy craving of stuffed mushrooms. One day, I was noshing on these gems and I ate one that tasted like nothing but mold. Like a had eaten a solid ball of mushy mold. Since then I haven't eaten one. Nope. No thank-you.

This recipe calls for 2 cans of cream of mushroom soup. Which makes me go,

So of course I had to tweak it. First up, the gathering of the ingredients.

As you can see, I'm using 1 can cream of celery and 1 can cream of onion. Also, when I went to the store to buy my cube steaks, they only had one left and it was on sale. High five! Anyway, you are going to use 2 cans of cream of whatever-the-hell-you-want soup. I meant to buy 2 cream of onion to be honest. Then I saw the cream of celery and was messing around with things in my head and got the wrong stuff. Oh well. Pour or glop your two cans of soup, 1 packet of onion soup mix and 3/4 water into a bowl. Mix it well. It'll look like this:

Or something. My lighting is terrible as usual.

Put your cube steaks into your crockpot. Spoon the mixture over them, covering them completely.

Remember: I use crockpot liners.

Also, here is my awesome crockpot:

I received this for Christmas from my honey face. It's HUGE. I can put anything in this baby.

Let that cook on low for 6-8 hours. It will smell amazing and fill your house with hunger pains. After it has finished cooking, it will not be full of magical cube steaks that you can take out individually. No. They will be stuck together somewhat. You can try and pick them apart, or whatever, but what you'll get is a cube steak chunk of meat that isn't beautiful, but tastes AMAZING. However! If you don't want them fusing together, after they've been cooking about 3 hours, pull them apart. They'll have just started sticking together and should come apart quite easily. When everything is done, removed your cube steaks and add 2 tablespoons of cornstarch to the gravy. Whisk the daylights out of that gravy to get that cornstarch all blended in. You can choose not to do this, I have, but the gravy is thinner. Either way, it's good. It'll look something like this:

I told you it wasn't pretty. But neither is John Malkovich and he's pretty damn good.

I served this with some mashed potatoes and carrots. Serve it with whatever you like, but I'd certainly recommend mashed potatoes or rice for all that tasty gravy. Happy eating!

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Crockpot Cube steak and Gravy

• Cube Steak (I used a family size pack)
• 2 cans cream of onion (or whatever) soup
• 1 envelope onion soup mix
• 3/4 cup water

1. Place cube steaks in bottom of crockpot. Mix together cans of soup, envelope of onion soup mix and 3/4 water in a bowl. Pour mixture evenly over cube steaks. Cook on low 6-8 hours, separating steaks halfway if you'd like. Remove steaks from gravy when done. Whisk 2 tablespoons of cornstarch into gravy. Return cube steaks back to crockpot. Serve and enjoy!

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I found the original recipe here: http://thepost-itplace.com/2012/01/crockpot-cube-steak-and-gravy/

Review: Not a visually pretty dish, but the best damn cube steak we've ever had. It just falls apart. The gravy can be pretty thin, so you can add some cornstarch if you'd like. 4 stars.