Country Style Steak is a favorite meal in many homes in the South. It is made with lightly battered cube steak that is cooked in brown gravy and onions until tender.
This recipe makes it from scratch easily in your Instant Pot or pressure cooker!
Typically, after frying, the cube steak is cooked in the oven for 2 or more hours; however with the Instant Pot, cooking time is reduced to less than 30 minutes!
What are the ingredients?
To make this tender, flavorful cube steak, you need the following ingredients:
- cube steak
- flour
- oil
- beef broth
- onion
- Lipton Onion Soup Mix
- Cream of Celery Soup
Steps for cooking Instant Pot Cubed Steak
Here are steps for cooking the Instant Pot cubed steak.
- Cut the cubed steak into smaller pieces.
- After cutting the cubed steak, toss the meat into a ziplock bag filled with flour giving it a nice flour dust on all sides of the meat.
- Add oil to the Instant Pot. Cook steaks on the Sauté setting on each side until crust is brown and crispy (about 3 minutes a side).
- Set aside the steak.
- Deglaze the Instant Pot pan with some of the beef broth.
- Add onions and cook until tender.
- Return the steak to the Instant Pot.
- Add remaining ingredients and cook for 20 minutes on manual High setting.
Note: If you want larger pieces of cube steak, you can fry them separately in a larger pan.
However, if you are cooking everything in the Instant Pot (and why dirty another dish?) then you will cut the cube steak into smaller pieces when frying. The space around the meat to prevents touching and allows it to cook a crispy outer crust.
Can you freeze leftovers?
If you have leftovers, you can freeze country style pot cube steak.
Freeze in an airtight container.
Thaw out completely when you are ready to cook. Reheat in the oven, stove top, or microwave.
For more Southern recipes, check out:
- How to Cook Collard Greens
- Southern Slow Cooker Green Beans and Potatoes
- Instant Pot Southern Fried Cabbage
- Instant Pot Southern Hot Dog Chili
- Southern Cornbread Dressing
- Chicken and Pastry
- Sweet Potato Casserole
- Instant Pot Gumbo with Shrimp and Sausage
- Banana Pudding
Please leave me a comment below if you make this Instant Pot Country Style Steak, tell me what you thought about it. I would love to hear back, and so would my readers.
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Country Style Instant Pot Cube Steak Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 lbs cube steak
- ⅓ cup flour
- 2 tbs oil
- 2 cups beef broth
- 2 onions
- 10.5 oz can cream of celery soup
- 1 dry package of Lipton Onion Soup mix
Instructions
- Cut 2 lbs cube steak into smaller pieces.
- Add ⅓ cup flour to ziplock bag.
- Add steak a few at a time to bag to flour meat.
- Add 3 tbs oil to Instant Pot. Turn on Sauté setting.
- Add cube steak in small batches to Instant Pot. Cook on each side until browned and crispy.
- Set cube steak aside. Deglaze bottom of Instant Pot with 3 tbs of the beef broth.
- Add 2 thickly sliced onions and cook them until tender.
- Return cube steak on top of onions.
- Mix remaining 2 cups broth, cream of celery soup, and Lipton onion soup mix.
- Add sauce mixture over the cube steak.
- Cook on Manual High for 20 minutes.
- Quick release pressure.
- Turn off Instant Pot and rest for 5 minutes. (This will thicken the gravy.) Serve over rice or with mashed potatoes.
Margaret Mouton
Made this tonight. I seasoned the meat and the flour. The only thing I would change is the amount of liquid I put in with the onions. I got the dreadful burn notice. It was a hit.
Wanda thornburg
Love this. Used the jar of Heinz savory beef gravy instead ....not as much sodium
Mickey
Made this recipe using pork cubed steak. It was about the most delicious meal we've had. Sides were mashed potatoes, carrots, and baked beans. Of course we had biscuits.
Karen Tolbert
Great recipe! The instructions were really easy which I appreciate. I typically don’t like when people comment with changes to the recipe ... however, I also have some exceptions. I only used half the amount of onion mix and I put the soup (half cream of mushroom and half cream of celery) on the top of the meat as one of the comments recommended. So tender, so tasty, so the meal you can show off with when family and friends come for dinner. Served with green bean casserole, carrots and mashed potatoes.
Thank you!
Ghulam Mohyudin
It was perfect the first time. I learned so much from you as well! Keep it up great post.
Mellie Davis
Fabulous recipe—my husband loved it. It’s his favorite meal, with mashed potatoes and green neans. Just a note—In order to prevent the dreaded “burn message”, I always put the liquid broth in first, lay in the meat, then pour the cream soup on top, without stirring it into the broth. When it’s done, I mix the gravy all together, put the top back on for a few minutes, and it’s good to go! This is wonderful flavor and so easy. Thanks so much!!!
Katie Crenshaw
Yes, Brandy. Lipton Beefy Onion Soup will be just as good!
Brandy
Could I use lipton beefy onion soup instead of Lipton onion soup
Jack
This was Delicious. I used Minute Steaks instead of cubed steaks. Came out tender and tasty, served with mashed potatoes.
A keeper!!!
Peggy L
I just made this recipe tonight. It’s awesome! Only thing I did different was added salt n pepper and a little garlic powder to the flour. And also used cream of mushroom soup instead of celery soup. And added a 4 oz can of sliced mushrooms. Cooked egg noodles on the stove, because I was tired and had been cleaning all day, and didn’t feel up to washing, peeling and cooked potatoes for mashed. Plus my hubby asked for them. Lol. Great recipe! Will definitely make again! Thx
Norma Myers
Excellent recipe! Made this for lunch today along with creamy mashed potatoes and steamed asparagus. My hubby raved and gave it a 5 star. However, i have a 10 quart Instapot so i used a little more oil to brown them. Simply delicious and pure Southern comfort food at its best!
Keith
I made this for the first time tonight. Amazing! I made 2 cups of white rice right before this recipe and it was a nice addition. Like others, I used cream of mushroom soup instead of celery. I also would recommend to salt and pepper the steak before coating with flour. I only had one cup of beef stock, so I used water for the second cup. I had to use more oil to brown the floured meat as 4 cubed steaks cut lengthwise into 8 pieces, only 4 fit at a time in my 6 qt IP. I also cooked each piece for ~5 minutes per side. 20 minutes on manual gave a fork tender result! I’ll definitely make again!
Mel Grussing
Just finished making and devouring this Country style steak in my Instant-Pot. Side dishes mashed potatoes with gravy from the steak and fresh asparagus. Just outstanding!!!! The only change I make was increasing the cooking time from 20 minutes to 23. What a great recipe. My picky wife raved about it and sent the news to our kids. Thanks much.
Katie Crenshaw
Cooking time should be the same. Glad you like it.
Amy
I have made this several times, love it!! I am wanting to double the recipe tomorrow, do I need to increase the cook time? Still pretty new to using the pressure cooker. Thank you!
Katie Crenshaw
Yes. I would adjust all ingredients to x1.5 because you are adding an additional pound of meat. To keep things easy though, you could double all of the other ingredients. You would just end up with more gravy....
Shelly
If I use 3 lbs of the meat should I use more liquid in the instant pot?
Elizabeth Thompson
My husband just raves over this recipe. We use venison and it is delicious and tender.