Recipe: Creole Steak

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I really must apologize for the bad photo below, but this was the only photo I could find of this delicious family favorite.

I’m not responsible for the name of this recipe, this is what it has always been called for as long as I can remember, just try it, you’ll like it.

I record these recipes here because I know many people who don’t cook or don’t think they can cook or don’t know what to cook, but want to make delicious meals for themselves and those they love. I have been sharing some of the family favorites here because in my opinion, if you can read a recipe you can follow it and cook a decent meal. These recipes are tried and true. This one has been through a few alterations. When my mom married the first time, this was one of her mother-in-law’s recipes. That marriage only last about three years, but the recipe has been handed down in our family anyway for many years. I have never met anyone else who makes this or had anything like it, so I think it needs to be shared. It isn’t difficult to make.

Creole Steak
1½ – 2 lb. Beef Round Steak cut into bite-sized pieces (can also use stew beef)
¼  Cup Flour
1 cup each green pepper and onion (fresh diced or dried flakes)
4 (15  oz.) cans Tomato Sauce
5 (15  oz.) cans Peas

Trim fat from meat.  Tenderize with meat hammer if you like before cutting it up.  Brown meat pieces in a large stockpot.  Add flour and stir until all meat is coated.  Pour in tomato sauce, and use the liquid from the peas to rinse tomato sauce cans, then pour into the pot as well.  Set peas aside to add just before serving.  Stir.  Add green pepper and onion if desired.  Stir.  Cover and cook over low to medium heat for 20 to 30 minutes.  While this is cooking, I make my rice in a separate pot.  When the rice is ready, add the peas to the big pot and stir.  Serve over the rice or just dump the cooked rice in and give it a stir.

(Eva Lauerman’s adaptation of her former Mother-in-Law, Mrs. Parrish’s recipe)

Note, if I can ever find the original recipe I will add it in here, but I had no luck when I searched for it.

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