This Oven Baked Round Steak Recipe is very easy to make, and requires just 5 ingredients!
Oven Baked Round Steak
When I was growing up, my mother made this Oven Baked Round Steak Recipe for us at least once a month, usually on Sundays. Because it needs to bake in the oven for a few hours, she’d prepare everything and slide it in the oven as we were on our way out the door to church.
When we came home, she’d prepare the side dishes and lunch was ready and on the table in about 15 minutes. Today, I also make this dish on Sundays, about once a month, and my own family continues to enjoy the tradition!
When I was first married, Nick was in enlisted in the Navy and I worked as a Bank Teller. We obviously didn’t have a lot of money, and I needed easy recipes to make as I learned to cook for us. This was perfect because Round Steak was an inexpensive cut of beef, that gets really tender baking at low temperatures over the course of a few hours.
Fast forward twenty years and three children later, and it’s still a great recipe for our family. Having three boys who are teen/tweenagers that eat an incredible amount of food, this recipe is adaptable. I can easily add additional cuts of round steak to the pan, and adjust the quantity of gravy that I’m making, if I need to, while still keeping on budget.
Per reader request, I developed an Easy Crock Pot Round Steak Recipe!
I serve my Oven Baked Round Steak with mashed potatoes (add some gravy on top) and usually corn or green beans, and some Sprite Biscuits. The sprite biscuits require just 4 ingredients, to make, and are very delicious homemade rolls!
Friends who’ve enjoyed this meal in our home have proclaimed it among the best oven baked steak recipes they’ve tried. Other than Pot Roast, it’s really the only oven baked beef I’ve made, though I do have some enticing oven roasted steak recipes pinned to try in the near future.
For dessert, consider making these Green Apple Dumplings. They do require 7 ingredients, but one of them is Sprite, so if you’re already using a can for the Sprite Biscuits, you can use some of what’s left to make the dumplings!
*7 Up or other Lemon Lime Soda also works as a substitute. Sprite is something we usually have on hand in the pantry, so that’s what I use.
Instead of paying $1 per packet of Brown Gravy Sauce, I now buy the big 21 oz bottle from Amazon, which equals approximately 14 packages (42 tablespoons if my calculations are correct). My local warehouse club sells it too, but it’s $2 cheaper currently at Amazon. It has instructions on the label, but I use 3 tablespoons with 1 cup of water to equal one packet. Less water makes it thicker, more water makes it thinner. Since my family thinks brown gravy is a requirement for mashed potatoes, it saves me money to keep the big jar in the pantry versus buying multiple packets at the supermarket every week.
Oven Baked Round Steak
Ingredients
Instructions
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
4 Serving Size:
1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 408 Total Fat: 21g Saturated Fat: 7g Trans Fat: 0g Unsaturated Fat: 11g Cholesterol: 111mg Sodium: 1581mg Carbohydrates: 16g Net Carbohydrates: 0g Fiber: 1g Sugar: 2g Sugar Alcohols: 0g Protein: 40g
For my family of 5, with three teenage boys, I now use 5 pounds of round steak. One of us is now allergic to mushrooms, so I only use cream of chicken. For 5 pounds of meat, I still use 2 cans of cream of chicken. It makes enough gravy for us.
To make a thicker gravy, add 4 tbsp brown gravy to 1 cup of water.
To make a thinner gravy, use 2 tbsp brown gravy to 1 cup of water.
To make MORE gravy, double or triple the brown gravy and water you use. (You can also make this on the stove top, without baking).
To give the gravy a twang, add 1 pkg Dry Ranch Seasoning and 2 tbsp butter to the gravy mix.
To cook longer (if you’ll be away when it cooks, reduce temp to 300).
I don’t suggest increasing temp to cook faster. Round Steak should be cooked low and slow to be more tender. TOO fast or too hot with result in a tough meat.
Oven temps and times can vary. In Oklahoma, I cooked at 300 for 3 hours because the oven cooked hot. In NH at a higher altitude, I cooked at 325 for 3 1/4 hours. Adjust accordingly for your situation.
Update: A few people have emailed to ask what type of oven safe baking dish I use. I received a 9×13 Pyrex Baking Dish as a wedding gift, 20 years ago. It’s still the same dish I use today. While I don’t know how much it cost back then, Amazon does offer a similar item in a pack of 2 for under $20. Oxo has a Freezer to Oven safe 9×13 pan, with a lid, at a reasonable price as well. On a side note, the items that I recall receiving as wedding gifts that have held up well under frequent use over the past 20 years are items that I like to gift at wedding showers. This makes the list!
These are a few of the items I find helpful in my own kitchen when preparing this Oven Baked Steak Recipe:
Pyrex Basics 3 Quart Glass Oblong Baking Dish with Red Plastic Lid -13.2 INCH x 8.9inch x 2 inch
1.8 Qt Square Glass Bakeware Dishes, Baking Tray with Blue Lids – 10.3 x 9.4 x 2.7 inchesMcCormick, Brown Gravy Mix, 21oz Container (Pack of 2)AmazonBasics 18-Piece White Kitchen Dinnerware Set, Dishes, Bowls, Service for 6The Fannie Farmer Cookbook: AnniversarySlow Cooking for Two: A Slow Cooker Cookbook with 101 Slow Cooker Recipes Designed for Two PeopleOld-School Comfort Food: The Way I Learned to Cook
Becky channell says
I want too try this yummy sounding recipe soon… do you mean eye of round steak? Excited too try your sprite biscuits too.:)
Karen Puleski says
You can use eye of round, I typically use Top Round or Bottom Round, though 🙂
Natalie says
This is so good. I usually use the sliced steaks but I want to try a whole London broil roast and wondering if I need to adjust the time?
Karen Puleski says
I’ve never tried it with a London Broil Roast before, I’ve always just used the sliced Round Steaks. I’ve baked a pot roast in about 3 hours though at the same temp. so it’s worth a try. I’d do it on a day when you have extra time, if needed 🙂 I hope you enjoy it as much as my family does!
Brittany says
Awesome recipe! We butcher our own cow/steer every year and I always end up with a TON of round steak. I think this is by far the best it has turned out. Thank you for sharing!
Karlye says
Do I need to thaw the meat in water or just put it in a bowl and slow thaw it?
Melanie says
I made this recipe for supper tonight and it was delicious! The left over gravy was perfect on to potatoes too. I’ll be making this again for sure.
Serenajo says
Wonder if this could be cooked n a slow cooker crock pot? I have made simular to this in electric skillet on low…gonna try the oven method. Looks fail proof. TY!
Margo says
We seem to have many packages of sirloin steaks left in our freezer would this steak be good in this recipe?
Karen Puleski says
I have never tried that, but a shorter cooking time would probably be necessary. I’ve found Round Steak to be a tougher cut of meat, so cooking it low and slow in the oven tenderizes it, so it can be cut with a fork 🙂
Linda says
Ii am wondering if you could use golden mushroom and beef consome soup instead of what’s listed in the recipe
Karen Puleski says
It would probably work ok, I’m not sure how much liquid is in that type of soup, so you may need to adjust the amount of water added!
Casey Garvey says
This sounds delisious! Cant wait to make this week for dinner!
Gina Ferrell says
I love trying new steak recipes. I need to try that Sprite Biscuits recipe too!
kathy pease says
This looks so yummy and I will have to try out the recipe 🙂
Jennifer H. says
This looks like a great dinner!
Kaela K. says
Oh my goodness. This looks amazing. Saving this recipe and can’t wait to try it out!
Mishelle Greening says
This sounds like a full recipe and I love the cheater gravy…. my pan gravy never tastes right.
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Renee Rousseau says
This looks so yummy I saved the recipe and pulled a steak out of the freezer!
Anne says
My mother made something like this, but I never got her recipe. Will have to give this a try.