Who Serves The Best Hamburger Steak?

RE: Who Serves The Best Hamburger Steak? (MiamiDon)

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 05:22:46 GMT

jeepguy

Michael Hoffman

[id=quote font="arial, helvetica"]quote: Originally posted by OliverB

With fried onions, mushrooms and sweet canned peas floating in hot thick gravy?

That sounds really terrible.

It's called a Chop Steak at Waffle House, it's covered with grilled onions. Order one tonight and let us know how it was!

And a thing of beauty it is...

RE: Who Serves The Best Hamburger Steak? (jeepguy)

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 03:12:56 GMT

Michael Hoffman

[id=quote font="arial, helvetica"]quote: Originally posted by OliverB

With fried onions, mushrooms and sweet canned peas floating in hot thick gravy?

That sounds really terrible.

It's called a Chop Steak at Waffle House, it's covered with grilled onions. Order one tonight and let us know how it was!

RE: Who Serves The Best Hamburger Steak? (mamaduck43)

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 03:06:10 GMT

Hamburger steak is a staple at plate lunch places, and food wagons/trucks in Hawaii... A free formed ground beef patty, pan-fried, smothered in brown gravy and served with the always-present two scoops rice and mac salad... If you want sauted onions and veggie, you have to ask....

In Hawaii, chop steak is an altogether different thing - - it is actual chopped or thin sliced steak, stirfried with peppers, onions, veggies (usually some bean sprouts are added) and the sauce that it is sauted with usually has a shoyu (soy sauce) base..... Great with the two scoops rice!!!!!

RE: Who Serves The Best Hamburger Steak? (carolina bob)

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 00:53:33 GMT

Just looked at Hoss's website and discovered a couple of inaccuracies on my part. Hoss's restaurants are located all over PA, not just the western part. Also, my painfully flawed memory said Oil City, but it turns out that there isn't a Hoss's in OC, so.... hell, I don't have a clue where in PA it was. Gettin' old....

RE: Who Serves The Best Hamburger Steak? (carolina bob)

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 00:36:48 GMT

I hate to admit this, but the best chopped steak / hamburger steak I can remember having came from a chain, albeit a small regional one. It's a family steakhouse chain called Hoss's, and almost all of their several dozen locations are in western Pennsylvania. Several years ago I ate at the Hoss's near Oil City PA, and the chopped steak and baked potato that I had was just perfect. I was amazed! Chain restaurant food that can't be improved upon? In THIS universe?? Bizarre but true; I loved every bite of the meal. I was so impressed that I tracked down the manager and let him know how pleased I was. Has anyone else out there had any experience with Hoss's?

RE: Who Serves The Best Hamburger Steak? (Bill Reynolds)

Sun, 08 Feb 2009 23:28:14 GMT

I agree with the hamburger steak with gravy,onions and mushrooms and the sweet peas over mashed taters with gravey,but please throw in a slice of cornbread and a glass of sweet tea.I guess that is the southerner coming out in me.Heaven on a plate.

RE: Who Serves The Best Hamburger Steak? (DLnWPBrown)

Fri, 30 May 2008 16:45:48 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by Adjudicator

Ha. Most of my creations are "Somma Dis, Somma Dat". LOL

Same her Adj., I play around with leftovers or things that need to be cooked soon and come up with interesting ideas.

Dennis in Cary

RE: Who Serves The Best Hamburger Steak? (Adjudicator)

Sun, 25 May 2008 10:24:51 GMT

Ha. Most of my creations are "Somma Dis, Somma Dat". LOL

RE: Who Serves The Best Hamburger Steak? (Foodbme)

Fri, 23 May 2008 03:50:42 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by boyardee65

Originally posted by Foodbme

Haven't had this dish, what ever you call it, in years so I decided to give it a whirl. Here's the recipe?? I used. Somma Dis, Somma Dat:
INGREDIENTS:
1 can (14.5 ounce) can
Vegetable Broth
1 pound ground beef
2/3 cup dry bread crumbs
1 cup finely chopped onions
2 eggs
1/4 teaspoon salt
2-3 tablespoons ground black pepper
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons ketchup
2 tablepoons Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon mustard powder
1 small can sliced mushrooms

DIRECTIONS:
1. In a large bowl, mix together 1/2 can of Veggie Broth with ground beef, onions, bread crumbs, egg, salt and black pepper. Mix well. Cover with plastic wrap directly on the meat and refrigerate for 3-4 hours.
2. When ready to cook, Shape meat into 4 oval patties.
3. In a large skillet over medium-high heat, add some olive oil and brown both sides of patties.
Remove Patties from the pan and pour off excess fat.
4. In a small bowl, blend flour and remaining broth until smooth. Mix in ketchup, Worcestershire sauce and mustard powder. Pour into skillet on medium temperature stirring until the gravy thickens.
5. Add Meat back to the skillet.Cover with some gravy, add Mushrooms, Cover, and cook for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.

This is NOT Chopped Steak!!! This is Meatloaf on a grill!!!David O.
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Whatever it is, It's pretty darn god. And it's cooked in a Skillet, not on a grill! Besides, If you cook it on a grill, the gravy tends to drip through, unless it's real thick gravy!

RE: Who Serves The Best Hamburger Steak? (boyardee65)

Fri, 23 May 2008 02:09:43 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by Foodbme

Haven't had this dish, what ever you call it, in years so I decided to give it a whirl. Here's the recipe?? I used. Somma Dis, Somma Dat:
INGREDIENTS:
1 can (14.5 ounce) can
Vegetable Broth
1 pound ground beef
2/3 cup dry bread crumbs
1 cup finely chopped onions
2 eggs
1/4 teaspoon salt
2-3 tablespoons ground black pepper
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons ketchup
2 tablepoons Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon mustard powder
1 small can sliced mushrooms

DIRECTIONS:
1. In a large bowl, mix together 1/2 can of Veggie Broth with ground beef, onions, bread crumbs, egg, salt and black pepper. Mix well. Cover with plastic wrap directly on the meat and refrigerate for 3-4 hours.
2. When ready to cook, Shape meat into 4 oval patties.
3. In a large skillet over medium-high heat, add some olive oil and brown both sides of patties.
Remove Patties from the pan and pour off excess fat.
4. In a small bowl, blend flour and remaining broth until smooth. Mix in ketchup, Worcestershire sauce and mustard powder. Pour into skillet on medium temperature stirring until the gravy thickens.
5. Add Meat back to the skillet.Cover with some gravy, add Mushrooms, Cover, and cook for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.

This is NOT Chopped Steak!!! This is Meatloaf on a grill!!!David O.

RE: Who Serves The Best Hamburger Steak? (boyardee65)

Thu, 22 May 2008 23:21:33 GMT

My favorite place for Hamburger Steak is the Bar 7 restaurant and Saloon in Wickenburg, AZ. It is actually hand ground chuck steak cooked to your specification on a charcoal broiler, served with smashed potatoes(fake), grilled onions(real), homemade gravy, and the veg du jour. One of my all time favorite comfort meals!

David O.

RE: Who Serves The Best Hamburger Steak? (Twinwillow)

Thu, 22 May 2008 22:16:17 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by Michael Hoffman

quote:
Originally posted by OliverB

With fried onions, mushrooms and sweet canned peas floating in hot thick gravy?

That sounds really terrible.

Add mashed potatoes, and you have the meal I practically lived while living at the downtown Los Angeles YMCA. Where, as a young starving actor in 1958, I enjoyed that meal for only .99 cents.
The tiny restaurant in that YMCA served that meal every day. And, I loved it. Every day!

RE: Who Serves The Best Hamburger Steak? (DLnWPBrown)

Thu, 22 May 2008 21:51:33 GMT

Sorry, my point was you didn't have to be so hard on someone who was new to the group is all. If your only reply is with more sarcasim, so be it.

Dennis in Cary

RE: Who Serves The Best Hamburger Steak? (Michael Hoffman)

Thu, 22 May 2008 18:34:23 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by DLnWPBrown

quote:
Originally posted by Michael Hoffman

quote:
Originally posted by OliverB

What's the something else you'd have in mind?

Oh, dog food, perhaps. If, that is, you're not fond of the dog. I believe that calling a pile of ground meat a steak is as ridiculous as calling a pile of oyster shells seafood.

After reading some of your comments to OliverB, I lost some respect for you.
Dennis in Cary

Well, now, that just causes me no end of disappointment. I shall, however, do my very best to overcome this feeling of bereftness brought on by your loss of respect.

RE: Who Serves The Best Hamburger Steak? (Oneiron339)

Thu, 22 May 2008 16:30:23 GMT

Since this thread is WAY off line - the best hamburger steak I've had was at Pilgreen's (The Steak King)in Atlanta - just the right amount of gravy with fries and onion rings and a salad. Next best was at Mary Ann's - a roadfood diner in Jasper, GA. You had to call ahead to have them make it or you'd sit for a long while as it was prepared. Both of the above were fresh and juicy and there are not too many steaks I'd trtade for either one of these.

RE: Who Serves The Best Hamburger Steak? (John A)

Thu, 22 May 2008 08:29:37 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by bill voss

quote:
Originally posted by John A

A quick search reveals dozens of recipes for hamburger steak. Hard to imagine someone not ever having heard of it. Call it hamburger steak, Salisbury steak, Shepherds Pie, whatever, it's one of my favorites.

I thought a Shephard's Pie was baked with Mashed Potatoes on top. Am I mistaken?

Hi Bill, no you're not mistaken. Same ingredients served vertically instead of horizontally, tastes good either way. If there's corn on the side of either it gets mixed in as well.

RE: Who Serves The Best Hamburger Steak? (juleebella)

Wed, 21 May 2008 15:44:43 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by OliverB

What's the something else you'd have in mind?

A hamburger steak should be just that... ground from chuck and grilled in a big scrubby frying pan over the burners with the sizzlin' meaty juices blending and soaking into the sloppy pile of onions and cooked mushrooms laid atop!

Toss it onto a plate with some fluffy white mashed potatoes and sweet canned peas ladled over large chunks of thick brown gravy and let it all blend into a dark soupy artery clogging mess!

It's the American way.

That doesn't sound very appealing, but I will say that hamburger steaks are just about my husband's favorite meal. We have them quite often.

RE: Who Serves The Best Hamburger Steak? (DLnWPBrown)

Wed, 21 May 2008 15:09:31 GMT

DAMN, I love PBR's. I should have mentioned those on the unmanly drink posting I made
We usually had white rice, green beans, and homemade biscuits when grandma made hamburger steak. It was also a staple on camping trips as she would cook outside the camper as it was so hot inside afterwards when she cooked. She did cook the biscuits in the oven though

I also like Schlitz in the can. I can usualyy find both for about $3 a six pack at my local Lowe's Foods.

Dennis in Cary

RE: Who Serves The Best Hamburger Steak? (Theedge)

Wed, 21 May 2008 14:57:38 GMT

I just had hamburger steak last night, on the grill with cheese. I serve it up with a side of green beans mixed with a bit of cream, butter, starch, salt, pepper for a white sauce. I was half way through when Michael Hoffman stopped by; he was quite flustered that I hadn’t invited him over for another fine meal. It took about 2 Past Blue Ribbons and a shot of Wild Turkey to calm him.

RE: Who Serves The Best Hamburger Steak? (DLnWPBrown)

Wed, 21 May 2008 14:36:35 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by Michael Hoffman

quote:
Originally posted by OliverB

What's the something else you'd have in mind?

Oh, dog food, perhaps. If, that is, you're not fond of the dog. I believe that calling a pile of ground meat a steak is as ridiculous as calling a pile of oyster shells seafood.

After reading some of your comments to OliverB, I lost some respect for you. I grew up here in the south and I remember my grandmother making hamburger steak twice a month. It only had gravy and onions, but we called it hamburger steak non the less. We were't poor, but we had to watch our money and it a way to feel like you had more than you might have.

For a person with so many posts and such a good rep up here, I am disappointed in how your gave a few elbow reaction comments to a newbie.

If this gets pulled or I get popped off for a few days, that will tell me alot too. I know some of you are up here all the time but there are better ways to introduce someone who is fairly new to this website to how good it can be.

Dennis in Cary

RE: Who Serves The Best Hamburger Steak? (rebeltruce)

Wed, 21 May 2008 14:26:05 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by bill voss

quote:
Originally posted by John A

A quick search reveals dozens of recipes for hamburger steak. Hard to imagine someone not ever having heard of it. Call it hamburger steak, Salisbury steak, Shepherds Pie, whatever, it's one of my favorites.

I thought a Shephard's Pie was baked with Mashed Potatoes on top. Am I mistaken?

The Shepards Pie comment probably refers to my post, where I said "Kinda like a free form Shepard Pie".....I was saying that I like to mix my Hamburger steak with my mashers, peas, and gravy. Get it? A free form Shepards Pie.

RE: Who Serves The Best Hamburger Steak? (1bbqboy)

Wed, 21 May 2008 14:22:07 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by John A

A quick search reveals dozens of recipes for hamburger steak. Hard to imagine someone not ever having heard of it. Call it hamburger steak, Salisbury steak, Shepherds Pie, whatever, it's one of my favorites.

I thought a Shephard's Pie was baked with Mashed Potatoes on top. Am I mistaken?

RE: Who Serves The Best Hamburger Steak? (Trishkaidekaphobia)

Wed, 21 May 2008 14:03:47 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by Foodbme

quote:
Originally posted by Trishkaidekaphobia

quote:
Originally posted by Greymo

quote:
Originally posted by Trishkaidekaphobia
Few NL locals will stay at a B&B etc.

Sorry but I do not understand this statement. Could you explain further?

Sorry Greymo, it's probably my Canadian English. I was trying to say that few local people from Newfoundland (Canadian postal abbreviation is NL) would stay at a Bed and Breakfast. If you're staying at a B&B on The Rock (or anywhere), you're most likely (though not necessarily) a visitor.

It's just my opinion and you're more than welcome to disagree if you have a mind to.

OK, So let me see if I have this right. Few NL'ers would stay at a B&B in NL (Or is that anywhere?).However, if You ARE staying at a B&B "On the Rock"(I assume that's NL), Then you're probably a Non-NL'er, but not necessarily. You COULD be a NL'er!! So in all actuality, we really don't know for sure if NL'ers stay in NL B&B's or anywhere else in the World!-----------My head hurts, Time for a Molson's.----- I wonder if NL'ers drink Molson's??? HUM!

MOLSON'S???!!! Hell, after that, I need a Valium!

RE: Who Serves The Best Hamburger Steak? (Foodbme)

Tue, 20 May 2008 20:24:29 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by Trishkaidekaphobia

quote:
Originally posted by Greymo

quote:
Originally posted by Trishkaidekaphobia
Few NL locals will stay at a B&B etc.

Sorry but I do not understand this statement. Could you explain further?

Sorry Greymo, it's probably my Canadian English. I was trying to say that few local people from Newfoundland (Canadian postal abbreviation is NL) would stay at a Bed and Breakfast. If you're staying at a B&B on The Rock (or anywhere), you're most likely (though not necessarily) a visitor.

It's just my opinion and you're more than welcome to disagree if you have a mind to.

OK, So let me see if I have this right. Few NL'ers would stay at a B&B in NL (Or is that anywhere?).However, if You ARE staying at a B&B "On the Rock"(I assume that's NL), Then you're probably a Non-NL'er, but not necessarily. You COULD be a NL'er!! So in all actuality, we really don't know for sure if NL'ers stay in NL B&B's or anywhere else in the World!-----------My head hurts, Time for a Molson's.----- I wonder if NL'ers drink Molson's??? HUM!

RE: Who Serves The Best Hamburger Steak? (Trishkaidekaphobia)

Tue, 20 May 2008 20:00:38 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by Greymo

quote:
Originally posted by Trishkaidekaphobia
Few NL locals will stay at a B&B etc.

Sorry but I do not understand this statement. Could you explain further?

Sorry Greymo, it's probably my Canadian English. I was trying to say that few local people from Newfoundland (Canadian postal abbreviation is NL) would stay at a Bed and Breakfast. If you're staying at a B&B on The Rock (or anywhere), you're most likely (though not necessarily) a visitor.

It's just my opinion and you're more than welcome to disagree if you have a mind to.

RE: Who Serves The Best Hamburger Steak? (Foodbme)

Mon, 19 May 2008 17:59:18 GMT

Haven't had this dish, what ever you call it, in years so I decided to give it a whirl. Here's the recipe?? I used. Somma Dis, Somma Dat:
INGREDIENTS:
1 can (14.5 ounce) can
Vegetable Broth
1 pound ground beef
2/3 cup dry bread crumbs
1 cup finely chopped onions
2 eggs
1/4 teaspoon salt
2-3 tablespoons ground black pepper
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons ketchup
2 tablepoons Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon mustard powder
1 small can sliced mushrooms

DIRECTIONS:
1. In a large bowl, mix together 1/2 can of Veggie Broth with ground beef, onions, bread crumbs, egg, salt and black pepper. Mix well. Cover with plastic wrap directly on the meat and refrigerate for 3-4 hours.
2. When ready to cook, Shape meat into 4 oval patties.
3. In a large skillet over medium-high heat, add some olive oil and brown both sides of patties.
Remove Patties from the pan and pour off excess fat.
4. In a small bowl, blend flour and remaining broth until smooth. Mix in ketchup, Worcestershire sauce and mustard powder. Pour into skillet on medium temperature stirring until the gravy thickens.
5. Add Meat back to the skillet.Cover with some gravy, add Mushrooms, Cover, and cook for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.

RE: Who Serves The Best Hamburger Steak? (John A)

Mon, 19 May 2008 17:36:31 GMT

A quick search reveals dozens of recipes for hamburger steak. Hard to imagine someone not ever having heard of it. Call it hamburger steak, Salisbury steak, Shepherds Pie, whatever, it's one of my favorites.

RE: Who Serves The Best Hamburger Steak? (Greymo)

Mon, 19 May 2008 15:53:22 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by Trishkaidekaphobia
Few NL locals will stay at a B&B etc.

Sorry but I do not understand this statement. Could you explain further?

RE: Who Serves The Best Hamburger Steak? (OliverB)

Mon, 19 May 2008 15:13:05 GMT

Thanks for all the replies! To clarify, the peas would not be in or a part of the gravy, rather scattered about the plate and atop the meat, onions, mushrooms, vegies and potatoes with the gravy covering. It should all just swim around the plate. Frozen peas I imagine, could work just as well!

RE: Who Serves The Best Hamburger Steak? (rebeltruce)

Mon, 19 May 2008 14:35:47 GMT

Oliver,

I make and enjoy this all the time!!!!

Although I always eat frozen peas rather then canned, I alway mix the whole mess together on my plate before eating.....kind of like a free form Shepards Pie.

I have to agree with Trish and Al...most steak houses or even diners here offer simliar fare so far as serving a chopped steak on the menu!