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Our easy Whole30 salisbury steak is the savory, creamy, one-skillet comfort food you’ve been craving! Tender beef patties smothered in a homemade mushroom gravy, ready to eat in as little as 30 minutes. It pairs perfectly with mashed potatoes or mashed cauliflower and will make you want to lick your plate clean!
🍄🟫 What Makes This Recipe So Good
- When the weather’s cool (ok, downright cold), there’s nothing better than cozying up with a warm, savory, hearty plate of comfort food. For me, this Whole30 salisbury steak totally satisfies that comfort craving.
- This isn’t your average, old frozen dinner salisbury steak, with tough meat and a sad, globby excuse for gravy. No, no. The burger patties are tender and juicy, and the mushroom gravy is rich and creamy, with plenty of sautéed onions and mushrooms.
- It’s a surprisingly easy recipe, ready to eat in as little as 30 minutes. Frozen burger patties make the prep practically nonexistent, so it’s a great option to keep in your recipe arsenal for busy evenings without a lot of time (or energy) to throw a meal together.
We recommend pairing this Whole30 salisbury steak with our creamy dairy-free mashed potatoes. Be sure to reference the recipe notes to make your potatoes Whole30-compatible if needed.
👩🏼🍳 Chef’s Tips
- While the anchovy paste is totally optional, I highly recommend using it! It really amplifies the other flavors in this Whole30 salisbury steak recipe, and it punches up the gravy with a delicious boost of umami.
- Speaking of recommendations, I also recommend you use an internal meat thermometer to judge the doneness of the burger patties. Remember: the food-safe temperature for ground beef is 160° Fahrenheit.
- To make the gravy extra rich, use coconut cream. You can replace the coconut milk entirely, or stir in just 1 tablespoon of coconut cream instead.
- Make sure you’re using an unsweetened coconut milk! Sweetened versions aren’t Whole30-compatible, of course, but you also just don’t want a sweet salisbury steak for dinner.
Making changes to a recipe can result in recipe failure. Any substitutions or variations listed are simple changes that I believe will work in this recipe, but results are not guaranteed.
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Easy Salisbury Steak with Mushroom Gravy (Whole30, Paleo, Low Carb)
A lactose-free, grain-free, gluten-free, and low carb version of a classic comfort food, complete with plenty of creamy brown gravy.
servings
Equipment
- Large cast-iron skillet
- Spatula
- Large plate
- Large wooden spoon or silicone spatula
- whisk
Ingredients
For the Salisbury Steak
- 2 tablespoons ghee or 2 tablespoons neutral oil
- 4 ½-pound beef burger patties fresh or frozen
- 14 slices white onion approximately half of 1 medium white onion
- 12 ounces sliced baby bella mushrooms
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- 2 teaspoons anchovy paste optional but recommended
- 2 tablespoons tapioca starch
- 1 14.5-ounce can compliant beef broth
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper more or less to taste
- ½ teaspoon salt more or less to taste
- 1 cup unsweetened, full-fat coconut milk or 1 cup unsweetened, full-fat coconut cream; see Notes
Serving Suggestions (All Optional)
- mashed potatoes or mashed cauliflower
Instructions
- Place cast-iron skillet on stovetop over medium heat. Add 2 tablespoons ghee and let melt completely, swirling and tilting pan as needed to distribute ghee across entire surface.
- When ghee has melted, place 4 ½-pound beef burger patties in skillet. Cook patties 3 to 6 minutes, then flip patties over and cook 3 to 6 minutes on other side, until burger patties are fully cooked-through.
- Transfer fully-cooked burger patties to large plate and set aside.
- Return skillet to stovetop and increase heat to medium-high. Add 14 slices white onion to skillet. Sauté onions, stirring occasionally, approximately 5 minutes or until onions are translucent.
- When onions are translucent, add 12 ounces sliced baby bella mushrooms and stir to incorporate. Sauté mushrooms, stirring occasionally, approximately 3 minutes or until mushrooms begin to soften.
- Add 4 cloves garlic and additional ghee if needed. Sauté garlic, stirring constantly, until garlic is fragrant, approximately 30 to 60 seconds.
- When garlic is fragrant, add 2 teaspoons anchovy paste (if using) and 2 tablespoons tapioca starch. Whisk anchovy paste and tapioca starch into existing liquid in skillet until mixture is smooth.
- Slowly pour 1 14.5-ounce can compliant beef broth into skillet in small increments, whisking constantly to incorporate beef broth fully before adding more.
- Once all beef broth as been added, increase heat under skillet to medium-high. Bring liquid to boil. Once boiling, immediately reduce heat under skillet to low.
- Remove skillet from heat and let cool slightly. Add ½ teaspoon garlic powder, ½ teaspoon onion powder, ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, ½ teaspoon salt, and 1 cup unsweetened, full-fat coconut milk to skillet. Whisk ingredients together until fully combined.
- Return skillet to low heat. Return fully-cooked burger patties to skillet and spoon gravy from skillet onto patties. Simmer burger patties in gravy 3 to 5 minutes or until patties are warmed-through and gravy has thickened slightly.
- Portion salisbury steaks onto serving plates with mashed potatoes or mashed cauliflower. Spoon plenty of gravy onto steaks and serve immediately.
- Burger Patties: Frozen patties will take longer to cook than fresh ones. Be careful not to over- or under-cook your burger patties!
- Coconut Milk: Use unsweetened, full-fat coconut milk. To use coconut cream (for a thicker gravy), place an unopened can of unsweetened, full-fat coconut milk in the fridge overnight. Open the can without shaking it – the coconut cream will be the thick, white layer that separates from the coconut water.
- Make it Dairy Free: Use a neutral-tasting oil (avocado oil, olive oil, etc.) instead of ghee.
Approximate Information for One Serving
Serving Size: 1 salisbury steak with gravyCalories: 712calProtein: 39gFat: 56gSaturated Fat: 30gCholesterol: 142mgSodium: 966mgPotassium: 1282mgTotal Carbs: 15gFiber: 2gSugar: 4gNet Carbs: 13gVitamin A: 4IUVitamin C: 5mgCalcium: 74mgIron: 7mg
Nutrition Disclaimers
Number of total servings shown is approximate. Actual number of servings will depend on your preferred portion sizes.
Nutritional values shown are general guidelines and reflect information for 1 serving using the ingredients listed, not including any optional ingredients. Actual macros may vary slightly depending on specific brands and types of ingredients used.
To determine the weight of one serving, prepare the recipe as instructed. Weigh the finished recipe, then divide the weight of the finished recipe (not including the weight of the container the food is in) by the desired number of servings. Result will be the weight of one serving.
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40 Aprons recipes are amazing! They are by far the best Whole 30 recipes out there! My whole family loves every 40 Aprons recipe that I have tried and they are in regular rotation. I have also learned to adapt other recipes into Whole 30 recipes using methods from this site. I am wondering if there is a way to turn this salisbury steak into a Crockpot meal? Thanks!
I don’t have tapioca starch on hand, I seem to use alot of arrowroot powder while on W30…can this be a substitute for tapioca starch? Thank you!
Absolutely!
What could you use in place of the anchovy paste as I have a kiddo with a fish allergy?
You can either omit it entirely or use some shiitake powder if you have that!
THIS WAS AMAZING! That mushroom gravy! Succulent! I used 2 tsp of umami powder in place of the anchovy paste. Perfect! Thank you!!
Great site! We are always looking for new Whole 30 recipes and find so many on 40 Aprons that make us full and happy!!
Beautiful website! I cannot wait to make this recipe!
Thank you! Let me know when you try it out!
This was easy ,delicious and super filling. Husband approved! I think I needed to be more patient with the sauce because it was a bit thin (I was starving). I made my own burgers but used already minced garlic. Will definitely make this again.
I made this recipe exactly as noted and it was super good! Both my husband and I enjoyed it!
Would a complaint fish sauce, like Red Boat, be a substitute for the anchovy paste? I have a big bottle of that on hand and was wondering if I should still buy the anchovy paste and use that instead?
The fish sauce would definitely add some umami flavor, but I would definitely grab some anchovy paste! You’ll fall in love with the amazing umami it adds, and I think it makes a big difference here!
I can’t even express to you how good this is. It doesn’t taste like a substitute version of it’s less healthy standard version – if anything it’s even better this way. I didn’t use the anchovy paste and it was still delicious.