Hamburger Steaks with Onion Gravy & Spiralized Zucchini

I opened up the Google search page one day and saw a pic for a recipe with hamburger patties in an onion gravy with sautéed zucchini noodles (zoodles) on the side. It looked easy. My husband is a real meat and potatoes kind of guy and I am more a casserole/one-pan type cook, so thought it would my worth a try.

The recipe was on a site call MYCOOC. Their page was full of ads and it looked like a the recipes were made by a wide variety of people. So maybe this site is just a collection of dishes found on other sites. While they showed the zoodles in the image, they weren't included, so I added the instructions for what I did. If you want potatoes as well, just make your favorite - mashed, roasted, wedges, fries.

Other than the chopping and spiralizing, this meal came together quickly and was a hit with both my husband and I. I'll be making it again. And I used extra lean hamburger so that there would be little fat in the gravy. It worked perfectly. 

Enjoy! And if you make it let me know what you think.

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Hamburger Steaks with Onion Gravy & Spiralized Zucchini

2 servings of 2 patties each, 4 if you give just one patty each.

Ingredients -

2                           Medium Zucchini

1 T                        Butter
1lb                        Extra lean ground beef
1                           Egg
1/3 C                    Bread crumbs (I used panko)
1/2 tsp                  Black pepper
1 tsp                     Salt

1/2 tsp                  Onion powder
1 clove                 Garlic minced
1tsp                      Worcestershire sauce
1T                         Oil
1-1/2 C                 Thinly sliced onion
2 T                        All-purpose flour
1 C                       Beef broth

1/2tsp                   Salt

Instructions - 

I like to use just one pan, so started with the zucchini.  Cut off ends and spiralize the zucchini.  Add butter and zoodles to large non-stick frying pan and sauté over medium heat until crisp tender. Season with salt and pepper, then set aside and keep warm. 

In a large bowl, mix together the ground beef, egg, bread crumbs, pepper, salt, onion powder, garlic, and Worcestershire sauce. Form into thick patties. Heat the oil in the same large non-stick frying pan over medium heat.  I added the onions and fried them for just a coupe minutes to get them cooking. Then I pushed the onion aside to add the 4 hamburger patties and arranged the onion slices around them. Fry the patties and onion in the oil until patties are nicely browned. I put the lid on the frying pan to make sure the burgers cooked through, but you could also just sear them now and then return them to the gravy to finish cooking. Mentioned below.  Leaving the onion sliced in the pan, remove the beef patties to a plate and keep warm.

The onions at this point should be fully cooked and at least partly caramelized. If not, give them a few more minutes.  Sprinkle flour over the onions and drippings in the skillet. Combine evenly with the onions, scraping bits of beef off of the bottom as you stir. Gradually mix in the beef broth. Season with salt (and pepper if you like). Simmer and stir over medium-low heat for about 5 minutes, until the gravy thickens.

Turn heat to low, return patties to the gravy, cover, and simmer for another 15 minutes. Note - if your patties were fully cooked before, then you don't need another 15 minutes of cooking. Mine were done, so I plated the burgers and zucchini, and served with a good helping of onion gravy on top of the burgers. They were delicious. If you decide to make potatoes, you could drizzle some of the gravy on them as well.