Salisbury Steak with Mushroom Gravy
plus Garlicky Mashed Potatoes & Carrots
- Milk
- Wheat
You might know Salisbury steaks from their TV dinner appearances, but they were invented by a Civil War-era physician (Dr. Salisbury) as a health food. While that’s generally no longer the case, there’s a very good reason why this hearty dish is still around: It’s the ultimate comfort food. These juicy beef patties are extra-flavorful thanks to scallions and rosemary, and are smothered in a savory, velvety mushroom gravy. Sides of golden-brown carrots and a heap of creamy mashed potatoes sop up all that soul-warming gravy. Eat up, the doctor has spoken!
Ingredients
1.5 tablespoon
Sour Cream
(Contains: Milk)
1 teaspoon
Dried Rosemary
6 ounce
Carrot
4 ounce
Button Mushrooms
1 unit
Chicken Stock Concentrate
1 unit
Beef Stock Concentrate
2 clove
Garlic
2 unit
Scallions
10 ounce
Ground Beef
1 tablespoon
Flour
(Contains: Wheat)
5 unit
Potatoes
Not included in your delivery
teaspoon (tsp)
Salt
3 teaspoon (tsp)
Cooking Oil
3 tablespoon (tbsp)
Butter
(Contains: Milk)
teaspoon (tsp)
Black Pepper
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
• Wash and dry produce. • Dice potatoes into ½-inch pieces. Peel garlic. Trim, peel, and cut carrots on a diagonal into ¼-inch-thick pieces. Thinly slice scallions, separating whites from greens; mince whites. Trim and thinly slice mushrooms (skip if your mushrooms are pre-sliced!).
• Place potatoes and garlic in a large pot with enough salted water to cover by 2 inches. Bring to a boil and cook until tender, 15-20 minutes. • Reserve 1½ cups potato cooking liquid (3 cups for 4 servings), then drain and return to pot. Keep covered off heat until ready to mash.
• Heat a drizzle of oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Add carrots and a pinch of salt. Cook, stirring occasionally, until browned and softened, 5-7 minutes. Turn off heat; transfer to a plate. Wipe out pan.
• While carrots cook, in a large bowl, combine beef*, scallion whites, 2⁄3 of the rosemary, ¼ tsp salt (½ tsp for 4 servings), and pepper. Form into two patties (four patties for 4), each slightly wider than a burger bun. • Once carrots have been transferred to a plate, heat a drizzle of oil in same pan over medium-high heat. Add patties and cook to desired doneness, 3-5 minutes per side. • Remove pan from heat; transfer patties to a plate. Allow pan to cool for 1-2 minutes.
• Melt 1 TBSP butter (2 TBSP for 4 servings) in same pan over medium-high heat. Add mushrooms; cook, stirring occasionally, until lightly browned and softened, 2-4 minutes. • Add a drizzle of oil, flour, and remaining rosemary; cook, stirring, until lightly browned, 2-3 minutes. • Whisk in 1 cup reserved potato cooking liquid (2 cups for 4), chicken stock concentrate, and beef stock concentrate. Bring to a simmer; cook, whisking, until thickened, 3-5 minutes. Reduce heat to low. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
• Return pot with potatoes and garlic to medium heat. Add sour cream and mash, adding splashes of remaining reserved potato cooking liquid as needed, until smooth and creamy. Cook, stirring occasionally, until warmed through, 1-2 minutes. • Turn off heat; stir in 2 TBSP butter (4 TBSP for 4 servings) until melted and combined. Taste and season with salt and pepper.
• Transfer patties back to pan with gravy; turn until evenly coated. • Divide mashed potatoes and carrots between shallow bowls or plates. Top mashed potatoes with patties and any remaining gravy. Garnish with scallion greens and serve.
Ground Beef is fully cooked when internal temperature reaches 160°.
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Sep 2026- Flavor: The mushroom gravy is the star of this dish — velvety, savory, and deeply comforting 🍲. Some found the beef patties mild on their own; adding Worcestershire sauce or extra seasoning to the meat boosted the overall flavor.
- Ease of prep: This recipe involves several sequential steps in one pan, which many found more time-consuming than expected — plan for closer to an hour rather than 30 minutes.
- Suggestions: Cook the carrots last or in a separate pan so everything finishes hot at the same time; several reviewers found the carrots were cold by the time the gravy was ready. Use three-quarters cup of reserved potato liquid instead of a full cup if you prefer a thicker gravy, and taste before adding extra salt since the stock concentrates already add significant saltiness. Chop or crush the dried rosemary before adding — whole pieces felt like twigs in the mouth for many reviewers.
- Leftovers: This meal reheats well and makes generous portions, with some reviewers noting it easily fed more than the stated servings.
Reviews from our home cooks
This was yummy! I loved the gravy. I added MJ cheese to the Salisbury steak. It just seemed the thing to do. I also drizzled honey on the carrots, just for something different to do with them (I've eaten more carrots and green beans since Hello Fresh than ever before). Everything was great.
This was a more complex dish to put together as I had the potatoes cooking, carrots cooking and then also was putting together the Salisbury Steak. The end product was really good though and everyone liked it. Not everyone loves mushrooms, but mostly everyone ate them. Careful with Salt in this dish as the beef and chicken stock already have sodium in them.
First time making Salisbury Steak; it was pretty easy and they came out great. Using a beautiful bowl, I placed the food to try and mimic the picture on the recipe card. I would have preferred to have more carrots which were amazingly tender. Lol. To me they were the star of the recipe. Overall the dinner was great.
I felt the steaks were going to be dry and the addition of Rosemary made no sense to me. I followed another recipe which included egg, Italian seasoning, panko, ketchup, mustard and Worcestershire sauce. Followed the mushroom gravy recipe and it was good. I used electric beater to whip the potatoes and added half and half along with the sour cream and butter to the potatoes. I roasted the carrots instead of sauteing them.
Hands down favorite in this box! The mushroom gravy is delicious on the meat and the garlic mashed potatoes. The only thing I'll do different next time, and there will be a next time, is cook the carrots in a separate pan so everything is ready and hot at the same time.
Wow! Amazing meal! The mushroom gravy was absolutely delicious on the Salisbury steaks. The garlic was great in the potatoes. It added flavor without overpowering it. Very delicious meal.
We give this meal 5 stars! One of our most favorites. The mushroom sauce made it super tasty. Potatoes where delicious, as well, with garlic and scallions. Only one complaint, There was just 1 carrot. Quite small for 2 people.
We just love any meal kit that has HF mushrooms. This one did not disappoint 👏!! Gravy was just right and the amount of carrots we got I this meal was more than enough. Potatoes were small so I had to add 2 of my own but that's ok.
What can I say other than just an excellent dinner, this is what a old Salisbury steak TV dinner wishes it could be.
The carrots and potatoes and mushroom gravy were AWESOME. But the Salisbury Steak were nothing more than a bland hamburger patty---maybe they needed grilled onions mixed or Something to make them more of a Salisbury Steak.
