Skillet Hamburger Steak with Bell Pepper Sauce Recipe

5 from 4 votes

A flavor packed and vibrant dinner meal with hamburger steaks in a bell pepper sauce.

Prep Time25

Cook Time30

Total Time55

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: American

Diet: Gluten Free

Servings: hamburgers

Calories: 333kcal

Place the ground beef in a mixing bowl.
½ Pound Ground Beef
Add breadcrumbs, all the spices, and the egg.
⅛ Cup Bread Crumbs, ¼ Teaspoon Salt, ⅛ Teaspoon Black Pepper Ground, ½ Teaspoon Onion Powder, ½ Teaspoon Garlic Powder, ½ Teaspoon Paprika, ¼ Teaspoon Dill Seeds, ¼ Teaspoon Coriander Seeds Ground, ½ Egg
Combine the burger mass so that it is well mixed.
Shape the equal-sized balls. Place them on a clean surface and gently press down to shape circle burger patties.

Dice onion, chop garlic, and slice bell pepper small.
1 Medium Onion, 1 Piece Garlic Clove, 1 Large Bell Pepper
Keep all the ingredients separate at the side nearby.

Heat up a skillet with olive oil and wait for it to get hot enough. Keep over a medium to high heat setting.
1 Tablespoon Olive Oil
Place hamburger beef patties into the pan and keep the same heat setting.
Cook meat on both sides until cooked through. Reduce to a medium heat setting if it's too hot.
Take the meat from the pan and keep it aside but keep the pan hot, on a slow to medium flame.
Stir onion into the skillet and sauté until it has softened a bit. Stir in chopped garlic too and cook and mix for a minute or two.
1 Medium Onion, 1 Piece Garlic Clove
Now, stir in the bell pepper slices and continue to cook it all over a medium heat setting until the bell pepper has softened.
1 Large Bell Pepper
Season by adding paprika, caraway (or cumin), salt, and black pepper. Mix it all in.
1 Teaspoon Paprika, Salt, 1 Teaspoon Caraway Seeds Whole, ¼ Teaspoon Black Pepper Ground
Stir in tomato sauce, cream, and water. (if you use half and half, skip the water)
2 Tablespoon Tomato Sauce, ½ Cup Cream, 2 Tablespoon Water
Mix and stir well over a slow heat setting. Wait 1-2 minutes for the sauce to form and when the consistency is right, turn off the heat.
Place hamburgers back into the skillet between the sauce.
Serve up hot with some fresh parsley sprinkled over that.
2 Teaspoon Parsley Fresh

You can use ready-made steaks in this recipe instead of homemade ones.
The leaner the ground beef the less flavorful the meat. Try getting ground beef with at least 20-25% fats. (Mine is lean in the video and pictures because that's what we get...)
It's optional to add the dill seeds and ground coriander seeds. Skip them if they are hard to get by. Add them if you want some great flavors in your burger meat.
The meat measurements can be doubled. I originally made it for 8 patties, as you can see in the video and image. I had used 4 for this recipe and froze the other 4 between two layers of baking paper so that they can be easily taken out to thaw.