🥩 Baked Beef & Onion Supper (Simple 5-Ingredient Comfort Dish)
This cozy oven dish is famous for being super simple and incredibly flavorful. You pile sliced onions and a few pantry ingredients over beef, bake it slowly, and it turns into a rich, savory supper.
🧾 Ingredients (4 servings)
- 1–1.5 lb (450–700 g) beef (steak, stew beef, or chuck roast pieces)
- 2 large onions, thinly sliced
- 1 packet onion soup mix
- 1 can (10 oz / 300 g) cream of mushroom soup
- ½ cup beef broth or water
(Optional but delicious: sliced mushrooms or potatoes)
🍳 Instructions
1️⃣ Preheat the Oven
- Preheat oven to 180°C (350°F).
2️⃣ Prepare the Dish
- Place the beef in a greased baking dish.
- Spread the sliced onions evenly over the meat.
3️⃣ Add the Sauce
- In a bowl mix:
- cream of mushroom soup
- onion soup mix
- beef broth
- Pour the mixture evenly over the onions and beef.
4️⃣ Bake
- Cover with foil.
- Bake for 1½–2 hours until the beef becomes tender.
5️⃣ Serve
Spoon the rich onion gravy over the beef and serve with:
- Mashed potatoes 🥔
- Rice 🍚
- Bread or dinner rolls
🌟 Why People Crave This Dish
- Slow baking makes the beef very tender
- Onions turn sweet and caramelized
- The soup mix creates a rich savory gravy
💡 Tip: Add sliced potatoes or carrots to the dish before baking to turn it into a complete one-pan meal.
If you’d like, I can also show you a famous 4-ingredient baked beef recipe that went viral because it tastes like restaurant pot roast.