Frozen Cube Steak Recipe

How to cook frozen cube steak in a slow cooker is here. This is the best cooking method to make your frozen beef tender and full of flavor starting out rock hard from the freezer. If you loved our slow cooker cube steak but forgot to defrost first, here’s the answer.

Typically this isn’t something I would buy at the store. We buy half a cow each year and that was the first time I worked with these slices at all. If I had to choose the best method (after making them all) I’d say that air fryer cube steak in air fryer turns out the best, but they need to be thawed first.

How to cook frozen cube steak

If you have already tried our frozen roast in slow cooker recipe you know that it can be done well. Surprisingly there is little to no difference in the cook time whether your protein is rock hard or thawed. Kinda’ weird but true. Makes it handy when you have had a forgetful moment and that is all you have.

This is another name for these. Otherwise known as Minute steak might be seen on a menu, it means basically the same thing. You’ll likely hear this other one in Canada vs. the US. Occasionally they’re breaded and fried kinda’ like chicken fried steak but obviously if yours are frozen you’ll want low and slow with a sauce.

Under high pressure works well too in order to lock in the moisture and get them nice and tender. In that case you’d want to follow our Instant Pot cube steak timing and add 2 minutes since these are left whole. For our easy teriyaki version you’ll need;

Ingredient Notes

Depending on their size I typically will cook 4-6 beef cube steaks from frozen at a time. They can overlap a bit but the least amount possible will yield your best results.

Some teriyaki sauce or gravy is needed to cook them. I mean any sauce will work but these two typically are most common with beef. Slices of onions can be added for added texture and flavor, I use yellow or white varieties.

Made with Gravy

There are several ways to make this but the best is to combine in a bowl 1 can cream of chicken + 1 can cream of mushroom soup and a package of onion soup mix. Then you are going to thin it out with 1 cup of beef broth to your liking. I have found jars of ready made gravy you could use that are honestly pretty good but not as thick as incorporating condensed soup.

Made with Potatoes

If you went the onion gravy mix route you could add halved potatoes too like our slow cooker steak recipe here. I prefer russet or red as those hold up better with the longer cook time. Just rinse and cut in half or thirds if you want more of a fall apart texture.

How do you separate frozen steaks?

You do need to do this or it won’t cook properly. Just as we do with frozen steak in air fryer if they are in one big block they need to be pulled apart. If it is too tough you can run cool water over the top and pull until they separate, then put them into your Crockpot to slow cook.

Stovetop Method

There is a printable recipe card at the bottom of this post for you. This is quick and easy made in your Crock, alternatively you could cook cube steak frozen in a pot with same ingredients over medium high heat covered with a lid. You’d need to watch carefully and rotate meat every 10 minutes or so until it’s tender to your liking.

I was home at the time so I did lift the lid and rotate the pieces about halfway thru so they were nicely coated with the teriyaki I added in there. If you want a set it and forget it type, try to sous vide frozen steak this way.

How to save leftover cube steak

Ok so you might have some left, and throwing away good food is not okay with us. There are a few ways you can use this up the next day but you need to save it correctly first. You’ll want to save that sauce first off! Transfer cooled protein into a container with sauce and cover tightly.

Store in the fridge and use within 48 hours. You can just reheat in the microwave until warmed but I usually dice it up and throw it into our Instant Pot fried rice to add flavor and protein. If yours doesn’t have a lot of sauce I might use our leftover brisket mac and cheese and add it into that for a second meal.

Did you try something else that came out amazing and you want to share? Let us know below so when we make this we have other ideas for the day or two after. Love trying new things and maybe one day it will become an all new dish we can share on the blog too??!!