Kitchen notes · a little help before you start
Beef Tips with Mushroom Gravy
Beef tips with mushroom gravy make a very savory plate, especially when each browned piece gets a generous coating. The onions soften into the sauce while the mushrooms keep their bite. Spoon up plenty of gravy with the beef and enjoy it while everything's warm.
- Prep
- 10 min
- Cook
- 20 min
- Total
- 30 min
- Original yield
- Serves 4
- Ingredients
- 13 listed
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Recipe categories & planning details
- Meal type
- Main course
- Cuisine
- American
- Preparation & total time
- Prep: 15 minutes or less · Total: 30 minutes or less
A few quick notes
1. Brown in one layer
Spread the seasoned steak pieces in a single layer in the hot pan for their first browning stage.
2. Keep the beef warm
Remove the browned steak and cover it while you use the same pan for mushrooms and gravy.
3. Whisk the broth smooth
Add beef broth slowly to the cooked flour mixture, whisking until smooth before bringing it to a simmer.
Get to know the ingredients
Sirloin pieces
Cut the sirloin into the specified one-inch pieces before seasoning it with salt and pepper for browning.
Sliced mushrooms
Use sliced mushrooms for the gravy; cremini are mentioned, and they cook with onion until tender and browned.
Minced garlic
Keep the minced garlic aside until mushrooms and onion have browned, then give it its brief cooking stage.
Let’s make it
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Original recipe: Serves 4. Original quantities shown.
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How to make it
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The last little job
Coat and warm the beef
Return steak to the thickened gravy, toss to coat and warm through, then sprinkle with parsley before serving.
A little more help as you go
Cook the flour briefly
Stir constantly as the flour cooks in the mushroom mixture before you begin adding the broth.
Season the gravy's vegetables
Add salt and pepper to taste when the mushrooms and onion go into the melted butter.
A few questions you might have
When does Worcestershire sauce go in?
Stir it in with the soy sauce after the broth mixture has simmered and thickened into gravy.
Does the beef stay in while the gravy thickens?
Keep it covered out of the pan, then return it once the gravy is ready to coat and warm it.
Do I use butter to brown the steak?
The steak browns in olive oil first. Butter is melted afterward for cooking the mushrooms and onion.
How do I judge the mushrooms before adding garlic?
They and the onions should be tender and browned before garlic goes in for its short cook.
Is the soy sauce added at the very end of serving?
It is stirred into the thickened gravy before the beef returns, so it's mixed through the sauce.
Storage & reheating safety
For cooked, perishable leftovers, refrigerate within 2 hours (1 hour above 90°F), using shallow containers for prompt cooling. Keep the refrigerator at 40°F or below, use refrigerated leftovers within 3–4 days, and reheat hot leftovers to 165°F, checked with a food thermometer. Follow any shorter package limit.
These are general safety limits, not a tested storage or freezing recommendation for this particular dish. USDA leftovers guidance · Safe cooking temperatures
Recipe source: dinneratthezoo.com. Ingredient names and quantities may be adapted for the pantry.
Preparation notes follow the recipe shown here.
