Poor Man's Steak w/Mushroom sauce

1 1/2 pound lean ground meat (of course I used ground venison)
1 sleeve pack of butter crackers
salt & pepper to taste
flour
2 TBS butter

Mix all this together and place in a 8x8 pan and cover with plastic and put in refrigerator for 30 minutes or more. Cut pieces of meat in squares and drag in flour and coat on all sides. Melt 2 TBS butter in pan and fry the meat on all sides about 3 minutes per side or until lightly browned. You may need more butter as you fry all the pieces. Put in another baking pan and once all pieces are fried put in a 350 degree oven and bake for 30 minutes. Take out of oven and pour the mushroom sauce over all and bake another 10 minutes.

For the sauce use the same pan you fried all the meat in. This will help add flavor to your sauce.


Mushroom Sauce
3 TBS butter
4 oz mushrooms, chopped
2 TBS onion, finely chopped
3 TBS flour
Salt & Pepper to taste
1 cup chicken broth
1/4 cup half&half

In the pan melt butter then add mushrooms and onion and cook till tender. Sprinkle the flour over mixtures and stir together and let cook for about 1-2 minutes.  Then add broth a little at a time and stir after each time until all the liquid is incorporated. You want it to be a little thick and not to runny so adjust the liquid accordingly. When you pour it over the meat and bake it some of the juice from the meat will mix with the gravy and flavor it even more.

If you are fortunate to have some left over it is really good to toast some sourdough bread, reheat the meat and place a slice of cheese on it then put a thin layer of spicy mayo on it. Spicy mayo is basically just some mayo and sirachi hot sauce.