Dinner in Foil



Memo with Nana and my Daba (Mom's father) 1974.



My mom taught me this recipe back in 1982 when we first arrived back in the United States. Jorge, the kids and dogs were living in North Tonawanda, NY (between Buffalo and Niagara Falls). We would go to visit my parents a couple of weekends a month. It was nice for the kids to spend time with them since they had never had that opportunity before. Anyway, I told mom that my steaks were hard as rocks with I broiled them or they were rubbery. She suggested a recipe she got either from Campbell's Soup or Reynolds Foil Wrap called Dinner in Foil.

Dinner in Foil:

1-2 lbs London Broil steak or other similar steak with little to no fat or grizzle
1 medium onion sliced
2 cups carrots split into quarters
1 cup mushrooms
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 can cream of celery soup
1 cup of milk
1 package Onion Soup mix
Fresh ground pepper to taste
Large piece of heavy duty aluminum foil

Line the bottom of a casserole dish with foil. Shiny side towards the meat. In a bowl mix the cream of mushroom & celery soup with 1 cup of milk and then add the dried package of Onion Soup Mix (I use Lipton). Mix together and then add the vegetables. Spread along the bottom of the foil lined pan and then all over the meat and along the sides using all the mixture. Make sure you have enough foil to fold the middle of the casserole dish over and the ends to seal in all the steam. Cook at 325* for 1 1/2 hours.
Pull out the meat a let stand for about 10 minutes and then slice thinly. Toss back into the vegetable mixture. Serve with rice, toss with noodles and a side dish of mashed potatoes.

This is an easy make ahead dish.