Granny'S Swiss Steak - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/4 cup vegetable oil
4 (4 ounce) cube steaks
1/2 teaspoon salt, or to taste
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper, or to taste
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1 green bell pepper, seeded and chopped
1 medium onion, chopped
1 stalk celery, chopped
1 (6 ounce) can mushroom stems and pieces, undrained
1 (1 ounce) envelope dry onion soup mix
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
salt and pepper to taste
1 1/2 cups tomato juice
1 cup ketchup

Preparation

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Dredge the cube steaks in a mixture of flour, salt and pepper, and brown them in the hot oil.
Arrange steaks in a 9x13 inch baking dish. Sprinkle the green pepper, onion, celery, mushrooms, oregano, and onion soup mix over the steaks. Stir together the tomato juice and ketchup; pour over everything in the dish.
Bake for about 1 hour in the preheated oven, or until the meat is cooked through, and the sauce is thickened.