Smothered Steak - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 lbs sirloin tip steaks (or a cheaper cut of beef such as flank steak)
1/2 cup flour
salt and pepper
2 -3 2 -3 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons olive oil and 2 tablespoons butter
beef stock or water, to cover

Preparation

Pound the steak with a meat pounder to soften.
Dredge meat in flour, salt and pepper.
Brown in a skillet on both sides in hot oil or butter or both.
Lower the heat and braise on very low heat until meat is fork tender (approximately 45 minutes to 1 hour) Remove meat from pan and set aside.
Add more water to skillet, if necessary, and adjust seasonings (flour, salt and pepper) Stir constantly on low heat to make a rich, brown gravy.
Place the meat into the gravy mixture and heat through.
Serve on a meat platter.