After reading all of the reviews and following some of the other reviewers' tips, we ended up eating a delicious meal using this recipe. I made the burger patties exactly as written, but after forming them I put them in a 425 degree oven for 10 minutes on each side to bake off a good deal of the grease. While they were baking I sauteed two large, sliced onions with a teaspoon of minced garlic in two tablespoons of butter until the onions were soft. To the onions I added the three cans of Cream of Mushroom soup (used fat-free), two soup cans of water, two beef boullion cubes, and enough Kitchen Bouquet (probably about 1/2 to 1 teaspoon)to darken the gravy/sauce mixture; I let this simmer over low heat until all of the meat patties were browned. Then I drained the grease from the browning pan, wiped the pan clean, put the meat patties back into the pan on top of a bit of the gravy/sauce, and poured the rest on top of the meat. Reset the oven to 350, covered the pan with foil, and baked for one hour more. This was delicious; lots of flavor and the patties were very moist. We put the gravy/sauce on top of mashed potatoes, and also had fresh, lightly steamed broccoli on the side. Thank you for this recipe...my husband and son went crazy over this (husband ate three meat patties, son ate two)! I used the entire three pounds of ground beef and ended up with a total of 12 patties. So glad I don't have to cook tomorrow!

I will never forget when one of my high school friend's mother made this when I spent the night. Loved it, came home raving about it, and finally got my mother to make it. Still make it to this day. Great comfort food!

I scaled this down to one pound of 'burger and two cans of soup. Instead of making seperate patties, I covered the bottom of the dish with the hamburger, cooked 10 minutes @ 350 degrees, poured off the grease then cut the meat into six seperated sections before pouring the mushroom soup over the top then I put on the canned mushrooms. I made this just like the recipe called for with the exception of getting rid of a LOT of grease before puting the soup on. You can also make this with tater tots inbeded in the soup before putting it in the oven for 45 minutes. If you want to put the tater tots on, don't put the foil cover on. Very easy, very quick and very tasty.

I found that the meat was a bit mushy the first time I did it ( following the recipe) so the next time I only added half the milk and and only half the crackers, I also added some misses dask garlic and herb seasoning. And to the soup I mixed it with a pack of brown mushroom gravy mix and 1 1/2 cups of water then I pored the gravy mixture over the patties. It came out great and my family ate right up!!!!!!

I thought this was really good! My changes were, omitting the milk (I forgot it, and I'm not sure how it helps the dish anyway) and to the mushroom soup I added worchestershire, a teaspoon of onion powder, beef bouillion and a few pepper flakes. It was very flavorful and I think I liked it better than some of the salisbury steak recipes from this site. Thanks!

Crackers instead of bread crumbs? That is genius!! I don't know why I didn't think of it before. My family really enjoyed this and my picky 11 yr old son even asked for more! I added one egg to the meat mixture and after I formed the patties, I dusted each with flour. I used 2 cans of cream of mushroom soup, mixed it with evaporated milk and poured over each patty. They were delicious! Served it with a salad, mashed potatoes and ranch style beans.

This poor man's hamburger steak is wonderful!! great flavor all the way. I did listen to other reviews and follow what they said, i also changed it up a bit to suite our taste. I followed it completely except, i only made a third of the recipe. I cooked it on 425 for 10 minutes on each side before reducing heat to take off grease. I also mixed in half a can of soup instead of using it as a gravy on top. This made it so delicous. Instead of the mushroom gravy on top, i used a pack of brown gravy mix but added some of the cream of mushroom soup and added a can of fresh mushrooms to it as well. yum.. thanks for the dish!!

This was exceptionally good. My husband will eat anything I make but doesn't usually say anything either good or bad -- he just eats. Tonight I made this and he said it was perfection... ^_^ Very high praise. The only changes I made were to scale it to use a pound of hamburger & to add half a sliced onion to the top of the patties before the soup. The sauce/gravy was phenominal over rice. I'll definately be adding this to my recipe box... Thanks!

Was quite pleased with this. Quick and easy. Agree with others that it was quite greasy at end of baking time. I made the "steak" mixture as written (just made a 1/3 recipe, as I had a pound of ground beef thawed in the fridge.) Probably went a little heavy on the spices, only "halved" the quantity there. Served with potatoes and carrots. Nice comforting meal on a cold November night. Thanks.

So easy! And tastes SO GOOD*^_^* [I did mine in two fry pans: browned the patties on both sides, mushroom soup on top, covered & simmered for 40 min.]