Banquet Salisbury Steak

March 30, 2006 | Reviewer: Nicole

Price: $1
Serving size: 9.5 oz
Calories: 398
Fat: 38%
Sodium: 9%

Nicole says: Banquet’s Salisbury Steak Meal is an absolute classic. I grew up on microwavable Salisbury steak; this may be a prerequisite for liking this meal. This meal includes a more-than-sufficient amount of tasty but slightly gelatinous gravy with your meat and sides of buttery corn and mashed potatoes. The corn often ends up a bit dry, but the great taste of artificial butter makes up for that. The mashed potatoes might look a bit icky when you remove them from the microwave, but once you stir them, you see they have a nice, natural texture and flavor (plus more artificial butter.) The serving size could be a bit larger-if I were truly trying to satisfy my appetite, two would barely suffice. But at $1 per entree, this meal is more satisfying than ramen any day, and more reliably tasty than the trendier new micro-meals like “Beef Merlot.” Yum. Yum, yum, yum. I think I’m going to eat some pizza now.

Abi says: I really have no idea how Nicole manages to eat this meal. Granted, I come from a family that eats tripe, but Salisbury Steak? It is a fancy way of saying ‘Hamburger with Gravy’ instead of facing reality. Actually, the gravy reminds me of agar. Yes, the medium used for growing bacteria in a lab setting.

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5 Responses to “Banquet Salisbury Steak”

Nicole on April 7th, 2006

Note the grill marks.
jasmin on March 23rd, 2007

my son loves salisbury steak by banquet he could eat them everyday,i have my worries as a mom if only there’s anyone who could teach me to make a similar sauce.Ive tried experimenting my own version of this sauce like mixing red wine w/ the powdered gravy from costco but to no avail…obviously ive no problem with the patty,potato and the corns, JUST the sauce…any suggestions is welcome..thanks!
tim on March 27th, 2007

i love this — but I shake a few shots of worcestshire over the steak first and make sure it is also mixed into the gravy. mmmmm!
Colleen on July 23rd, 2007

Do you guys do a lot of guess work with the nutrition info or are the frozen food companies constantly changing their recipes?
Abi Jones on July 23rd, 2007

We never guess about the nutrition info. The information you see is copied off of the box. So, if a company changes their formula (which Lean Cuisine and Healthy Choice do with alarming regularity), then we have nutritional info that is accurate for the meal reviewed, but not necessarily what is in stores now.