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bob's pigs in blankets

(2 ratings)
Meave avatar
Recipe by
Amy H.
@Meave
Detroit, MI

This is an old holiday favorite of my best friend's family. They make it every year. His family calls them pigs, but I think it is some variation of beef rouladen anyway, it's certainly delicious! I throw them in the slow cooker for about 5 hours instead of cooking them on the stove top for 3.

(2 ratings)
yield 4 -6
prep time 35 Min
cook time 3 Hr
method Stove Top

Ingredients For bob's pigs in blankets

  • 2 lb
    round steak
  • 1 lb
    bacon
  • ground black pepper to taste
  • onion salt to taste
  • 3 Tbsp
    kitchen bouquet
  • 1 md
    onion, sliced
  • 1/4 c
    flour
  • 2 c
    water
  • reserved pan drippings
  • round tooth picks

How To Make bob's pigs in blankets

  • 1
    Partially freeze round steak. Trim off fat
  • 2
    Cut up meat into 3/4" to 1" strips about 3 inches long. Pound strips to 1/8" thickness.
  • 3
    Lay out strips on table, springle lightly with pepper and onion salt. Cut bacon in half legnthwise and then about 2 to 3 inches long. Lay a piece of bacon on each strip of round steak. Roll each strip up, end to end fairly tightly and push toothpick through to secure.
  • 4
    Brown pigs in grease over medium high heat. (I use bacon grease)
  • 5
    Dice onion and cook in pot until slightly glassy and add sifted flour. Add water stirring slowly to start gravy.
  • 6
    Then put pigs back in pot. Add water to cover pigs and simmer 2 to 3 hours. Add flour or cornstarch to thicken gravy and kitchen bouquet to darken.
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