When I was in college, one of my go-to meals was round steak because it was cheap and lasted several days. I found a simple recipe as follows: sprinkle round steak with powdered onion soup mix on both sides wrap in aluminum foil, crimping the seams to make it air tight bake for an hour at 350 F (or something like that, it's been decades)
The aluminum bag puffs up like a balloon, trapping the moisture to steam the meat which makes it tender. The onion soup mix gives it a nice onion flavor. You can put vegetables in the bag too.
That could be a useful method for many things
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