Garlic Butter Steak Bites
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These seared Garlic Butter Steak Bites pack so much flavor and are so easy to throw together! The best part? They’re ready in 15 minutes!
Steak Bites
You know what’s better than a 30 Minute Recipe? A 15 Minute Recipe! Seriously! This 15 Minute Recipe is for the meat lovers out there! Lots of delicious steak bites smothered in a yummy garlic butter sauce! Have I piqued your interest yet?
You know what else? It’s all in one skillet! I live in Alberta, so we love our steak here and I’m no exception. I love a good steak, but I also love steak bites, because they’re so full of flavor and so easy to prepare. These bite size pieces of steak look fancy if you’re throwing a party, just spear them with toothpicks and watch them disappear.
What Ingredients Do You Need For Garlic Butter Steak Bites
If the name doesn’t say it all for you, here’s what you’ll need:
- Garlic – the more the better. If you know me you know I love my garlic so go nuts!
- Butter – I always use unsalted because this way I can control the salt in all my recipes.
- Steak – I love using a sirloin steak in this recipe and cut it into small pieces. Sirloin packs a lot of flavor and it’s pretty tender, but still affordable.
- Olive Oil – extra virgin.
- Salt & Pepper – to season to your liking.
- Red Pepper Flakes – for a little bit of heat, so if you want it mild, just skip the pepper flakes.
- Parsley – I always love to garnish everything with a little bit of parsley because it makes the dish look so much better. We eat with our eyes first!
What Other Cut Of Beef Can I Use For Steak Bites
As mentioned, I used sirloin because it’s a tender, flavorful and inexpensive cut of beef. Other cuts you could use would be tenderloin, rib eye or New York strip steak.
How to Make Garlic Butter Steak Bites
Garlic butter steak bites couldn’t be any easier. The secret though, is to use a really hot skillet, because you don’t want to overcook the steak. The steak bites really only require about 4 to 5 minutes, if the skillet is hot enough.
My other secret is to not stir the steak bites for the first 1 or 2 minutes, let it get a nice sear from the skillet. I also like to cook the garlic butter separately because I don’t want to add it with the steak, so that the garlic doesn’t burn. Then all that’s left to do is pour the garlic butter over the steak and serve.
What To Serve Steak Bites With
Serve these with your favorite sides, such as mashed potatoes, pasta or zucchini noodles for a healthier option, or just with some crusty bread to soak up that garlic butter.
However, they are perfect as an appetizer. Stick some toothpicks in them and watch how fast they go!
Craving More Steak? Try These:
- Slow Cooker Pepper Steak
- Ribeye Steak Pasta Puttanesca
- Matambre: Argentinian Stuffed Flank Steak
- Easy Thai Steak Salad
- Creamy Polenta with Grilled Steak and Roasted Tomatoes
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Garlic Butter Steak Bites
Prep: 5 mins
Cook: 10 mins
Total: 15 mins
Serves: 4
These seared Garlic Butter Steak Bites pack so much flavor and are so easy to throw together! The best part? They're ready in 15 minutes!
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 ½ lb sirloin steak cut into bite size pieces, or strip loin, tenderloin, strip steak or rib eye
- ½ tsp salt or to taste
- ½ tsp pepper or to taste
- 2 tbsp butter unsalted
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- ¼ tsp red pepper flakes
- 1 tbsp parsley fresh, chopped
Instructions
- Add the olive oil to a large skillet and heat it over high heat. Make sure the olive oil is hot, then add the steak pieces to it. Season them generously with salt and pepper.
- Cook for at least 2 minutes before stirring the steak pieces. You want to make sure you get a good sear on them. Continue cooking for another 2 minutes until they're golden brown. If your skillet isn't big enough, you may need to do this batches.
- Transfer the steak bites to a plate and in the same skillet add the butter. Turn the heat down to a medium and after the butter has melted, add the garlic and red pepper flakes. Cook for about 30 seconds while stirring, just until the garlic becomes aromatic and starts to brown.
- Pour the garlic butter over the steak bites and toss well. Garnish with parsley and serve.
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Recipe Notes
- Please keep in mind that nutritional information is a rough estimate and can vary greatly based on products used.
Nutrition Information:
Calories: 316kcal (16%)Carbohydrates: 1gProtein: 37g (74%)Fat: 17g (26%)Saturated Fat: 7g (44%)Cholesterol: 119mg (40%)Sodium: 389mg (17%)Potassium: 593mg (17%)Vitamin A: 255IU (5%)Vitamin C: 2.2mg (3%)Calcium: 53mg (5%)Iron: 2.9mg (16%)
I’ve made this twice and it has turned out great both times. Next time i’m going to add mushrooms & onions before adding in the garlic (per hubby’s request). We’ve eaten it over cauliflower & zucchini pasta and JUST.LOVE.IT.
Outstanding, made with roasted garlic new potatoes, roasted garlic butter mushrooms, and roasted garlic green beans.No vampire bites that night 🙂
LOL! Glad you liked it!
My new favorite way to make steak! Love this recipe!
Thanks for the recipe.
Cut up meat always works really well for a myriad of things and almost always cooks perfectly because it’s near impossible to ruin. I do it with pork and chicken quite often. I’ll mix this with some shrimp and other stuff for a good stir fry. Only problem with getting the cast iron pan heated is the smoke bomb that follows, especially with butter. Be careful, folks!
Very simple to make. Just made it tonight and my son was like “dad, i think you should work at a restaurant”😁😁😁Overall, it was a success. Family was fed and satisfied. Thank you for this recipe!!!
This recipe is a keeper! What a genius way to serve steak to kids..already cut and ready to dip into steak sauce!
Yes, exactly! 🙂
Really yummy. Served it with mash potatoes and a salad.
I can’t wait to try this tomorrow night for our special bday dinner! Do we leave the steak out till it’s at room temp before cooking? I heard once that cooking it in hot pan right from fridge won’t cook right since the inside is still cold.
Yes, leaving it till it’s at room temp, the steak will cook more evenly. But it shouldn’t make much difference with the steak bites.
These were da bomb dot com!!!! EVERYONE loved it and took some home too!!! Thank you so much for this super easy and super hit recipe, I can’t wait to try your other recipes 🙂
Exactly what I was looking tonight!!!🍽💯
This is so easy and delicious! I’ve added the recipe to my go-to file for quick meals.
Wow! This was a great way to save a slightly tired piece of meat. Fabulous flavor and totally decadent. Thank you so much!
I made this for my”men”, and they loved it! only drawback: I should have made a bigger batch! I also grated my garlic instead of mincing it- was awesome!
Excellent and so easy! We used veal ribeye and cilantro in place of parsley. Made sure to let the pan cool down just a bit after the steak so butter wouldn’t brown too much. We tend to go low on salt but be generous with it in this dish. Was soooo yummy! Wish I had some crusty bread to soak up the garlic butter.
I wish you could have seen the look on my son’s face when he tasted the first steak bite! Delicious and so easy!
Awww I wish we could’ve seen him, too! So glad it was a hit 🎉
This recipe was delicious and so easy. I added fried onions and brocolli florets to the steak….yummy.