Garlic Butter Steak Bites

Meghan Splawn
Meghan Splawn
Meghan was the Food Editor for Kitchn's Skills content. She's a master of everyday baking, family cooking, and harnessing good light. Meghan approaches food with an eye towards budgeting — both time and money — and having fun. Meghan has a baking and pastry degree, and spent the first 10 years of her career as part of Alton Brown's culinary team. She co-hosts a weekly podcast about food and family called Didn't I Just Feed You.
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These steak bites are perfect for your steakhouse cravings.

Serves2 to 4

Prep10 minutes

Cook15 minutes

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Garlic butter steak bites are everything you love about a steakhouse steak, with none of the work. Instead of cooking a whole steak, making a pan sauce, slicing the steak, and dipping into said sauce, these pieces of New York strip steak get cooked in a gorgeous garlic butter that’s built in the same pan the steak is cooked in. Pretty ingenious, right? Here’s how you can have perfect steakhouse bites any night of the week.

Building a Better Garlic Butter for Steaks

These steak bites were built on the idea that with one garlic butter sauce formula in your back pocket, practically anything can get the garlic butter treatment. While the formula is universal, we’ve tweaked it slightly here to ensure the steak pieces brown but the garlic doesn’t burn.

Use the widest nonstick skillet or pan you’ve got to bring a stick of butter to a simmer, then add the steak bites — cubes of New York strip steak — to the hot butter. The garlic gets added after the steak is nicely seared so that it doesn’t burn. Serve these bites over mashed potatoes or buttered noodles, or alongside a simple arugula salad for dinner.

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Garlic Butter Steak Bites

These steak bites are perfect for your steakhouse cravings.

Prep time 10 minutes

Cook time 15 minutes

Serves 2 to 4

Nutritional Info

Ingredients

  • 4 cloves

    garlic

  • 1/2 teaspoon

    freshly ground black pepper

  • 1/4 cup

    chopped fresh parsley leaves

  • 2 pounds

    thick-cut New York strip steaks

  • 1/2 teaspoon

    kosher salt

  • 8 tablespoons

    (1 stick) unsalted butter

Instructions

  1. Mince 4 garlic cloves. Transfer to a bowl and add 1/2 teaspoon black pepper. Chop until you have 1/4 cup fresh parsley leaves, then transfer to a small bowl. Cut 2 pounds New York strip steak into 1-inch cubes, then season them with 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt.

  2. Melt 8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter in a large skillet over medium high-heat. Add the steak cubes and sear until browned, flipping them halfway through, 6 to 8 minutes total. Add the garlic and pepper and cook for 1 minute more. Remove from the heat and garnish with the parsley.

Recipe Notes

Storage: Leftovers can be refrigerated in an airtight container up to 4 days.

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