Recipe: Instant Pot Garlic Butter Steak Bites
Patting your steak bites dry with Bounty paper towels before searing in the Instant Pot helps them brown, making these garlic butter covered bites extra tender.
Serves4
Prep10 minutes
Cook30 minutes
Let’s just all agree that there aren’t many phrases more magical than “garlic butter.” When butter melts and toasts bits of garlic into fragrant deliciousness, it makes anything from bread to shrimp taste better, and steak is no different. With the help of a pressure cooker, you can turn cubes of steak into tender, browned bites that are infused with garlic butter, ready to be served with some crusty bread or egg noodles to soak up all that goodness.
Quick and Easy Garlic Butter Steak Bites
Achieving the Perfect Sear
Speed is key in weeknight meals. That’s why the combination of the Quicker Picker Upper and a pressure cooker works so well. A pressure cooker is a great way to easily cook the steak bites until they’re nice and tender. But for maximum flavor, you should still sear the steak first to caramelize the outside and create all those flavorful browned bits at the bottom of the pot. To make sure the steak sears and doesn’t steam, remove as much moisture off the surface as you can before it hits the pan. That’s where Bounty paper towels come in handy. Patting the steak cubes dry first with a super absorbent paper towel like Bounty means they’ll sear quicker and better once they go into the pressure cooker so you’ll end up with browned pieces of beef, not steamed gray ones.
Perfecting the Garlicky, Buttery Flavor
To make sure there’s enough liquid in the pressure cooker, add some beef broth in as cooking liquid — but don’t forget that it also helps to deglaze the bottom of the pan. Scrape up all those toasty browned bits with a wooden spoon so they end up in the sauce, then add a good spoonful of minced garlic, more butter, and some black pepper to balance it all out.
The steak needs only 10 minutes of cooking under high pressure, giving you plenty of time to prepare a vegetable side dish or salad. And don’t forget to sprinkle in a small handful of parsley at the end to add some freshness to all that buttery goodness.
Instant Pot Garlic Butter Steak Bites
Patting your steak bites dry with Bounty paper towels before searing in the Instant Pot helps them brown, making these garlic butter covered bites extra tender.
Prep time 10 minutes
Cook time 30 minutes
Serves 4
Nutritional Info
Ingredients
- 2 pounds
(1-inch-thick) boneless New York strip steaks
- 1/2 teaspoon
kosher salt
- 8 tablespoons
(1 stick) unsalted butter, divided
- 3/4 cup
beef broth
- 4 cloves
garlic, minced
- 1/2 teaspoon
freshly ground black pepper
- 1/4 cup
chopped fresh parsley leaves
Instructions
Set a 6- to 8-quart electric pressure cooker or Instant Pot to the Sauté function and heat for 5 minutes. Meanwhile, cut the steaks into 1-inch pieces and pat them dry with one sheet of Bounty paper towels. Season with the salt.
Add 2 tablespoons of the butter to the pressure cooker. When melted, add half of the steak pieces and brown on 2 sides, about 3 minutes per side. Transfer the steak to a plate. Repeat melting 2 tablespoons of butter and browning the remaining steak pieces, then transfer steak to the plate.
Carefully pour the beef broth into the cooker and scrape up any browned bits stuck to the bottom with a wooden spoon. Add the garlic, pepper, remaining 4 tablespoons butter, and seared steak and any accumulated juices.
Lock the lid onto the pressure cooker and make sure the valve is sealed. Set for MANUAL, HIGH pressure for 10 minutes cook time. It will take 7 to 10 minutes to come up to pressure.
When the cook time is up, let the pressure naturally release for 5 minutes. Manually release any remaining pressure. Turn the pressure cooker off and uncover. Garnish with the parsley before serving.
Recipe Notes
Storage: Refrigerate leftovers in an airtight container for up to 4 days.