I went to lunch with a missionary friend who was in town yesterday, and my husband had "daddy duty". He's an awesome husband and dad, but relatively inexperienced with running everything alone, or cooking...he overcooked some very big, nice steaks and is really beating himself up over them. They were fine, just way too dry to eat as "steak and baked potato". Money is very tight and we don't want to waste it. I was wondering if anyone had any recipes or meal ideas for the steak to be sliced up into, that would have a little moisture (lol). He did this last year with sausage that was too dry, and I just cooked onions, green & red peppers from our garden, spaghetti sauce with the sausage sliced up, served over rice, and it was great. Hoping to save money and not waste the steaks, and also save my husband's ego by using the meat he prepared in a good meal. Any ideas or recipes?
You could probably make it into like beef tips and noodles. Just get some Beef broth and some mushroom soup and alittle water cook it till the meat is super soft and then put noodles under the sauce. Its just a matter of cooking it till its tender.
All of these involve marinating the meat - which you still do, it's just already cooked so you add it at the end. Slice very thin before adding to the marinade.
Pepper steak
Beef Fajitas
Ranch style bean casserole is amazing too - slice the beef thin. Skillet saute chopped onion and poblano pepper. Add drained mexican rotel and 1 can COMushroom soup. Add in bite sized beef.
Layer tortillas, mixture, and thin sliced mexican velveeta to make a lasagna like thing.
Truly yummy.
What about fajitas?? I would bet you could put them in a ziploc bag with some marinade for a few hours in the fridge..moisten them up a bit, and then slice em up, heat the skillet, throw some veggies on too, and voila ...fajita night!! Be sure you get some good fresh tortillas from somewhere (I suggest Kroger, but you might find them somewhere else too if Kroger by you does not carry them.) Make some good chip dip, at least queso, and maybe even some beans and rice. Hmm, maybe I will come over for dinner..it is starting to sound yummy to me!! ~A.~
You could make a beef hash- this also works for leftover roast.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
In a dutch oven or a pot with a lid, sautee some onions in a little butter or olive oil. It is really good if the onion get thoroughly cooked. This will allow a bit of crustiness from the onions adding to the thickening of the "gravy". Remove from the stove.
Wash and quarter about 6-8 red potatoes or 6-8 Yukon gold potatoes. Put in the potatoes and the cubed leftover steak in the pot along with the onions.
Add about half of the box of a 32 oz. beef broth box. If cheaper you can buy 2 cans, but the box allows for you to store in the refrigerator any leftover broth. Depending upon how much meat you have you might have you might need to add more than half, but you want there to be enough liquid to help cook the potatoes and also keep the steak moist but not too much that it makes the gravy too thin.
Add enough salt and pepper to taste too.
Put the pot in the oven for about an hour or until the potatoes are tender to a fork's touch, i.e. falls apart. The softened potatoes should add to the thickening of the gravy. If too liquid, you can add a bit of flour to make it thicker.
Toast some bread and put the hash over it. Enjoy!
We love making Breakfast Burritos with left over steak. Just cut the steak into bite size pieces. Scramble some eggs, add grated cheese, mushrooms, broccoli, bell peppers or whatever. Serve in a flour tortilla with a bit of salsa - YUMMY!
I'm not the greatest cook, so I have no idea if this'll work, but steak in spagetti sauce is YUMMY! Also, maybe you could incorporate it into chili or beef stew? Good luck :)
cut the meat into small bites and make a vegetable beef soup or stew.....go to www.allrecipes.com and I'm sure you'll get lots of good ideas!
I'm not sure but maybe you could slice it up and serve it with bbq sauce on it?
I did not read all of your replies so this may have already been suggested, but what about pizza. You could put some salsa on it instead of red sauce, corn, black beans, cheese, etc.. You could also slice it up and make beef tips and gravy. Get some of the brown gravy packs (88 cents a piece) make some gravy and put the gravy and beef over egg noodles.
