I've been absent this entire week, but I am officially back on the cooking schedule (I'm sure Blake is happy about this), and ladies it worked!!!!!! Blake decided he couldn't live life without my cooking and sealed the deal, a.k.a we're engaged! As you can imagine most of our week was full of dinners and celebrations with friends and family. We took an evening to ourselves and walked down town for some food at a new restaurant that just opened up in downtown Northville. I got my inspiration for this dinner from their menu, which was very good and very tasty. They had steak bites and mashed potatoes on their menu and I was SO excited, but then I found out that their "chop" sauce was basically just gravy. I wanted steak, potatoes, and steak sauce not gravy. Therefore I told Blake, "Tomorrow we shall eat steak!"
I made enough for the two of us, and we still had left overs. Plus I froze about 1/3 of the steak that I didn't even use. Obviously if you don't want to make your own mashed potatoes, they have a lot of pre-made containers in the grocery store these days that are pretty good.
STEAK BITS:
3/4 lb. Top Sirloin steak cut into cubes
1/2 Large sweet onion sliced
3 Cloves garlic minced
2 Tbs. Cajun spices (This amount depends on how much spice you like)
2 Tbs. Butter
Salt & Pepper to taste
1. Begin by heating the butter in a large skillet on medium to medium - high heat. Add the onions and saute until tender. Add in garlic shortly before the onions are finished being careful not to burn.
2. Add the cubes of steak to the hot pan and cook for about 2 minutes. Flip steak bits over in the pan until they are cooked on all sides. (If you need to, you may drain some of the excess juices from the pan, I didn't want any gravy type sauce so I got rid of the extra juices right before the steak bits were finished). The cooking process should take about 5-6 minutes total.
** Because the steak bits are cut into cubes, they will cook fairly quickly. You don't want to have to chew through rubber, so be sure to not cook the steak bits too much.
3. Pile steak bits on top of mashed potatoes and top with sauce!
GARLIC SMASHED POTATOES:
4 Red Russet potatoes (This was for two of us, with extras)
1/4 Cup Ricotta cheese (You could use sour cream or greek yogurt instead too, whatever you have on hand)
2-3 Tbs. Butter
2-3 Tbs. Milk (Add more depending on how thick or smooth you want your potatoes)
1 Tbs. Chives minced
1 Tbs. Parsley minced
2-3 Cloves garlic minced
Salt & Pepper to taste
1. Fill a large pot with water and bring to a rolling boil.
2. Cut potatoes into fours and add to boiling water. Cook until potatoes are fork tender.
3. Once the potatoes are done cooking, add to a bowl with ricotta, butter, milk, garlic, herbs, and salt and pepper. Mash with a potato masher or large fork.
STEAK SAUCE:
1/4 Cup Ketchup
2 Tbs. Honey
1/4 Cup A1 Steak Sauce
1/2 Tbs. Blackened Cajun Spices
1 Tsp. Red Pepper Flakes
1/2 Tsp. Chili Powder
Salt & Pepper to taste
1. Mix all of the ingredients in a bowl and spoon over steak when ready. This could be made ahead of time.
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