Hope everyones Monday is going well. Here is a super easy recipe for simple steak and potatoes.
I don’t typically like cooking with foil…. but every now and then sometimes you gotta bust it out.
I want to add a couple notes BEFORE you turn to the recipe.
- I quartered and boiled my potatoes prior to packing them up with the steak. There is nothing worse then uncooked potatoes
- Recipe calls for 20-25 minutes to cook the meat through, I like my meat more rare to medium rare, so I took out of the oven right at 20 minutes, turning my broiler on at the 18 min. mark to crisp up the ends of my meat.
- Following pulling the cooked packs out of the oven, I set up my strainer over a bowl and dumped all the steak and potatoes into the strainer.. there was a lot of juice in the bottom of the foil which would be a huge mess on the plate. Plate your meat and potatoes and then pour some of the juices over the meat.
I also highly recommend Five Marys Farm Rub, its so yummy on all meats
Garlic Steak and Potato Foil Packs
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Cuisine: American
Serves: 4
Ingredients
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- 2-2½ pounds top sirloin steak, trimmed of fat and cut into 2½-inch pieces (see note)
- 1 pound baby yellow potatoes. quartered (or halved if they are already less than 1 inch in size, see note)
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- salt and pepper, to taste (I use about 1 teaspoon salt and ¼ teaspoon black pepper)
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon dried parsley
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- fresh thyme or parsley for topping (optional)
Instructions
- In a large bowl combine steak, potatoes, olive oil, salt and pepper, garlic, and seasonings and toss to combine.
- Divide steak and potatoes between four 12×12 inch sheets of foil, then wrap the foil tightly around the contents to form your foil packs. Grill over high heat for about 10 minutes on each side or until steak and potatoes are cooked through OR bake at 425 degrees for about 20-25 minutes until cooked through to desired doneness (see note).
- **If you prefer a char on your steak, you can open up the packets at the end and cook for a couple minutes directly on the grill, or for baking you can switch oven to broil for a few minutes (with packets opened).
- Garnish with fresh thyme or parsley and serve immediately.
PAN SEARED SCALLOPS
Super duper easy quick recipe for perfect scallops.
Add the butter and oil to a 12 to 14-inch saute pan on high heat. (hotter the pan the better for a GOOD sear)
Salt and pepper the scallops.
Once the fat begins to smoke, gently add the scallops, making sure they are not touching each other.
Sear the scallops for 1 1/2 minutes on each side.
Slice some lemons and serve immediately.