Blackened Steak Bites with Blue Cheese Sauce recipe

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Ingredients

1 ½ pounds beef top sirloin, trimmed and cut into bite-size pieces
2 tablespoons blackened seasoning (such as Chef Paul Prudhomme's® Blackened Steak Magic®), or more to taste
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese
3 tablespoons evaporated milk
8 ounces blue cheese crumbles
½ teaspoon garlic powder
¼ teaspoon ground white pepper
¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper

Nutrition Info

288.4 calories
carbohydrate: 2.6 g
cholesterol: 71.6 mg
fat: 20.7 g
fiber: 0.2 g
protein: 22.3 g
saturatedFat: 10.3 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 820 mg
sugar: 0.8 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Season sirloin with blackened seasoning to coat on all sides.

  2. Heat oil in a cast-iron skillet on an outdoor grill until the oil is smoking. Cook steak bites in hot oil in small batches, reheating oil between batches, until slightly crusty, 1 to 2 minutes per side.

  3. Stir cream cheese and evaporated milk together in a saucepan over low heat to melt the cream cheese. Whisk blue cheese crumbles, garlic powder, white pepper, and cayenne pepper into the cream cheese mixture, simmer, stirring frequently, until the blue cheese melts into a smooth sauce, 2 to 3 minutes. Serve blue cheese sauce with the beef bites.

Recipe Yield

8 servings

Recipe Note

This recipe is similar to an appetizer served at my favorite Italian restaurant. It is a nice change from the usual appetizers and always gets rave reviews! I have used tenderloin in the past, but have found that a good quality top sirloin works very well and is less expensive. Bernaise sauce is a good alternative if you don't like blue cheese.

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