My mother-in-law has really figured out how to make steak right. She has gone where no woman or man has gone before! I really realized this after having leftovers of a delicious steak dinner she cooked the night before and the leftovers were tender as could be! Am I the only one who thinks that is unheard of? Lucky for me I helped her make it and was right in there at the stovetop with her, so I have learned her secrets and am so excited to share with you today.

There’s nothing quite like a steak dinner to really hit the spot. I love to make a nice ribeye steak in my air fryer, usually for special occasions, but these steak bites are so easy and fast to make, they are great for any weeknight meal.

It’s so simple, it actually only has four ingredients--sirloin steak, garlic salt, steak seasoning and olive oil. My mother-in-law gets huge, thick sirloin steaks and cuts them in half so they are thinner--so a 2-inch steak turns into a 1-inch thick steak (give or take). This way it cooks a lot faster and the bites are easier to chew. She freezes the 1-inch thick steaks in gallon Ziploc bags and then just pops them in the microwave for three minutes on high to defrost them a bit. They are mostly still frozen when they finish in the microwave so they are easy to cut into bite-size pieces, which you will do next. 

Next, you turn the stove on medium-high to high and add some olive oil. Place enough steak bites to line the bottom of the pan, but not over-crowd it. You want them to have a little bit of space to breathe so they can get a nice sear on them. Add a generous amount of both garlic salt and steak seasoning and put the lid on the pan for about 1-2 minutes. My MIL says the seasonings really help draw the water out and make the steak moist. After a minute or two, lift the lid and you will see a lot of liquid in the pan. Pull the steak bites out onto a plate and dump the liquid into a bowl (like the size of a cereal bowl). Add another swirl of olive oil and add the steak back into the pan to sear it a little more for another minute or two. Repeat these steps until you cook the last of your steak and now add that reserved liquid back onto your plate of steak bites to add some moisture and flavor back in. It is almost like a gravy of sorts. 

We served these really quickly with some steamed in the microwave broccoli, packaged mashed potatoes from Costco, rolls, and the yams and apples I am sharing my other article today :) It was such a perfect meal and was really easy and fast to make. And like I said, the leftovers were tender and perfect like you wouldn’t believe! You’ll have to make these steak bites one of these nights and you might not ever want to make steak any other way!



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