Garlic Butter Bites - Steak Tacos

Kraveen Maven • April 5, 2024

Delicious Taco Tuesday idea...using Garlic Butter Steak Bites

Ingredients

1 New York Strip Steak (chopped in medium sized cubes)

3-4 Tbsp of Garlic (Avocado Sauce & Steak)

4-6 Tbsp Butter

2 Tbsp Olive Oil (Sauté Steak)

½ cup Sour Cream

½ of an Avocado

Chopped Cilantro (for Pico & to mix in Avocado sauce)

2-3 Limes (for Pico & Avocado sauce)

2-1 ½ Tomatoes (for Pico)

1/4th cup Red Onion (for Pico)

Misson Zero Carb Tortillas (or any Flour or Corn Tortilla)

Salt (to taste for Steak, Pico, Avocado Sauce)

Pepper (to taste for Steak, Pico, Avocado Sauce)

1 tsp Garlic Powder (for steak)

1 tsp Chili Powder (for steak)

2 tsp Montreal Seasoning (for steak)

 

Steak

1.   Cut steak into medium cubes, make sure to cut any VISIBLE pieces of fat from the steak.

2.   Take 3 cloves of garlic and mash them with your knife to open them up

3.   Once the steak is cut season the steak with Salt, Pepper, Chili Powder, and Montreal Seasoning (If you don’t have Montreal seasoning, it’s Peppercorns, Smoked Pap, Kosher Salt, Garlic Powder, Onion Powder, Whole Coriander Seed, Whole Mustard Seed, Dried Rosemary, and Red Pepper Flakes)

4.   Put about 2 tablespoons of Olive oil in the pan and immediately add the steak & mashed garlic pieces making sure not to crowd the pan with the steak. DO NOT let the oil heat and then cook the steak, add the steak pieces and the oil at the same time allowing them to gradually heat together.

5.   Cook the steak pieces for about 3 minutes on one side and 2 ½ minutes on the other side. Start with 3 minutes 1st and when you flip the steak pieces add 2 tablespoons of butter so that you can baste the steak pieces. With the garlic and butter…add 1 teaspoon of cilantro at the end when you’re ready to take the steak out of the skillet. Let the steak rest

Avocado sauce

1.   Use the food processor for the sauce

2.   Peel 2 cloves of garlic and add that with 1/4th cup of sour cream, 1 tablespoon of cilantro, and a 1/4th of a lime squeeze

3.   Mix in the food processor until everything is mixed and smooth

4.   If your sauce is too thick, you can add 1 tablespoon of water at a time to thin it to the consistency you would like.

5.   Salt and pepper to the taste you would like

6.   This will be the sauce you use to drizzle over your tacos for flavor at the end

Pico de Gallo

1.   Take 1 and a half roma tomatoes and dice them into smaller cubes

2.   Take ¼ of a red onion and dice into smaller pieces

3.   Chop cilantro, enough for 1-2 tablespoons

4.   Salt and pepper to taste

5.   Cut a lime in 4 pieces and hold onto that for the end

6.   In a bowl GENTLY mix your chopped tomatoes, red onion, cilantro, salt/pepper, and squeeze of lime together. Do not mix to mush, again just lightly mix it…if you would like more of a citrus take squeeze a little more lime, also you can gradually add more salt/pepper if needed. Remember you can always add more but if you over salt or pepper your mixture it can potentially ruin it (More is less)

 

Tortillas

1.   Take your tortillas and brown/warm in a skillet with a little butter, cook them on low and watch them as they will cook fast and you don’t want them to burn


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