This recipe is sponsored by Challenge Butter. We’re using their high-quality unsalted butter to make today’s Cajun Garlic Butter Steak Bites! Cajun steak bites are seriously the most delicious tender nuggets of goodness! They’re seasoned with cajun seasoning and left to hang out while you prep the remaining ingredients (which, luckily, is just pressing some garlic and chopping a sprinkling of parsley.) Then you toss it all in a screaming hot skillet until the steak bites sear and turn golden around the edges! And the best part – this recipe will work if you’re doing keto, but it’ll also be delicious to serve alongside tons of veggies, a giant baked potato, buttered egg noodles, with garlic bread on the side; and about 1000 other ways!
Ingredients for Cajun Garlic Butter Steak Bites:
Unsalted Challenge Butter: We’ll create garlic butter to toss the steak bites in at the end. I love using Challenge Butter for this recipe because it is made the old fashion way – churned fresh daily from milk from happy cows at their local family-owned dairies. It’s made from fresh sweet cream and doesn’t contain added hormones, additives, or fillers.Oil: We use high heat oil to quickly sear the steak pieces before tossing them in homemade garlic butter.Steak: You want to make sure you use steak that’s cut into uniform 1-inch pieces. Making sure all the pieces are the same ensures that they’ll cook up in the same amount of time.Seasonings :We’re keeping it pretty simple for this recipe with just some cajun seasoning (or creole) and some white pepper. I do find that white pepper gives t bites an extra boost of flavor, so I highly recommend grabbing some for this recipe. In a pinch, you can use black pepper if you’d like!Garlic: Freshly pressed garlic combined with the butter make the garlic butter sauce that we’ll toss these steak bites in right at the end before serving.Parsley: adds both freshness and a pop of color to the bites!
How to make Cajun Garlic Butter Steak Bites:
What kind of steak works best for this recipe?
You can use a variety of cuts for this recipe. The easiest one to find (and it’s also affordable) is sirloin steak. However, tenderloin, strip steak, rib eye will also work. You want to make sure the steak pieces are all the same size so that they cook at the same time. Also, be sure to cut against the grain to ensure tender bites!
How do you keep the butter from burning?
We keep the butter from burning by searing the steak bites in oil, adding the butter at the end, and tossing the steak bites in the garlic butter sauce for a few seconds before serving. This will help provide the flavor without burning the garlic or butter.
Can you serve these as an appetizer?
Yes, absolutely! You can serve steak bites as a hot appetizer with a spicy sauce of some kind if you’d like!
What do you suggest serving steak bites with for a meal?
I love serving them with homemade cheddar mashed potatoes, buttered egg noodles, baked potatoes, no knead bread + a salad, zucchini and corn saute, or crispy roasted potatoes! The possibilities are truly endless. Thank you to our friends at Challenge Butter for sponsoring this post! We love working with companies that make good, wholesome ingredients! STEAK: other cuts you can use include tenderloin, strip steak, rib eye, etc.
