Seriously Simple Marinated Steak Tips

Have you ever wondered how to make the most out of a cheaper cut of steak without sacrificing flavor or tenderness? Well I’ve got you a simple way of making these that will make you wonder why you ever tried making it any other way. Today we will explore marinating steak tips in a tasty sweet and savory honey garlic soy marinade, and cooking it properly so that they don’t turn to leather. Let’s dive right into it;

-What We Need-

• 1 Cup of Honey(choose whichever honey you really like, I prefer orange blossom honey, but make sure the only ingredient in your honey is honey. Real honey has enzymes in it that actually tenderize meats as well.)

• 1/4-1/2 Cup Soy Sauce(you may use low sodium if you want. I use a range for this so that you can play with the amount of soy flavor added to the marinade)

• 1/4 Cup of water(or beef stock with no added salt)

• 2 Teaspoons of Ground or Finely Chopped Ginger(fresh ginger is always better than dried ginger)

• 1/2 of a Lemon, sliced

• 2-4 Cloves garlic, finely minced

• Optional: 2 Tablespoons of Mirin(sweetened rice wine)

• Optional: 1/2 Teaspoon of MSG

• 1-2 Pounds of Steak Tips

-Let’s Prepare-

1) In a medium sized sauce pan, combine your honey, soy sauce(start with 1/4 cup, and adjust after), ginger, garlic, lemon, and optional mirin and msg, over medium heat while stirring regularly to a low simmer. Once it simmers, kill the heat.

2) Take Your Marinade off the heat and let come to room temperature. once at room temperature, remove the lemon slices and taste a small amount of your marinade and readjust the amount of soy sauce if you need to.

3) Transfer your marinade to a large zip top storage/freezer bag, saving about 1/4 cup of your marinade to use while cooking.

4) With the 1/4 Cup of marinade that you saved, add your 1/4 Cup of water/beef stock, mix well, and then place in your refrigerator right next to your marinating steak tips.

5) Cut your steak tips into bite sized pieces, placing them into the marinade bag. Once in the bag, try to get as much air as possible out of the bag, and zip it shut. Massage the bag so that your marinade fully coats the meat that is in the bag. Place the bag in your mixing bowl(just so there is no chance of spillage, thank you Alton Brown for that lifesaving tip on Good Eats) and move into the chill chest(refrigerator) overnight to allow the meat to become fully seasoned and absorb all that good flavor.

-Let’s Cook-

1) Start off by placing a medium to large skillet over medium-high to high heat, and placing a little bit of cooking oil with a high smoke point(refined avocado, refined safflower, beef tallow, or just some regular olive oil, but if you are using olive oil, used medium to medium-high heat, or you risk the olive oil smoking, which is no good for flavors) to coat your pan.

2) Take your steak tips out of the zip top bag, and place on a wire rack over a baking sheet. Pat your steak tips dry with a paper towel(this ensures that our steak tips will be able to sear on our skillet). Throw out the bag, we aren’t taking chances with bacteria from the meat making it to the final dish.

3) Once your oil is hot enough(the oil tends to shimmer, you can also take a drop of water and the water will instantly start to pop and sizzle if its ready) place your steak tips in the pan. We only want to sear the outside of the meat in this step, so give it about 30 seconds then flip your tips.

4) When you’ve achieved a nice sear on your steak tips, turn the heat down to medium low, and add half of your cooking liquid(the half marinade half water/beef stock). bring everything in the pan to a slight simmer, you don’t want to boil the liquids, you want to slowly cook everything.

5) When your liquid in the pan reduces by half, add the rest of your cooking liquid, and keep simmering until your liquid in the pan coats the steak tips evenly. This should look like a thick sauce, and will be packed with flavor.

6) Your steak tips are done. You can serve over a bed of white rice, accompanied by some steamed or oven roasted vegetables, such as our oven roasted broccoli, some mashed potatoes, or anything you want to eat them with(if they even make it to the plate). Serve and Enjoy!

I hope this recipe could help you in these times. I personally love steak tips because they are affordable, are packed with flavor, and when prepared and cooked right, nice and tender. I’m glad you joined me for this easy recipe, and can’t wait to see more of what you make. Make sure to come back regularly for more recipes, culinary content, and more. I always appreciate your continuing support, and As Always. Stay Happy. Stay Healthy. Stay Cooking.

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