These seared steak bites are cubes of sirloin steak cooked to perfection in a garlic butter sauce. An easy meal or party snack that’s ready in just minutes!
If you’ve got meat lovers in your life, you HAVE to try these garlic butter steak bites. They’re amazing simply eaten out of the pan with toothpicks, or serve them over sour cream mashed potatoes or mashed red potatoes for a hearty dinner option.
Raise your hand if you love steak! These steak bites are a super fun way to get your meat fix. My kids ask for them constantly. Not to mention, steak and garlic butter are just a perfect combination, wouldn’t you agree?
These steak bites are amazing appetizers. Make a party platter with some of my other favorite appetizer recipes like bacon wrapped shrimp, baked chicken wings, sausage cheese balls or lemon pepper wings.
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Steak Bites Ingredients
To make steak bites you will need cubes of sirloin steak, olive oil, butter, minced garlic, parsley, salt and black pepper.
How Do You make Steak Bites With Garlic Butter?
When you make this recipe start by cutting your steak into small cubes. Next, heat olive oil in a pan. Sprinkle the steak with salt and pepper and place it in the pan. Sear the steak and and cook it for 3-4 minutes. Add butter and minced garlic to the pan. Let the butter melt and stir the beef in the garlic butter sauce. Sprinkle with parsley and enjoy!
Tips For The Perfect Steak
- Try to cut your beef pieces about the same size so they take the same amount of time to cook. You want bite size pieces that you could pick up with a fork or toothpick.
- Butter can burn at high temperatures, so I start the meat in olive oil for the browning factor, then add butter for flavor.
- A cast iron skillet is a great choice for these steak bites as that type of pan can get REALLY hot!
- I use olive oil instead of vegetable oil because it gives the meat a better and richer flavor.
- You can mince your garlic cloves with a knife or with a garlic press, whichever way you prefer.
- Add the garlic at the end so that it doesn’t burn.
Quick Tip
The key to this recipe is an very hot pan so that you get a nice crust on your meat.
Recipe FAQs
Steak bites are made of small cubes of steak that are seared and coated in a garlic butter sauce.
I do not recommend using stew meat. You may end up with tougher beef. I recommend sirloin, tenderloin, New York strip steak or ribeye. You want a tender cut of beef that isn’t too fatty.
You can cut steak into cubes by first cutting steak into strips. Then cut the strips horizontally. If you have a thick piece of meat, you may have to cut the pieces again until they are bite sized.
You can keep steak bites fresh in an airtight container in a refrigerator up to 3 days.
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Flavor Variations
These steak bites are fantastic as-is; however, you can change the recipe to suit your own taste!
- Steak: I chose sirloin because it’s tender and flavorful, but it’s not super expensive. Other great choices are tenderloin, rib eye or New York strip steak.
- Spicy: Give your beef an extra kick by adding a little hot sauce to the garlic butter sauce.
- Flavorings: Increase the flavor by dipping your steak bites in steak sauce, Worcestershire sauce or horseradish sauce.
- Garlic: If you don’t have fresh garlic you can use a little garlic powder. However, I recommend using fresh garlic.
When I made these steak bites, my kids and I all grabbed some toothpicks and ate the meat as a snack straight from the pan. It also makes a unique main course over potatoes or with a side of bread to sop up all that garlic butter. However you serve these steak bites, everyone is sure to love them!
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Steak Bites with Garlic Butter
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 lbs sirloin steak cut into small cubes
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 teaspoons minced garlic
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 tablespoon minced parsley
Instructions
- Heat the olive oil in a large pan over high heat. Season the steak with salt and pepper to taste.
- Place the steak in the pan in a single layer; you may have to work in batches depending on the size of your pan. Cook for 3-4 minutes, stirring occasionally, until golden brown. Repeat with remaining meat if needed.
- Add the butter and garlic to the pan; cook for 1-2 minutes, stirring to coat the meat in the sauce.
- Sprinkle with parsley and serve.
Notes
- If you don’t have sirloin, you can also use tenderloin, rib eye or strip steak.
- The key to this recipe is an very hot pan so that you get a nice crust on your meat.
- Try to cut your beef pieces about the same size so they take the same amount of time to cook.
What do you serve it with?
I typically do mashed potatoes or roasted potatoes, and a veggie like broccoli or green beans.
Simple and absolutely amazing!!! I did add Kinders Buttery Steakhouse in place of salt and pepper.
Very delicious will definitely itely cook it again and again. So easy and fast
Quick and easy dinner! Love this recipe!
very easy had everything ready to go, cooked up perfect I did use a elk round steak and everything else as the receipe said. would use again
I followed the recipe as written! Very easy and delicious! I have always cooked my whole steaks in the cast iron and finish in the oven. It’s the first time I have made steak bites, won’t be the last. Yummy.
Delicious. We only used two cloves of garlic instead of 2 T, but we will definitely make this again. Thanks!
I had a ton of juice from cooking the steak. Are you supposed to drain it?
You don’t need to drain it, it becomes part of the sauce!
Loved this, will make again! Added a splash of Worcestershire at the end and YUM!
How do i incorporate pasta to this dish?
You could double the sauce ingredients and toss some cooked pasta in with the cooked steak!
Just made this for dinner and my teen daughter absolutely loved it!! She fought herself – wanted more, but also wanted to take them to school for lunch.
My husband does keto, so perfect for him too! Super easy & delish – will def be making it again!
Wow! Easy and delicious. Now a favorite in my house. Thank you for the recipe.
How would I make this for 20 people and keep it warm without the meat becoming tough? Could I cover and put it in a warm oven??? Thank you
This recipe is not a great candidate for reheating or warming because the meat will get tough.
Planning meals has always been a problem for me. Hope this will help Thanks
This was really good! I added mushrooms and fresh thyme.
Great idea!
Can this be made ahead and reheated ?
I don’t recommend it as the steak can get tough when reheated!
How can I make this dish to get some gravy along with it?
If you’re looking for gravy I’d recommend trying this recipe: https://www.dinneratthezoo.com/beef-tips/
Just made this, but with elk meat. Added an extra tablespoon of oil, delicious.
This recipe was delicious! I actually used stewing beef instead of sirloin. It was so tender and flavourful! Thank you 🙂 i am happy to come across your page!
Yes you can use venison. First soak the venison in water with salt and red wine vinegar. For about 30 minutes. That will take out the gamey taste. Always soak venison in water, salt and vinegar. Rinse well and pat dry with paper towels. Follow recipe when cooking venison.
Do the steak bites come out medium rare or are they more done than that. We like our steak pink on the inside.
They come out medium well, you could just cook them for less time!
Could I switch out the steak for venison without altering the recipe at all? (Clearly new to cooking venison lol)
I have never cooked with venison so I can’t say for sure, my guess is that it would work ok.
The flavor of venison can vary based on the deer’s diet, but nutritionally it is similar to beef. Venison can generally be substituted for beef, but it is much leaner so it may need extra oil or other fats to compensate.