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.
Can you make this in a crock pot
I wouldn’t recommend it, this recipe is meant to be seared on the stove top.
Question! My meant cubes always turn out tough. I dont think I overcook. What can I do? I buy then or cubed, should I try getting a whole steak?
I buy whole steaks and cut them myself. I recommend buying at least choice cut meat, or if you can find prime that’s even better! Costco has great quality prime meat that’s not very expensive.
Used stew meat, added some sesame seed oil while cooking in my cast iron skillet, and ate over fried rice. The best!!
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Really enjoyed this recipe although I don’t think I added enough salt. Definitely will do it again!
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This was very good and I enjoyed it more than just eating steak. I didn’t exactly get a good sear because my meat had been frozen and was too wet. Next time I will take the time to spread it out on paper towels to dry. I knew better but was in a hurry!
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Deeeeeelish!!! Thank you so much!
(And yes, it really is THAT easy💕)
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We tried this receipe tonight and it was pretty darn good – instead of sirloin we used scotch fillet and well.. GET IN MA BELLY nuff said!
Made this tonight to rave reviews from the family including a 5 yo and 9 yo! we paired this with mashed potatoes and green beans. I made no modifications, the flavors were fantastic! Definitely a repeat 🙂
So glad to hear you all enjoyed it!
WOW! This. Is. Simply. Incredible. Can’t wait to give a go myself – looking forward to that day YUM YUM.
I was wondering if you have a recipe for teriyaki steak bites. Would I make it the same but use tariyaki sauce and add mushrooms. Is there a certain teriyaki sauce that is recommended?
You can use my homemade teriyaki sauce recipe here, would go perfect with steak! https://www.dinneratthezoo.com/teriyaki-beef-stir-fry/
Omg!! So quick, easy and delicious!! I came home late and everyone was hungry, threw this in the skillet and it was ready in minutes!!
So glad you enjoyed it!!
I’m not sure if you are aware but your recipe has a name already, it’s called chislic. It’s one of my favorites growing up.
This is not even made the same way!!
I’m apparently not too great at cooking sirloin, but I’m commenting to let you know that the flavors were really good! I’m gonna try again and work on my mistakes. Here’s to hoping I do a better job. <3
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Made this for dinner with steak tips that came in my Butcher Box subscription. Followed the recipe as written and threw in some green beans. It was delicious and we will make it again!
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I made this once with stew meat but the meat wasn’t really tender enough. It is really yummy with sirloin. We love it!
I don’t own a cast iron pan. Would stainless steel work just as well?
Yes it will!
Thanks!! I’d love to own a cast iron pan, but after the cast iron grill top I bought rusted, I’m slightly terrified of ruining a good, expensive iron pan.
I’m no expert on cast iron, but from what I understand, you can’t really “ruin” a cast iron pan. If the seasoning goes awry, or in your case your cast iron rusted, I think you can sand or brillo it down (basically, a form of stripping it down) and start the seasoning process from scratch.
All you have to do is season your grill again. Google “season cast iron pan”. Super easy. You put oil (food oil) all over it on all sides and cook it for an hour I think. The rust will go. You can search that too.
Thanks for the great tip!
My grandmother instructed me to never let my iron skillet dry on its own. Be sure to dry it immediately and put away. She certainly knew her stuff and it’s worked perfectly for me for many years. 🙂
Made this tonight. Loved it. Will definitely make again. Thanks.
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Curious, do you add the garlic butter while steaks still cooking (that would add a couple of minutes cooking time to the steak) or is that done separate and poured over steaks? Thanks! Want to make this asap!
I add the garlic butter while the steak is still cooking so that the garlic gets cooked too!
Thanks this was super fast and yummy I cut my cubes to about .5 inches and substituted baby arugula for parsley. Good for a keto diet-served with cauliflower and cheese sauce instead of mashed potatoes.
Love the idea of using arugula, I’ll try that next time. Thanks for reporting back!
I am dying to try this. I went to a party a few years ago that had steak tips like this with blue cheese added the last minute of cooking and we fell in love with it. I can’t wait to try this with the blue cheese added.
I love the idea of adding blue cheese!