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.
How about marinating the meat in garlic etc overnight then cooking?? I haven’t tried it yet
That would work fine!
I have now made this twice. I make fettuccine to go with them. It is delish. I have a very picky brother so when he likes something, I know it is a great recipe.
Salt or unsalt Butter ?
I use salted butter but unsalted butter will also work!
I use unsalted butter this way I control the salt.
Can these be made in the morning and reheated at the end of day – or the next day
These are best served fresh, as the steak can get tough when it’s reheated.
I have maxecthis recipe twice now…once adding shrimp and tonight substituted pork tenderloin for the steak! Outstanding recipe! Love love love it
Made this for dinner tonight – my husband and daughter could live off of meat and sweets – EVERYONE ate and raved about it! There were some leftovers but those were eaten during a second round of dinner tonight! Recipe is very simple and super delicious! Thank you! I look forward to searching more of your recipes!
Made these tonight and they were delicious! Super easy:) Hubby and I ate every bite.
Loved it! Made this for dinner with egg noodles and it was delicious 😋
I don’t have a cast iron, could a regular heavier pan be okay to use?
Yes that’s totally fine!
Whoa those look DELISH! I gotta make these! Thanks for the recipe!
I tried the recipe and found out how easy to make, I served over egg noodles and Garlic bread, had a plate of sliced onion that I chopped up and sauté then added to garlic butter B4 Tossing with *precooked beef cubes.
Thank you
Carl
* going to do with chicken cubes over rice sometime.
This was sooo yummy! I can’t wair to make it for my extended family 🙂 they will think I’m a master chef. Thank you!!
Made these for dinner tonight, they are so delicious. We all loved them. Thanks for sharing a wonderful recipe.
So glad to hear you enjoyed it, thank you for reporting back!
Thank you so much. I rarely make new recipes that my family will eat again. So simple. Paired with wide egg noodles. Made a really quick dinner!
I have a tendency to try a new recipe and 9 times out of 10, it never turns out as delicious as described. Except this one. What a wonderfully pleasant surprise. Easy, quick, and absolutely delicious. I can see how this dish can easily be an hors d’oeuvre or a main dish. I couldn’t resist snacking with a toothpick on the first batch while waiting for the second to finish. This will definitely be a hit with my family. Thanks so much for sharing!
So glad you enjoyed it, thanks so much for reporting back!
Any modifications if I were to cook using an instant pot? These sound delicious!
You’d have to be really careful in an Instant Pot not to overcook your meat, I’ve only made it on the stove top!
Can use egg noodles
Made this to go with a rice dish. SUPER YUM! And super easy 🙂 thank you so much for posting this
So glad to hear you enjoyed it, thanks for reporting back!
You mention that the skillet should be heated very hot, yet in your video you are cooking with what appears to be a not very hot skillet. No indication that your steak bits are cooking at all, I would expect to see some spatter or smoke or something. Can I start out with just a warm skillet?
To get the best browned crust on your meat, you’ll want to use a hot pan. I’m not sure what you mean by a warm skillet?
So incredibly easy to make, and extremely tasty! Thank you so much for sharing this 💓
Glad you enjoyed them, thanks for reporting back!