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 marinade overnight
With the butter you mean?
No butter just seasonings
That would be fine!
Could I put onions in the pan too? When would be a good time to that?
You would want to add the onions as soon as the steak has started to brown!
This recipe sounds amazing! Did you use salted butter or unsalted butter?
I use salted butter!
Simple and delicious!
Thanks for the recipe!
Could I use stew meat instead of sirloin steak?
That won’t work for this recipe, stew meat needs to cook for an hour or more to tenderize!
This is great with venison. Back strap was great.
THANKS FOR THE RECIPE.
So flavorful and delicious! My husband asks for these all the time!
How tender is the steak cubes or is the meat chewy
IF I put this over rice will it work? Does it create much juice to allow me to cover the rice a bit?
You can put it over rice, there’s not a lot of sauce, otherwise the steak would steam instead of sear. But you can double the sauce ingredients if you like!
Deglaze the pan and make a gravy! We’re keto so we put it over sautéed brussels, but I imagine it would be great over rice, orzo or egg noodles.
I’m assuming you chop up the steak first right? Then put it in the pan..
Yes that’s correct.
All I can say is the steak was delicious, thanks for sharing. Also, you have patience of a saint for some of these questions…lol
Now that was funny! I thought it and you said it : )
What can I use in place of olive oil??
Butter? Veggie oil, perhaps??
I’m already thawing the meat and see there’s no o. Oil. 🤦♀️🤦♀️
You can use vegetable oil!
Sounds easy. Question. I have a fire alarm in my kitchen and I was wondering if I can use medium heat instead of high heat.
That should be fine!
Since I only have 3 petite steaks can i mix in thin pork-chops too?
I think that would work although I’ve never tried it!
This looks delicious!! My only question is if I use ghee instead of butter how do you think that might turn out? TIA!!
I’ve never tried it but it should be fine!
I just gotta say, you’re an absolute GODSEND to my life. I SUCK at cooking, I don’t have time to follow complicated recipes, most of my food comes with the assistance of cans or boxes. But THESE… OMG THESE!!!!!! I almost had to go back to the store to buy more steaks right after dinner, to make MORE.. AND I DOUBLED THE RECIPE IN THE FIRST PLACE.
We rave. Plain and simple.
Could I use PinkHimalayan salt??
Yes that’s fine!
Hi-
Although I followed every step of your recipe, except the cast iron pan, I think my meat steamed instead of seared. Any thoughts on where I went wrong?
Thank you!
Did you cook the meat in a single layer with none of the pieces touching? If there’s too much meat in the pan and not enough room for air to circulate, it can steam instead of sear.
That explains it. I did have the meat in a single layer, but the pan was quite crowded.
I will try again soon! Thank you so much for this response and help!
Sounds very yummy! Going to try it soon. Think I’ll team it up with roasted cauliflower and broccoli though.
Can I use round cubes . Or London Broil.
Any tender cut of steak will work!
I used beef cubes its tht okay to use
Any tender cut of steak will work!