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.
I kicked it up a little by browning the butter. It added a nice extra dimension .
I made this yesterday and thought it was AWESOME….simple and very easy to make with little to no prep time — yaaaay.. I added extra butter and garlic. I did space out bites and had to cook in two groups to keep from watering and preventing the heat from crusting.. On second batch used paper towel to absorb some of the juice and added a bit more EVOO (extra virgin O.O.) to continue the sear. Only had dry parsley so used it. Ate with a baked potato and green salad with lots of avocado. Used some of the garlic butter sauce on potato. Will definitely make this many more times.
Super easy and my family loved it. Served with roasted sweet potatoes and simple salad. Don’t overcook the steak pieces or they will be really chewy. Some of the smaller pieces were chewy, but that was on me!
Does this need to be marinaded?
No it does not call for a marinade.
Very good! House smoked a bit much for me, don’t know if my cast iron was TOO hot?? Served with baked potatoes. Thanks!
I added extra garlic than the recipe called for and they cane out amazing. Definitely use a cast iron and make sure pan is super hot. So delicious.
Just made this. my son and I couldn’t eat it fast enough. This was amazing!
Love this recipe ❤️ so delicious and easy to make in a very short time
Thank you Sara 😍
My meat was fully cooked, but it released so much liquid that the meat didn’t get a crust. I assume the pan wasn’t hot enough? The oil was sizzling though.
You can pat the meat dry before you cook it, also be careful not to over crowd the pan or the meat can steam instead of sear!
Wow! These steak bites came out so good! Put them out with toothpicks and they disappeared! I will double the recipe next time.
Awesome taste and easy to make. I cut the amount of steak in half as I was only making for one. Had two meals out of it and so delicious! Will definitely make again when I am hungry for some steak!
1.Is extra virgin olive oil okay to use compared to just regular olive oil ?? Or will the extra virgin oil burn faster ??
2.I know you said any steak cut will do I was just wondering will sirloin tips instead of top work just as great since tips are a lot more leaner to cook??
Extra virgin olive oil is fine, it’s what I always use. Sirloin tips should also be fine, just be careful not to overcook!
Can you share the mashed potato recipe
I just made this last night with sirloin steak tips for my son. I tasted.one before I gave it to him. We both agreed I’ll definitely make this again! I was only making one serving so I used one good size clove of garlic.
I love this dish. It’s super easy to make and so flavorful. Family loves it.
The recipe was simple but awesome! The family ate it up and even used the sauce at the bottom of the pan for the baked potatoes I made as a side. Will definitely make again.
This was a big hit with my family.
I will try that!
Amazing…..my family loved it!
Is there any way this can be made in a crockpot?
This recipe will not work in a crockpot!
Came out amazing! Love it!
This was easy, quick and delicious! Save some of that fresh parsley to eat afterwards to rid of garlic breath! Ha! Hey it works! Thanks for a keeper recipe!