Okay, so there was talk in chat last night about steak dinners so here's my recipe. I know it looks rather daunting but it's really easy, requires minimal prep time as everything else gets cooked while the rice is cooking. This is my take on my Grandma's many one-pan dinners as she never considered her rice-cooker a pot.
Steak with Green Beans (also works with broccoli or cauliflower), rice, and gravy.
Ingredients
1/2 Onion (I prefer Vidalia), diced
1/2 Green Pepper, diced
2 lbs Green Beans washed and dried
4 slices of thick-cut bacon
2-3 lbs of steak (I prefer NY strip or Rib-eye)
2 cups White or brown rice
1 cup and 3 tbsp Red Wine Vinegar, separated
1/2 cup Worcestershire sauce
1 tbsp of Tabasco sauce (if you like spicy, you'll need 3)
1/2 cup and 3 tbsp Butter (real butter. if you use margarine, get out.)
1/2 cup milk
lemon for juicing/ lemon juice
2 tbsp brown sugar
3-4 tbsp flour
kosher salt
ground pepper
creole seasoning (I'll include the recipe for my own blend below)
olive oil
1 cup and 2 tbsp hot water, separated
Pre-prep steak:
1. Mix together 1 cup red wine vinegar, 1/2 cup Worcestershire sauce, 1-3 tbsp Tabasco sauce, 2 tbsp hot water.
2. Take the steak out of the packaging and place in ziploc bag.
3. Pour the mixture into the bag, making sure to eliminate as much air as possible.
4. Let the steaks marinate for at least 20 minutes, flipping halfway through.
Rice
1. Put the rice in the rice cooker
2. add 3 cups of water if you're using white rice, 2 1/2 if brown.
3. let the rice sit for 20 minutes
4. add two tsp of salt
5. add a dash of olive oil
6. turn on the pot and start on the veggies
Green Beans
1. Cook the bacon in a pan over medium-heat until cripsy. Set aside to drain on paper.
2. Add onions, peppers, and brown sugar to drippings and sauté until tender and the onions are caramelized.
3. Add green beans to pan and sauté over medium heat for 2 minutes, stirring frequently.
4. Add water and heat until boiling. Cover.
5. Cook for about 15 minutes, just until beans are tender.
6. Add vinegar, butter and salt and pepper and stir.
7.Add back crisp bacon before serving.
8. Garnish with a squeeze of lemon juice.
9. Do NOT clean out the pan. let it sit. let it simmer. Good things are yet to come.
Steak
1. Take the steak out of the marinade bag and put in on a plate. Season with salt and pepper to taste along with the creole seasoning.
2. Over the same medium heat in the same pan place the steaks.
3. Cover with a lid and cook for 20 minutes, turning over every 5 minutes and adding a dash more of seasoning.
4. Take steaks out, place on rice bed (which should now be done) and with the side of green beans.
5. Still do NOT clean out the pan!
Gravy
1. reduce heat to low
2. add 1/2 cup butter, 1/2 cup milk, a few dashes of salt, pepper, and Cajun seasoning.
3. scrape and release the burned, charred bits of delicious flavoring into the mixture.
4. slowly stir in 3 tbsp of flour until thickened, stirring constantly.
5. For thicker gravy, add another tbsp of flour
6. Pour over steaks.
Two pans. One amazing dinner.
Creole seasoning blend:
3 tablespoons paprika
2 tablespoons red pepper flakes
2 tablespoons onion powder
2 tablespoons garlic powder
2 tablespoons dried oregano
2 tablespoons dried basil
2 tablespoon cayenne pepper
1 tablespoon dried thyme
1 tablespoon black pepper
1 tablespoon white pepper
Note the absence of salt. Southern people add salt to everything. There's no need to go overboard on already fatty meals. 🙂
... and now I'm hungry. Bon Appetite Mes Amis!
