40 Super Steak Recipes (2024)

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40 Super Steak Recipes (1)Lesley BallaUpdated: Jan. 29, 2024

    Grilled, broiled or seared in a skillet, you're gonna want to take a bite out of these easy steak recipes.

    Any steak can be an easy showstopper for dinner, whether it’s a date night for two or a cookout for 20. But as simple as it seems, cooking a perfect steak requires a little forethought.

    For one, you need to know the best type of steak for whatever recipe you’re making, be it ribeye, flank or filet mignon. And then there are a ton of ways to prepare that hunk of meat, from the grill to the stove or oven. If you need primers, we’ll show you how to grill steak, sear steak or cook steak in an air fryer. From there, it’s smooth sailing—pick one of our best steak recipes below, choose your steak sidesand pop that bottle of wine. Dinner is served!

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    Tenderloin Steak Diane

    For this classic skillet steak dinner, just sear the steaks in butter and top with a gorgeously silky mushroom cream sauce. It’s elegant and effortless all at once.

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    Cast-Iron Skillet Steak

    You definitely don’t have to keep steak for special occasions. One of the easiest ways to cook it is seared in a cast-iron skillet with or without butter. All you need after that is a nice leafy salad to complete the meal.

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    Psst! If you love steak, you need this custom branding iron for grilled meats.

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    Steak with Chipotle-Lime Chimichurri

    Chimichurri is a piquant herb sauce that complements steak perfectly. Once you learn how to make the sauce, you’ll want to serve it all summer long.

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    Steaks with Mushroom Sauce

    By using top sirloin, this dish is great for a weeknight dinner for two or four. The rich mushroom-wine sauce brings out the best of the beef-forward flavor, and it tastes great with sides like roasted potatoes and green beans.

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    Quick Pepper Steak

    With a simple sweet and savory sauce, sliced sirloin and fresh bell peppers, this skillet supper comes together in a flash. Serve it with steamed white, brown or cauliflower rice for a fuller meal.

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    Beef Steaks with Blue Cheese

    Broil, grill or quickly sear these steaks in a cast-iron pan to get a nice caramelized crust on the outside while keeping the meat tender inside. The size of the steaks, blue cheese topping and croutons can easily be cut in half for smaller portion sizes.

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    Flank Steak Pinwheels

    Butterfly and flatten a flank steak so there’s a large surface area for this savory red pepper and spinach stuffing. Roll it up, wrap in bacon (yes!) and grill for a few minutes. Once sliced, serve with a delicious creamy blue cheese sauce.

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    Key West Flank Steak

    Flank steak is great for the grill, especially with this lime and garlic marinade, and it cooks quickly, just a few minutes per side. After letting it rest, slice against the grain. Need more ideas for this economical cut of beef? Check out some of our other flank steak recipes.

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    Zesty Steak Salad

    Cook marinated top sirloin steak for this zesty salad, or feel free to use leftover steak from another meal. While the base is leafy romaine lettuce, add anything else you love to the bowl, from cucumbers and mushrooms to cheese.

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    Air-Fryer Steak Fajitas

    Of course you can make steak in the air fryer! This marinated flank steak takes less than 10 minutes. While you let it rest, slice avocado, onion and lime wedges for serving.

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    Mushroom Steak Salad with Walnut Vinaigrette

    This steak salad is a great date night steak recipe because it’s impressive but easy to throw together for any night of the week. Serve with some crusty bread and a great bottle of wine.

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    Skirt steak is usually a pretty tough cut with lots of connective tissue. That’s why you want to use something like this beer and lime marinade to tenderize it and add flavor. Like other grilled steak recipes, a quick sear over the fire is all it takes.

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    Beef Filets with Portobello Sauce

    These steaks with a rich and savory portobello mushroom sauce are a perfect meal for two. Complete the meal with zesty potatoes, a leafy salad and a hunk of great bread.

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    Once you learn a great steak marinade recipe, you’ll be able to turn even the toughest cut of meat into a delicious dinner. This sweet citrus marinade transforms flank steak into a tender flavorful cut.

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    Garlic Grilled Steaks

    Elevate your grilled strip or ribeye steaks with this amazing garlic mixture. Have extra? Learn how to repurpose last night’s dinner into one of these amazing leftover steak recipes.

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    Citrus Steak Salad

    There are so many wonderful flavors in this salad, thanks to fresh greens, mandarin oranges, strawberries and a citrusy vinaigrette. The only thing you need to cook is the steak, and dinner is on the table in no time.

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    Flank Steak with Couscous

    For this recipe, use sirloin steak if you prefer it over flank steak. Both take only minutes to broil and have lots of beefy flavor. Make sure to cut against the grain for the most tender pieces.

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    Tenderloin with Horseradish Cream Cheese

    The sharp peppery flavor of horseradish has always been a great foil for a rich, juicy steak. Blend it with cream cheese, parmesan and parsley for a delicious steak topper, and serve with a classic baked potato.

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    Teriyaki Steak Skewers

    These teriyaki steak skewers will be the hit of your next backyard barbecue. The aroma alone will get everyone’s attention, but once they taste the sweet and savory marinade, they’ll be hooked. You can easily double or triple this recipe for a crowd.

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    Make this whole meal on the grill for your next cookout. The steak gets a brush of vinegar and Worcestershire before a rub of zesty spices, and the potatoes taste great with a little char from the fire.

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    A marinade of balsamic vinegar, maple syrup and Dijon adds a ton of flavor to this steak, and it complements the sharp blue cheese topping. Any cut that you’d grill works here, including sirloin, strip or ribeye.

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    Smoky Espresso Steak

    With espresso, cocoa and pumpkin pie spice, it may sound like you’re making dessert, but it’s actually a delicious rub that transforms broiled or grilled flat iron steak into a flavor bomb.

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    Grilled Steaks with Marinated Tomatoes

    Talk about peak summer. Sometimes all you need for a perfectly grilled steak is a side of fresh garden tomatoes marinated in raspberry vinaigrette and fresh herbs and spices. A side of cheesy potatoes or sauteed green beans work, too!

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    Garlic-Rubbed T-Bones with Burgundy Mushrooms

    Porterhouse or T-bone steaks are great on the grill, especially when rubbed with garlic and served with wine-soaked mushrooms. Take dinner to another level with creamy twice-baked potatoes and a Caesar salad.

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    The chili-rubbed grilled steak and fresh vegetables make this panzanella-like salad a one-bowl meal. Use thick-cut bread for the cubes so they can soak up all the flavors.

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    Grilled Ribeyes with Herb Butter

    With Dijon and herbs de Provence, this full-flavored marinade practically takes you to the French countryside. After the steaks come off the grill, top with a savory herb butter. For something more American, try our new obsession: cowboy butter.

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    Chipotle-Honey Grilled T-Bones

    For all the heat lovers out there, these T-bones have a spicy kick. Great on the grill or seared indoors, make these the centerpiece of a Tex Mex-inspired dinner.

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    Peppered Ribeye Steaks

    This peppery DIY steak rub brings out all the beefy flavor of grilled ribeye steaks. Pair it with a sweet corn and tomato salad for a perfect summer meal.

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    Grilled Steak Pinwheels

    Easy to prepare, steak pinwheels make a statement, especially with this savory mushroom filling. It’s a great summertime option when the grill (and the days and nights) are hot and you want to keep the kitchen cool.

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    Saucy Skillet Steaks

    Butter, Dijon and onion turns an everyday steak dinner into something special. Ribeyes are the choice cut for this steak recipe, but you can do the same with a NY strip or tenderloin; the sauce is even great on chicken or burgers.

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    Bacon-Wrapped Filets with Scotched Mushrooms

    You’ve seen the bacon-wrapped filet mignon at the grocery store, but it’s just as easy to make at home. This recipe is perfect for two (yay, date night!), but it can easily be doubled or tripled for a dinner party.

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    Merlot Filet Mignon

    Remember: when you’re cooking with wine, don’t use the cheap stuff; cook with one you’d like to drink. It makes all the difference in a buttery wine sauce like this.

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    Chocolate-Chipotle Sirloin Steak

    Cocoa powder won’t make your steak sweet. Unsweetened chocolate adds depth and color to steak. It’s also a perfect complement to smoky chipotle peppers. Here are some other surprising ingredients that take your steak from good to great.

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    Steak with Citrus Salsa

    In the summer, this lime marinade perks up grilled steaks. In the winter, broiled or pan-seared steaks get a blast of sunshine from citrus salsa.

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    Skillet Steak Supper

    Because everything for this quick and easy meal is cooked in one skillet, prep work and cleanup is a breeze. The delicious wine and mushroom sauce will have everyone thinking you spent hours in the kitchen, though.

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    Ginger Steak Fried Rice

    Turn leftover rice and steak into a quick fried rice. Broccoli slaw mix and frozen peas make it an easy-peasy weeknight meal.

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    Spicy Flank Steak

    Spice up a flank steak with red pepper flakes and chili powder, and then serve with a cool sour cream sauce. If you prefer, grill the steak over medium-high heat rather than broiling.

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    Originally Published: July 11, 2018

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    Lesley Balla

    As an associate food editor for Taste of Home, Lesley writes and edits recipes, works closely with freelancers, and tracks cooking and food trends. After working in hospitality for a decade, Lesley went on to report on the food industry for national, regional and local print and digital publications. Throughout her career, she’s highlighted both famous and unsung culinary heroes, featured up-and-coming wine and spirits destinations, and closely followed the food scenes and chefs in many cities. Her own cooking style has been influenced by the places she's lived: Ohio, Key West, Massachusetts, Oregon, and a long stint in Southern California, where she still visits as often as possible, if only for the citrus and avocados.When not at her desk, you’ll find Lesley taking photos of everything, hitting farmers markets, baking something delicious at home and road-tripping around the Pacific Northwest with her husband and their bottled-chaos pup, Pucci, shucking oysters and cracking crabs along the way.

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    FAQs

    How do you cook a super thick steak? ›

    Preheat one side of the grill to about 250 degrees F (121 degrees C). Season steak generously with sea salt and black pepper on both sides. Place steak on the cool side of the preheated grill. Cook until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the center reads about 100 degrees F (37 degrees C), 25 to 30 minutes.

    How do you make steak super tender and juicy? ›

    Salting. Most cuts of steak benefit from being salted up to an hour in advance of cooking, but especially tougher cuts. In addition to seasoning the steaks, salt helps break down proteins and make the meat more tender.

    How do you cook a super thin steak? ›

    A hot cast iron skillet is all you need for a tender and juicy thin steak. Season the steak and let it warm up for about 5 minutes on the counter as you heat the pan and add a little high-heat oil. Bring the pan up to at least 400 degrees on the surface, then cook the steak for about 5 minutes in total.

    How do you cook a super thick ribeye? ›

    Sear each side for a couple of minutes in a pan over medium-high heat with a little bit of cooking oil or ghee. Move the steak to an oven pan or cast-iron skillet and place it on the middle rack of the oven at 350 degrees F. Let it roast until it is done to your liking.

    How thick is too thick steak? ›

    The Perfect Thickness of Steak

    Many would argue that 1.5 inches is the perfect thickness that allows you to be more precise when it comes to doneness. As you get into steaks that are 2-3 inches thick, you may find it requires a bit more skill to achieve your desired results.

    How does Gordon Ramsay cook his steak? ›

    Throw the steak on the cast iron, and let the steak sizzle for about 1 minute, then flip. Keep flipping every minute. Once the internal temperature hits 105ºF, add some butter, rosemary, thyme, and garlic cloves to the skillet, and let it all come together. Scoop some butter over the meat now and then.

    How do restaurants make their steaks taste so good? ›

    Restaurant quality steaks have a nice sear

    Tossing a well-salted steak into a very hot pan induces the Maillard reaction, and can create the perfect sear. Because the Maillard reaction requires such high temperatures (over 300 degrees Fahrenheit), it is best to use a heavy cast iron pan that can handle the heat.

    What does Texas Roadhouse do to make their steaks so tender? ›

    How does Texas Roadhouse tenderise their steaks? Season each side of the steak well with the seasoning and set aside to rest for about 40 minutes. This causes the salt to infiltrate the surface (through osmosis) and actually aids in the breakdown of muscle fibres, resulting in more tender meat.

    How do restaurants make their steaks so tender? ›

    The Aging. Most fine restaurants age their beef to intensify the flavor and improve the tenderness of the cut. Aging is done by letting the meat sit (in very controlled conditions) for several days or weeks.

    What is super thin steak called? ›

    Flat iron steak

    The name of this rather thin cut comes from its characteristic iron-like shape.

    Should you cook thin steak on high heat? ›

    What can you do to ensure your steak stays as tender and flavorful as possible? With thin cuts of steak, the best cooking policy is extreme heat for short periods. Your goal should be to sear so quickly and so fast that the heat doesn't have the time to penetrate much further than the surface.

    How to pan fry a very thick steak? ›

    For thicker steaks, cook until meat is deeply browned and an instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part registers 120° for medium-rare or 130°F for medium, 8-12 minutes total depending on desired doneness, adjusting heat to medium if the steak seems to be browning too quickly and flipping the steak ...

    How long to cook a 2 inch steak? ›

    SIRLOIN STRIP STEAKS, RIBEYE STEAKS & PORTERHOUSE STEAKS
    ThicknessRare 110 to 120 FMedium Rare 120 to 130 F
    1.25"4.5 minutes EACH SIDE5.5 minutes EACH SIDE
    1.5"5 minutes EACH SIDE6 minutes EACH SIDE
    1.75"5.5 minutes EACH SIDE6.5 minutes EACH SIDE
    2"6 minutes EACH SIDE7 minutes EACH SIDE
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    Do you cook a thick steak on high or low heat? ›

    Use low heat for thick steaks

    After all, if you do much more than give it a good sear, it's going to turn to leather. As the steaks get thicker though things change. You try and cook a two-inch slab at the same temperature, and you are likely to end up with a charred piece of meat that is raw in the middle.

    How to cook thick steak well done on the stove? ›

    Put it in a cast iron pan and sear, then add butter and aromatics to make a buttery sauce to baste it with. You will cook your steak for about 5 to 6 minutes per side to achieve a well done temperature.

    How long to broil a 2 inch steak? ›

    If the steaks are thinner than 2 inches, broil for 2 minutes per side, if the steaks are 2 inches or thicker, broil for 4 minutes. Continue broiling for 2-4 minutes per side, until the meat is 125 degrees on an instant read thermometer for a medium rare steak, 130 degrees for medium well, and 140 for well done.

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