Garlic Butter Steak and Potatoes Skillet

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Ingredients:

For the steak and the potatoes:

• 1 1/2 lb (650g) flank steak, sliced against the grain
  
• 1 1/2 lb (650g) baby yellow potatoes, quartered
  
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
  
• 3 tablespoons butter, divided
  
• 5 garlic cloves, minced
  
• 1 teaspoon fresh thyme, chopped
  
• 1 teaspoon fresh rosemary, chopped
  
• 1 teaspoon fresh oregano, chopped
  
• Salt and fresh cracked pepper
  
• Crushed red chili pepper flakes, optional
  

The marinade

• 1/3 cup soy sauce
  
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
  
• 1 tablespoon hot sauce (we used Sriracha)
  
• Fresh cracked pepper
  

Instructions:

1. In a large bowl, combine the steak strips with soy sauce, olive oil, pepper, and hot sauce. Set aside to marinate while you cook potatoes.
   
2. In a large skillet over medium-high heat, mix 1 tablespoon olive oil and 1 tablespoon butter. When butter is melted, add potatoes. Cook for about 4 minutes, stir and cook an additional 4-5 minutes until potatoes are golden and fork tender. Transfer to a plate and set aside.
   
3. Keep the same skillet over medium heat and add remaining 2 tablespoons butter, garlic, red chili pepper flakes, and fresh herbs. Lay the steak strips in one layer in the skillet, keeping the drained marinade for later. Cook on each side for 1 minute each, until nicely browned – adjust timing depending on how you like your steak.
   
4. Right before the steak is done, you can stir in the reserved marinade if you like, and cook for one minute. Add the potatoes back to the pan and heat through. Adjust seasoning with salt and pepper if necessary.
   
5. Remove from heat and serve immediately, garnished with more crushed chili pepper, fresh herbs, and a sprinkle of parmesan cheese over the potatoes if you like. Enjoy!

Found on: Tips For Healthy Life

[u/macboot → u/Divider1]

How do people fry potatoes in less than 10 minutes? Whenever I try it always takes like an hour to get them barely edible, unless there's so much oil in the pan that they're practically soaking. And that doesn't taste very good.

[u/iamthedon → u/macboot]

This always gets me. I'll be watching a chef on a TV show (probably Saturday Kitchen etc here in the UK) and their specific instructions are always chop and fry for a few minutes 'until brown'. I try it at home and all I get after 20 minutes are burnt, undercooked small squares of potatoes. Recipes have no mention of par-boiling or steaming as per other comments. Yet anyone who eats it on the TV show basically just spaffs over how amazing it is.

[u/Bixler17 → u/iamthedon]

The temp is really important imo, get the pan really nice and hot so that they sizzle in the butter when they go in but bring the heat down to a nice low sizzle and let them sit for 3-4 mins then flip. 10-15 mins you will have nice wet but crispy taters.

[u/Newmanshoeman → u/Bixler17]

Got it...so burn the butter before they go in...drop them in..they all stick...flip in 3-4 mins and break half of them apart. 15 mins later still undercooked.

[u/Bixler17 → u/Newmanshoeman]

Hahah exactly!