The Garden Gate Recipe Collection

Beef Tips...

 

I'm a great lover of beef tips...those are those bite sized, melt in your mouth pieces of perfection that we find sauced in the most delicious of ways! They can be made from our less expensive cuts, like chuck, and slow cooked or braised.  Or, you could use sirloin tips, if preferred.  They don't take quite as long as the chuck cuts do, to cook tender, but I think the chuck tastes better after its long, slow cooking. 

Portabella Beef Tips...a Texas Roadhouse Copycat

Single serving

 

Ingredients

• Salt and pepper

• Garlic powder

• 2 tablespoons all purpose flour

• 1 tablespoon olive oil

• 5 ounces sirloin steak, cut into large dice

• 1 small onion, diced

• 2 tablespoons butter

• 4 large cremini mushrooms, sliced

• 1/4 cup crisp white wine

• 1/2 cup beef broth

• 1 tablespoon cornstarch

•  Seasoned rice or mashed potatoes, for serving

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Directions

Mix the salt, pepper, and garlic powder together and combine with flour, set aside. Heat the oil in a skillet and dredge the steak pieces in the flour mixture then saute the meat until it is medium-rare. Add the onions and cook until it is softened. Add the butter to the pan, then add the mushrooms. Cook until the mushrooms begin to color, then remove the meat, onions, and mushrooms to a platter and keep warm. Deglaze the skillet with the wine, making sure to loosen any browned bits, and reduce it a little. Add the beef broth and bring to a boil, then return the reserved meat and vegetables back to the pan and simmer, covered, for approximately 1 hour, or until the meat is tender. Mix the cornstarch with a little of the cooking liquid to make a paste and add it to your simmering broth. When the sauce is thickened, serve the tips with rice or mashed potatoes, and a vegetable of your choice. Enjoy!

 

Beef Goulash...for real! 

 

1 lb.  Beef, cut into cubes
1 Onion, sliced
1 can Tomato Paste (small cans)
1 Tbsp Paprika
1 Garlic clove, minced
2 Tbsp. Flour
2 Tbsp. Butter
2 Cups Beef stock
1 package Egg Noodles
dash Salt and Pepper

 

HOW TO MAKE BEEF GOULASH IN THE SLOW COOKER

1. Season beef and sear over high heat in a frying pan to brown all sides.
2. Transfer meat (and any juices) to the slow cooker.
3. Add sliced onions, garlic, paprika, tomato paste and beef stock.
4. Cook on low for 5 – 6 hours.
5. About one hour before serving, mix the flour and butter in a frying pan and saute the mixture for 2 minutes, just to cook out the raw taste of the flour.
6. Add to the slow cooker, give it a stir, cover and continue cooking for the remaining time.
7. Serve on top of hot buttered egg noodles.
Can garnish with a dollop of sour cream if you desire.
Enjoy!!

 

 

Tomato Caper Beef Tips

 

Ingredients

* 1 lb. beef chuck, cut in bite sized 1" cubes

* 1/4 cup all purpose flour

* 1 teaspoon kosher salt, 1/2 teaspoon coarse black pepper, 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder, 1/4 teaspoon onion powder, 1/2 teaspoon leaf oregano, mixed together for your House Seasoning

* 1 tablespoon olive oil & 1 tablespoon butter

* 1 onion, chunky dice

* 1 bell pepper, green or red, diced

* 2 cloves garlic, minced

* 1/2 small can of tomato paste

* 1/4 cup crisp white wine

* 14.5 oz. can Italian Stewed Tomatoes, cut into chunky bites with your kitchen shears

* 1/2 cup beef stock 

* 1 teaspoon capers, drained, rough chop

* 1/4 cup sliced stuffed manzanilla olives, drained

 

Directions for Slow Cooker

Sprinkle the beef cubes in seasoning, toss to coat.  Toss in the flour to coat.  Heat oil in frypan over medium high heat.  Brown the meat cubes on all sides.  Transfer to slow cooker. Add the onion to the drippings, let get a little color.  Add the tomato paste, stir to cook out the raw flavor.  Let it get a shade darker, then deglaze with the wine.  Scrape the browned bits from the bottom of the pan.  

Add all this to the slow cooker, and stir into your meat.  Follow with rest of ingredients, mix well.  cook on low for 5 - 6 hours.  

Serve over rice or polenta.