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Thursday, September 24, 2015

Holy Pepper Steak Sandwiches

Sometimes you just need a steak sandwich, sometimes it needs to be topped with farmer's market fresh Anaheim chili peppers & Onions.  To be honest, when I bought the peppers I wasn't sure what I was going to do with them, but they were so gorgeous and tasty looking at the market that I had to grab them.  The inspiration for the sandwich didn't really hit me until I saw a package of cube steak on sale at the store.  It was then a hop, skip, and a jump over to the bakery to grab foccaccia buns, and we were on our way to sandwich glory.

Anaheim Chili Pepper, seeded and cut into strips

Foccaccia (or bun of your choice)
Cube steak (you'll need one for each sandwich you make)
Grilling Seasoning mix or just salt and pepper
Cheese-one slice per sandwich
Sriracha Mayonnaise (optional)--recipe below

Special Equipment Optional--Grill basket















Preheat your grill to med. high heat

Go ahead and get a meat mallet and tenderize a/k/a beat the bejeepers out of your steaks.  Liberally salt and pepper, or use your grilling seasoning mix on both sides.

Put you peppers & onions into a bowl and drizzle them with olive oil, and then salt and pepper them as well.  Put your grill basket onto the grill, preferable not directly over the flame, and dump your veggies in.  Cook these for about 5 minutes, tossing occasionally, until they start to soften and take on some char.

Prepare all of your sandwich toppings now, I'd even go so far as to tell you to make up the buns at this point  These steaks cook super quick.

Put the steaks onto the grill and standby, these are so thin they only take a minute or two to cook.   In fact, in my neck of the woods we used to call these minute steaks.  Give them about a minute per side (more if you like your steak more well done, but I'm warning you, not too much longer), adding your cheese after the first turn.


Remove your steaks and your veggies from the grill, add them to your sandwich buns.  You are now good to go!


Siracha Mayonnaise--my basic recipe is 1 Tbsp of Siracha to 1/2 Cup Mayonnaise.  Stir to combine.

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