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Outback Beef Steak Dinner
28 min total12 prep16 cook4 servings520 cal
Thick beef steaks seared hard and finished with garlic herb butter. An outback-inspired steak night with simple sides.
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Ingredients
4servings
meat
- 4 piecebeef sirloin steaks
dairy
- 4 tbspunsalted butter
produce
- 3 clovesgarlic
- 2 sprigfresh rosemary
- 2 sprigfresh thyme
- 0.5 tsplemon zest
pantry
- 2 tbspolive oil
- 2 tspsalt
- 1.5 tspblack pepper
Steps
- Pat steaks dry and season generously with salt and pepper; rest 20 minutes at room temperature.
- Mash soft butter with minced garlic, chopped herbs, and lemon zest; chill as logs.
- Heat oil in a heavy skillet until nearly smoking.
- Sear steaks 3–5 minutes per side depending on thickness and preferred doneness.
- Add a knob of plain butter and baste briefly with herbs in the last minute.
- Rest steaks on a board 5–8 minutes.
- Top each steak with a slice of garlic herb butter.
- Serve with salad or roasted vegetables.
- Slice against the grain if sharing.
- Warm plates so butter melts on contact.
Tips
- Bring steaks to room temperature before searing.
- Use a ripping-hot pan for a deep crust.
- Rest meat half as long as you cooked it.
- Compound butter melts into a built-in sauce.
