Garlic Butter Steak Bites

These Garlic Butter Steak Bites are seriously addicting! Tender bites of steak quickly seared and tossed in our famous garlic parmesan sauce. A fast cooking appetizer or dinner recipe that will have everyone coming back for seconds.

Serve these steak bites for appetizers or for dinner with a side of French Fries or a giant buttery mound of Mashed Potatoes to scoop up all the delicious, garlic butter sauce!

steak bites in garlic butter sauce with wooden spoon

Crazy Addicting Garlic Parmesan Steak Bites

We are definitely a steak and potato family. Although we do love our greens and veggies, give us our meat and carbs and we’ll be good to go. These Garlic Butter Steak Bites come from a special place in our heart.

This is the kind of appetizer recipe that we break out to celebrate a game win, a birthday or holiday, or just for a fun happy hour at home with friends. Although these steak bites can be served for dinner too! Just add a side dish or two and dinner is done.

Bonus: this steak recipe is on the table and ready to serve in just about 15 minutes. Don’t forget the bread for sopping up all that delicious garlicky, buttery sauce!

Ingredients For The Garlic Parmesan Sauce

Just a few ingredients is all you need to make the sauce. For a complete list of ingredients and amounts needed, head to the recipe card at the end of the post.

ingredients for making garlic parmesan sauce
  • Mayonnaise: I know it might seem strange but yes, mayo. Mayonnaise makes this sauce so creamy and flavorful and also gives it some body. Full fat mayonnaise is best for this recipe as a low fat or fat free version will cause the sauce to break easier.
  • Butter: 2 sticks, melted and cooled.
  • Garlic: Of course you’re going to need a lot of fresh garlic to make the best garlic butter sauce! Definitely use fresh garlic.
  • Good Quality Parmesan Cheese: No stuff from the can for this recipe. Again, when you’re making a sauce recipe like this one that only has a few ingredients, you need to make sure they are all top quality ingredients. A nutty, Parmigiano-Reggiano or a Grana-Padano are two of our favorites.
  • Fresh Parsley: Fresh parsley, not dried for this sauce recipe. That fresh pop of flavor that real parsley brings to this garlic butter sauce is a must.

How To Make

For this steak bites recipe, we’re using our super popular garlic parmesan butter sauce that we also use to make our Garlic Parmesan Chicken Wings. Often you’ll see steak bite recipe that are simply tossed in garlic and butter, but we kicked it up even further here for you.

Making this garlic parmesan butter sauce only takes a couple of minutes, but it does need to be assembled right before serving.

cubed steak with garlic parmesan sauce

How To Properly Sear Steak

There are a few tips to properly searing a steak, whether it’s a steak bite recipe like this one or a whole steak like this New York Strip Steak recipe.

  • Let The Steak Come To Room Temperature: Just about 30 minutes is all you need, but it makes a big difference. Super cold steak going into a pan will make the muscle fibers tense up, causing the meat to be tough. Also, allowing the steak to come to room temperature helps to ensure that the meat cooks evenly.
  • Get The Right Pan: Choosing the right pan will make a huge difference in getting that perfect sear on your steak. Cast iron is a great option because it holds a high heat, but if you don’t have a cast iron pan a stainless steel skillet is another great option. A non-stick skillet would be the last option because you can’t heat a non-stick skillet to a super high temperature. But if it’s the only choice you have just heat the pan to a medium-high heat and follow the rest of the tips we have here.
  • Heat The Skillet Properly: You need to heat your pan to a fairly high temperature to get that perfect sear, so taking the tips above, heat your skillet to a high heat or a medium high heat.
seared steak in skillet
  • Give The Steak Some Room: Make sure that you sear your steak bites in batches like we’ve done here. If you crowd the pan then the steak won’t sear properly, giving you that beautiful, addicting crust.
  • Leave It Alone: Don’t keep turning your steak bites and moving them around. Once you get them into the pan, leave them alone to form that crust for at least 3 minutes. If you try to turn a piece of steak and it’s stuck to the pan, let it go for another minute or so until the meat releases from the surface.
seared steak bites in skillet

Why Is This The BEST Steak Bites Recipe?

Because instead of just a garlic butter sauce, we’re adding a garlic parmesan butter sauce. Stay with me you guys, I’m telling you, this is the only steak bites recipe you’ll ever want to make.

Once the steak bites are seared, add a few scoops of the garlic parmesan butter sauce to the hot skillet and toss together with the steak bites. The sauce will melt into the skillet and coat the bites of steak so beautifully, you’ll be looking for a piece of bread to start sopping it up.

seared steak bites in skillet with garlic parmesan sauce

What Can I Serve With Steak Bites?

Depending on whether your serving these Garlic Parmesan Steak Bites for appetizers or for dinner, there are several options! If you’re serving these steak bites for appetizers, the only thing we’d suggest is getting lots of bread for sopping up all the sauce. Other than that a few toothpicks is all you need!

But if you’re making these steak bites for a lucky crew for dinner, we’ve got the perfect side dishes for you!

garlic butter steak bites with parsley

Is This A Make Ahead Recipe?

This steak bite recipe is best when made right before serving. But that doesn’t mean that leftovers aren’t delicious! The sauce will tighten up in the refrigerator, but you can warm up leftovers in a 350 degree oven or back on the stove top.

Microwaving is our last choice for warming up this steak as the microwave tends to toughen up meat. But we all know there are those late night moments when only the microwave will do!

steak bites in skillet with garlic butter sauce

What Kind Of Steak Is Best For Making Steak Bites?

You can use a few different types of steak for this recipe but top sirloin is our go to mainly because it’s affordable and tasty. But you can also use different cuts of steak like strip steak, rib eye and even tenderloin. Tenderloin will obviously be the most tender option, but also the most expensive option.

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steak bites in garlic butter sauce with wooden spoon

Garlic Butter Steak Bites

  • Author: Dan
  • Prep Time: 30 minutes
  • Bringing the steak to room temperature: 10 minutes
  • Total Time: 40 minutes
  • Yield: 6 Servings 1x

Sink your teeth into these tender, Garlic Butter Steak Bites! Tender steak tossed in our famous garlic parmesan sauce, 15 minute appetizer or dinner recipe that everyone will love!

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Ingredients

  • 2 1/2 pounds top sirloin (see note*)
  • Kosher salt and fresh black pepper for seasoning the steak
  • 4 tablespoons butter, divided
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil, divided

For The Garlic Parmesan Sauce:

  • 1 stick of butter, melted and cooled
  • 1 tablespoon chopped garlic
  • 1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese
  • 1/4 cup mayonnaise
  • 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon black ground pepper
  • 1 tablespoon chopped parsley

Instructions

  1. Remove the steak from the refrigerator 30 minutes before cooking to let the steak come to room temperature. Cut the steak into small cubes, slightly bigger than bite sized, and then season generously with salt and pepper.
  2. While the steak is coming to temperature, whisk the ingredients together for the garlic parmesan sauce in a bowl and set aside.
  3. Heat a cast iron or a stainless steel skillet over medium-high heat. Once the pan is hot, add 2 tablespoons of butter and 1 tablespoon of the olive oil to the skillet. Add the steak in a single layer leaving room around the pieces to properly sear. (See the post for more instructions on properly searing the beef) Cook the steak for 2-3 minutes until nicely browned. Turn the steak bites over and cook for another 2-3 minutes on the second side.
  4. Remove the steak bites from the skillet to a bowl and cover with foil. Carefully wipe out the skillet and add the remaining 2 tablespoons of butter 1 tablespoon of olive oil. Repeat the searing process with the remaining steak until all the steak is seared.
  5. Place all the steak bites back to the skillet and turn the heat to low. Add in a few scoops of the garlic parmesan butter sauce until you get the consistency that you like. NOTE: You might not need all of the sauce. Toss the steak bites in the sauce until the butter is melted.
  6. Serve immediately topped with more fresh parsley and parmesan cheese if desired.

Recipe Notes

You can use a few different types of steak for these steak bites, top sirloin is our go to mainly because it’s affordable and also delicious. But you can also use different cuts of steak like strip steak, rib eye and even tenderloin.

  • Category: Appetizers
  • Method: Stove Top
  • Cuisine: American

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