French Bistro Steak on Garlic Croutes and Potato Frites

Deantini's Note:

This recipe originally called for sweet potato frites, but we are not fans of sweet potatoes, so alas the change. Make sure to time the cooking of the steak to when the potato frites will be done.

• Total Time: 50 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 4 slices vienna bread
• 1 garlic clove , halved
• 4 teaspoons olive oil
• 16 ounces rib eye grilling steak (or 2 x 8 oz striploin grilling steak)
• 2 tablespoons green peppercorns , cracked (or 2 tbsp cracked black peppercorns)
• ¼ cup red wine
• ¼ cup beef stock
• ¼ cup sweet red pepper , finely diced
• 1 shallot , finely diced (or 1 green onion, finely diced)
• 2 teaspoons butter

Potato Frites

• 4 potatoes , peeled and cut into long strips like french fries, but thinner
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1 teaspoon dried thyme
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• ¼ teaspoon pepper

Directions:

1. Potato Frites:.
2. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
3. In bowl, toss potatoes with oil, thyme, salt and pepper.
4. Arrange on foil-lined rimmed baking sheet.
5. Bake, turning once, for 40 minutes or until tender inside and crisp outside.
6. While potatoes cook, start the Bistro Steak.
7. Bistro Steak On Garlic Croutes:.
8. Rub bread all over with cut side of garlic; brush with 2 teaspoons (10 mL) of the oil. Toast on baking sheet for 10 minutes or until golden.
9. Meanwhile, trim off all but 1/8 inch (3 mm) fat from steak, if needed.
10. Roll edges in peppercorns to coat.
11. In skillet, heat remaining oil over medium-high heat; cook steaks for 4 to 6 minutes per side or until medium-rare inside and browned. Transfer to plate; cover and keep warm.
12. Add wine and stock to skillet; bring to boil, scraping up any brown bits. Boil for about 1 minute or until reduced by half. Remove from heat.
13. Stir in red pepper, shallot, butter and any juices accumulated on plate.
14. Cut steaks in half; place on croûtes.
15. Pour sauce over top.
16. Serve with Potato Frites.

Reviews

[swissms]

Delicious! We celebrated Valentine's Day a day early and we enjoyed this for dinner. My husband thought it was outstanding. We did grill the steaks instead of pan frying because it was in the 60's today after being covered in snow the past 2 weeks. I used a French baguette because Vienna bread is not readily available where I currently live. I did cheat and used garlic powder on the croutes. Wonderful. Made for PRMR.

[Realtor by day, Chef by night]

Yummy! What a great dinner! My family really, really enjoyed this. I left out the sweet red pepper because my little girl won't touch anything with pepper in it but other than that, I made this exactly as written. It was perfect. Our meals looked like they do when you go to a top-notch gourmet steak house. The only change I would make next time is to add garlic to the pan sauce and the steaks. We love garlic. Thanks, Deantini.

[Vicki in CT]

Nice steak recipe and was great to cook indoors since raining here. Next time will probably omit the bread.