Recipe

Garlic Lover Sub Sandwich with Cheese and Pan-Seared Steak Strips

20 min prep

15 min cooking

Serves 4

Difficulty 1/5

This show-stopping sandwich is a full meal in itself, piled high with a quick sauté of flavourful veggies, melty cheese and tender strips of steak. Ooey, gooey, messy and delicious! Top Sirloin Cap is a perfect steak for this recipe – more affordable than Strip Loin, with big beef flavour and just the right sizing for cutting strips.

Ingredients

½ tsp (2 mL) EACH garlic powder, salt and pepper ¾ to 1 lb (375 to 500 g) Beef Top Sirloin Cap or Strip Loin Grilling Steaks, trimmed 2 tbsp (30 mL) canola or sunflower oil, divided Half medium sweet onion, sliced lengthwise Half EACH sweet red and yellow or orange pepper, sliced ⅓ cup (75 mL) roughly chopped baby spinach, kale or parsley (optional) 1 tbsp (15 mL) vinaigrette dressing or sub sauce 1 pkg (454 g) garlic bread 6 slices Havarti cheese, cut in half

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Directions

1. Combine garlic powder, salt and pepper in a small bowl; set aside. 2. Carve steak across the grain into 2-inch (5 cm) long thin slices (like stir-fry strips) and place in a large bowl; add half of the seasoning mixture and toss to coat. Set aside. Combine onion and sweet peppers with the remaining seasoning mix and 1 tbsp (15 mL) of the oil in another large bowl. 3. Heat the remaining oil over medium-high heat in a large nonstick skillet; add beef strips, in batches, and cook for about 1 minute per side, until browned all over. Transfer to a plate and keep warm. 4. Add onion mixture to the same skillet and cook over medium-high heat, stirring often, for about 3 to 4 minutes, until softened. Remove from heat and return to the bowl. Add spinach (if using) and dressing, tossing to coat; Keep warm. 5. Meanwhile, bake the garlic bread, with cut sides up, on a foil-lined rimmed baking sheet in preheated 425°F oven for 6 minutes. Remove from oven. 6. Top one side of loaf with the cooked slices of beef, using tongs, and then top with 3 pieces of cheese. Top the other side of the loaf with the remaining cheese slices and then the vegetable mixture. Return to the oven just long enough to melt the cheese, about 1 minute. 7. Remove from oven and use the foil to help lift the loaf halves to put the sandwich together, gently squeezing to help them hold together. Lift with foil to transfer to a cutting board. Cut crosswise to make 4 equal-sized sandwiches and transfer to plates to serve.

Cuts Used in This Recipe

Garlic Lover Sub Sandwich with Cheese and Pan-Seared Steak Strips

Sirloin and Loin

Garlic Lover Sub Sandwich with Cheese and Pan-Seared Steak Strips

Ingredients

Directions

Cuts Used in This Recipe

Top Sirloin Cap

Strip Loin Grilling Steak

Top Sirloin Grilling Steak

Top Sirloin Cap Off Grilling Steak

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