Bourbon Steak Tips

Bourbon Steak Tips are tender bites of steak that have been bathed in a sweet, buttery bourbon sauce and have so much flavor!

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• ❤️ Why you'll love it
• 🥘 Ingredients
• 🔪 Instructions
• 🥄 Equipment
• 🥫Storage
• 📖 Variations
• 💭 Tips
• 📚 Related Recipes
• 🍽 Serve with...
• 📖 Recipe
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❤️ Why you'll love it

Quick prep: rather than marinating the steak before cooking, these steak tips are already cut into bite sized pieces meaning less time to wait for dinner.

No marinating needed: the steak is cooked first, then coated with the sauce cutting prep time down a couple of hours!

Fast cook: the total time for cooking is around 12 minutes. The entire recipe is ready in under 30 minutes (including prep time)

Bursting with Flavor: the bourbon butter sauce is sweet and salty packs a lot of natural flavors from the meat juices.

🥘 Ingredients

Steak: pick a good steak for this recipe, you can use venison tenderloin or sirloin tips cut into 1-inch cubes

Extra-virgin olive oil: you will need just a little oil to coat the skillet and fry the steak tips

Bourbon: this doesn't have to be the most expensive bourbon out there, you can use whatever bourbon you have in the liquor cabinet

Maple syrup: adds a sweet complimentary contrast to the bourbon marinade.

Apple cider vinegar:

Salted butter: If you use unsalted butter, you will need to add enough salt to the recipe to suit your tastes.

Black pepper or red pepper flakes: for an optional addition of heat

Fresh chives: for flavor and garnish

🔪 Instructions

1. Pat the steak bites dry with a paper towel and season with salt and pepper.
2. Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a hot skillet until just smoking.
3. Place steak tips in hot skillet and cook over medium-high heat for 6 minutes, until a rich brown color all over. Transfer steak tips to a platter and tent loosely with foil.
4. Remove skillet from heat and add the bourbon, maple syrup, and cider vinegar.
5. Return the skillet to the heat and cook for 2-3 minutes, or until sauce is slightly thickened. Scrape any browned bits from the bottom of the skillet while the sauce is cooking. 
6. Remove the sauce from the heat and whisk in the butter and season to taste.
7. Return steak pieces and any accumulated juices to skillet and toss to coat. Sprinkle with chopped chives to garnish.

🥄 Equipment

Cast iron skillet: I recommend a cast iron skillet because it holds the heat evenly, however a non stick skillet can be used in its place.

Hand whisk: to whisk the bourbon sauce together.

🥫Storage

Store any leftover steak in an airtight container in the fridge up to 4 days.

📖 Variations

• Brown sugar or honey can be substituted for the maple syrup
• Substitute balsamic vinegar or red wine vinegar for the apple cider vinegar
• Use brandy or gold rum in place of the bourbon

💭 Tips

• If using venison, remove any silverskin from the meat before cooking to prevent any gamey flavor that may come through.

📚 Related Recipes

Bourbon Glazed Pork Chops are another delicious recipe with bourbon.

I love this Salted Chocolate Bourbon Praline Fudge and it makes a great holiday gift.

This Crockpot Venison Stew is a rich and hearty comfort food meal.

🍽 Serve with...

Serve with a side of grilled onions, roasted red skinned potatoes, or garlic mashed cauliflower.

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