blackened steak bites with blue cheese sauce

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 1/2 pounds beef top sirloin, trimmed and cut into bite-size pieces
• 2 tablespoons blackened seasoning (such as chef paul prudhomme's® blackened steak magic®), or more to taste
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• blue cheese sauce:
• 1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese
• 3 tablespoons evaporated milk
• 8 ounces blue cheese crumbles
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/4 teaspoon ground pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper

Recipe

Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins Ready Time: 20 mins


• season sirloin with blackened seasoning to coat on all sides.
• heat oil in a cast-iron skillet on an outdoor grill until the oil is smoking. cook steak bites in hot oil in small batches, reheating oil between batches, until slightly crusty, 1 to 2 minutes per side.
• stir cream cheese and evaporated milk together in a saucepan over low heat to melt the cream cheese. whisk blue cheese crumbles, garlic powder, pepper, and cayenne pepper into the cream cheese mixture; simmer, stirring frequently, until the blue cheese melts into a smooth sauce, 2 to 3 minutes. serve blue cheese sauce with the beef bites.