34 Favorite Steak Recipes

If you like a good roast beef sandwich, then this dish is for you. The horseradish acts as a seasoning on the steak, adding just the right amount of flavor. Served alongside the grilled mushroom salad, what’s not to love?

Recipe: Grilled Horseradish Steak with Warm Mushroom Salad

A simple drizzle of balsamic vinegar and soy sauce takes ho-hum grilled steaks to another level. Serve with crusty bread to sop up extra sauce.

Recipe: Sonia’s Special Steaks

Sweet, savory, and creamy elements make this an hors d’oeuvre to remember.

Recipe: Chèvre and Mango Steak Bites

We’ve updated the classic steak salad with a sweet and salty dressing of soy sauce, black beans, sherry, ginger, vinegar, and brown sugar.

Recipe: Hot Flank Steak Salad with Chinese Black Bean Dressing

The contrast of seared steak filled with greens makes a striking duo here. The roll can be assembled a few hours ahead of time, making this a nice meal for entertaining or a weeknight dinner.

Recipe: Flank Steak Braciole

You can prepare the French onions up to a day ahead or start them just before the steak.

Recipe: French Onion Rib Eye Steak

Using both fresh and smoked jalapeños (chipotles) gives this version of chimichurri, the Argentinean steak sauce, lots of flavor without being wildly spicy.

Recipe: Grilled Steak and Vegetable Salad with Chipotle Chimichurri Dressing

Garlic harvested before the bulbs mature flavor this main dish. Buy it at farmers’ markets and Asian grocery stories, or substitute with green onions. Serve slices of steak with a fresh green salad or favorite summer vegetable.

Recipe: Hanger Steak with Green-Garlic Sauce

Necessity is the mother of great inventions―definitely true when it comes to this tasty recipe, created by a mom in a hurry who wasn’t willing to sacrifice taste.

Recipe: Crazed Mom’s Easy Steak and Garam Masala Naan-wiches

Weekends call for a nice grilled steak. An easy miso butter makes this indulgence even more special.

Recipe: Grilled Rib-Eye Steaks with Miso Butter

Chimichurri is a tangy herb paste that’s used as both a marinade and a sauce. Here, cilantro replaces traditional parsley in the topping for these flavorful rib-eye steaks.

Recipe: Steak with Chimichurri Sauce (Bistec Argentino al Chimichurri)

If you start the steak marinating the night before, you can have this Mexican favorite ready in half an hour or so.

Recipe: Grilled Skirt Steak

No need to be alarmed about all the garlic; the OJ and soy sauce mellow it out.

Recipe: Garlicky Steak Salad with Chickpeas and Artichokes

Who needs a steakhouse when you’ve got your house? Picture it: The finest filet mignon, smeared with decadent blue-cheese butter, grilled in your own backyard. A ritzy night out, for the price of the ingredients. We’ll take two.

Recipe: Tenderloin Steaks with Gorgonzola Butter

This showstopper salad gets a fancy touch with grilled New York steaks, and fresh mint leaves from your garden set off the feta.

Recipe: Grecian Steak Salad

With the accompanying Brussels sprouts and potatoes combo, sliced steak becomes a complete meal.

Recipe: New York Strip Steak with Brussels Sprout Hash

This splurge-worthy combination comes together in just 30 minutes.

Recipe: Ribeye Steaks with Pistachio Butter and Asparagus

Long, slender clamshell mushrooms have a great creamy texture, but if you can’t find them, use small cremini or chanterelles.

Recipe: New York Steak with Clamshell Mushrooms

The ingredients for this easy Sunset reader recipe, inspired by a Brazilian restaurant, are a nod to that country’s immigrant Asian population.

Recipe: Brazilian Grilled Steak Salad

A four-bite version of the classic Mexican sandwich. We used flap meat, a thin steak that marinates and grills quickly.

Recipe: Chile and Lime Steak Tortas

Sometimes you just have to give in to a cliché: What could be better than a good steak and a glass of Cab? Only a good steak coated with crunchy-hot pepper and loaded up with tangy balsamic onions.

Recipe: Multicolored-Pepper Steaks with Balsamic Onions

This super-simple dinner is doubly meaty thanks to the juicy portabellas.

Recipe: Grilled Steak and Portabella Stacks

A simple, flavor-packed marinade of ginger, garlic, soy sauce, and sesame makes this flank steak a fast weeknight dinner; try it with a simple green salad and a side of grilled vegetables.

Recipe: Northwest Grilled Flank Steak

The flavor in this dish just doesn’t stop. The sharp, slightly herby marinade tenderizes and flavors the meat and makes a great bridge to the chimichurri.

Recipe: Gaucho Steak with Four-Herb Chimichurri

You can eat the steak, salad, and tortillas separately, or wrap them up fajita-style, maybe with a side of black beans.

Recipe: Grilled Steak with Avocado and Red Onion Salad

Hanger steak is very flavorful but can be a little chewy; for maximum tenderness, don’t cook it past medium-rare, and slice it against the grain.

Recipe: Korean-Style Grilled Hanger Steak with a Pickle Bar

Steve Freidkin, the chef at Texaz Grill in Phoenix, shared this technique with us for instantly “marinating” meat. By making small slashes in a diamond pattern over both sides of the steak, the flavors of the lemon and spices sink right in.

Recipe: Grilled Flank Steak, Onion, and Peppers

This dish requires some multitasking, but the benefits of creating something this delicious in only 30 minutes are well worth the hustle. If you’re entertaining friends, take a more leisurely approach and make the dressing, cook the noodles, and clean the herbs ahead; then at serving time, just cook the steak and combine the ingredients.

Recipe: Vietnamese Steak Noodle Salad

The heat of the steaks melts the fresh mozzarella and the greens add a peppery bite in this dish that is perfect for special occasions and weeknights alike.

Recipe:  Warm Steak Salad with Marinara Sauce

Grass-fed beef is generally leaner than conventionally raised beef, so it cooks a little more quickly–you’ll need to keep an eye on it.

Recipe: Grilled Grass-Fed Ribeyes with Herb Lemon Butter

Here’s our go-to recipe for perfectly seasoned carne asada. After a one-hour marinade, it’s ready for the grill.

Recipe: Carne Asada con Mojo

Who says Philly owns the cheesesteak? Our version is not only tasty, but it will also feed a crowd.

Recipe: Western Cheesesteak Sandwich

Make one big steak sandwich in a ciabatta loaf, then cut it into slices.

Recipe: Hanger Steak Sandwiches with Chili Lime Mayo

Break out your favorite bottle of Syrah. This two-part recipe—grilled, marinated steak and a grilled late summer vegetable salad—were designed especially for it.

Recipe: Flank Steak with Warm Moroccan Spices