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This month is a favorite topic: FOOD 🙂

In thinking about my favorite recipes, it’s interesting how FEW things I really make on an ongoing basis. In the past when I’ve been in a relationship I would cook for my partner and I liked trying new and different things. But when it’s just me I pretty much just rotate through a very small number of things.

Probably my #1 Favorite thing to make for myself…and that others always ask for…and it’s the EASIEST THING IN THE WORLD…is marinated steak tidbits. I get a nice cut of beef – my mother always used sirloin/london broil, but I feel like what USED to be good is no longer as good, somehow – so I usually get a tenderloin or New York strip (is it called New York strip everywhere or just in New York?). Sirloin/London Broil WORKS it’s just not as tasty or tender to me. I cut it up into pretty tiny cubes (I like to stick the whole steak in the freezer for an hourish til it gets firm enough to cut easily), then dump the cubes and a good amount of soy sauce (Kikkoman is my soy sauce of choice. I use a LOT of soy sauce in my cooking.) into a ziplock baggie. Marinate for about 24 hours. Overnight would be fine, it just works out this way for me cuz I marinate one evening and then cook it the next evening.

The cooking part is FAST. I put my crappy aluminum skillet on the stove and set the heat to high. When it’s super hot (a drop of water jumps and sizzles), I turn on the overhead fan and dump in the steak cubes (I’ve drained the excess soy sauce off in a strainer at the same time I turned on the stove burner. But you don’t want any extra liquid/moisture in the pan cuz you want the meat to sear not sautee). It’s gonna smoke. A lot. Hence the overhead fan.

After barely a minute, I flip the cubes…give it about another 30 seconds then remove from heat. NOW I put in a pat-ish amount of better (I use Earth Balance) and let it coat the steak cubes.

I’ve been using chopsticks as much as possible to become adept. I have such short stubby fingers, I’m not very graceful at it…but as long as I can get the food from the bowl to my mouth, I’m happy!

Transfer quickly to plate or bowl so the meat doesn’t keep cooking from the hot pan.

Done. I mean, it literally cooks under 3 minutes. I sort of eyeball the color of the cubes as I’m cooking. I like my steak rare (moo) but like a nice tasty sear on the outside. And the cubes are cut so small that they cook VERY quickly.

Normal people might serve this with rice or potatoes and some kind of vegetable. I’m happy with just a bowl of steak. I’ve never been a meal = 3 things on a plate person. One bowl of steak tidbits, one chicken thigh, one bag of doritos – each of those count as an entire meal to me.

Make sure to check out my friends’ favorite recipes today, too:

Daenel at Living Outside the Stacks
Em at Dust and Doghair
Iris at Iris’ Original Ramblings
Jodie at Jodie’s Touch of Style
Leslie at Once Upon a Time Happily Ever After
Sally at Within a World of My Own