Cheesesteak Sandwiches

Tips & Tricks:

• 🔪 Skip steps with knife if you completed the prep ideas!
• 🚨Check out the Leftover Alert at the end of this recipe.
• 🥩 This recipe makes enough extra meat and veggies to use for salads. Adjust the recipe/grocery list (in half for meat and veggies only) if you don’t plan to make the salads.
• Don’t like mushrooms, onions, or peppers? Leave any of them out of the recipe.

Ingredients:

• 1.5 lb skirt or flank steak
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp pepper
• 2 Tbsp canola oil
• 1 large sweet onion
• 4 bell pepper (mixed colors)
• 16 oz mushrooms
• 4 slices provolone cheese
• Your favorite aioli or mayonnaise (or make your own)
• 2 Hoagie Rolls

[Optional Garlic Aioli Recipe]

Directions:

1. 🔪 Veg Prep (can be done up to 3 days ahead)
1. Thinly slice the onion into half moons.
2. Thinly slice bell peppers into strips.
3. Thinly slice mushrooms.
2. 🔪 Prep Steak (can be done earlier the day you plan to have this dinner)
1. Thinly slice steak against the grain and set aside. Check out this article to see how. https://www.thekitchn.com/heres-exactly-how-to-slice-meat-against-the-grain-and-why-you-should-be-doing-it-meat-basics-215798
2. Season steak with 1/2 tsp each of salt and pepper.
3. Cook Steak and Veggies
1. Pre-Heat oven (or toaster oven) to 400 degrees if you want to toast the roll that way. Or see the pan toasting version in step 4 below.
2. Warm a large pan or dutch oven with 2 tbsp of canola oil.
3. Evenly spread seasoned steak on the pan and sear for 1 minute. You may have to do this in a couple batches if all the steak doesn't fit in an even layer.
4. Flip steak and sear the other side for 1 minute. Set meat aside.
1. Refrigerate 1/2 the meat for the salads, if making.
5. Add onion, peppers, and mushrooms to the pan + more oil if needed.
6. Mix veggies so they are coated with oil, season with 1/2 tsp each of salt and pepper. And let the veggies saute, stirring and flipping occasionally.
7. Once veggies have softened and all the liquid has evaporated, about 10-15 minutes (if making the full recipe), set half of them aside and refrigerate for the salads, if making.
8. Add steak back to the pan along with any accumulated juices.
9. Mix everything together well, then gather the meat and veggies together in an even crowded layer.
10. Top and completely cover with cheese slices.
11. Turn off the heat and cover the pan to let the cheese melt.
4. Bread Prep
1. Slice hoagie rolls 3/4 of the way through with a serrated knife.
2. Spread thin layer of garlic aioli or mayonnaise onto the cut sides of hoagie roll.
3. Toast the buns, aioli side up, in the oven until golden brown. About 5 minutes.
1. Or toast them, aioli side down in a warm pan, lightly pressing down (don’t smoosh the bread!) for about 1 minute.
5. Serve
1. Spread more aioli on the buns.
2. Uncover the cheesy meat and veggies mixture, and scoop onto buns.
3. Enjoy!

🚨Leftover Alert

1. Make and set aside extra steak and veggies for the steak salads.