Steak House Dining at Home

Have you been to Target's grocery department yet? One of the newest features in most Target stores is a fully stocked grocery department. They stock high quality food at Target prices. One of my favorite things to buy at Target is the packaged meats. For a steak house meal at home try the Bacon-Wrapped Filets. Two tender and juicy filet steaks for just under $10lb. The same steaks at a restaurant would cost upwards of $30 bucks each. With these steaks, some red potatoes and a bag of frozen vegetables I can put a steak house meal on the table in 30 minutes for under $20 dollars and all the ingredients can be found in your Target grocery department.

Before you get started with the meat put a small baking tray in the oven and pre-heat the oven to 275 degrees.

Put a tablespoon of olive oil in a skillet and heat until smoking

While the oven and the skillet are heating take the filets out of the package and place on a paper towel on a plate. Use another towel to dry the tops of the steaks. Season both sides with salt and pepper and let sit out at room temperature while you work on the potatoes.

Take 8 or 9 small red potatoes and after rinsing cut into quarters and place in a microwave safe bowl.

 Add a teaspoon of chopped fresh rosemary, a teaspoon of chopped fresh thyme, 2 gloves of minced garlic, season with salt and pepper and add a tsp of olive oil to coat. Toss all the ingredients so everything is mixed together.

When the skillet is ready place the potatoes in a covered bowl in the microwave and set for 8 minutes. 

Set a kitchen timer for 4 minutes. Put the steaks in the skillet and start the 4 minute timer and press start on the microwave.

While the steaks are cooking slice up half of a small onion and put aside.

 When the 4 minute timer goes off flip the steaks and restart the timer for another 4 minutes. Pause the microwave and take the potatoes out. (Caution they will be hot) remove the lid and give them a stir. Put them back and restart until 8 minutes are up.

 When the 4 minute timer goes off use a pair of tongs to grasp both filets and turn on their sides. Brown each side for about 30 seconds until the bacon wrapping is no longer pink. 

Remove the steaks from the pan and place on the pre-heated tray in the oven. Set the timer on 8 minutes.

Remove the potatoes from the microwave and dump into the skillet. Add in the onions. Use the tongs to turn all the potatoes face down. Let them cook for about 5 minutes before tossing.

Continue to watch the potatoes to make sure they don't burn. When the 8 minute timer goes off check the temperature of the steaks - 125 degrees for medium rare. Remove from oven and place on a plate and cover with foil to rest. Take a bag of Birds Eye Steamfresh vegetables and microwave for 5 minutes on high (or follow the directions on the bag).

When the veggies are done everything should be ready. Place the steak on a plate. Add some potatoes and some of the fresh vegetables and in thirty minutes you have a delicious steak dinner.

 I like to use a dab of steak sauce but you could easily make a pan sauce or an herb butter to go with these filets.

The filet is perfectly cooked inside, with no gray well done spots from being in a skillet too long.