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Dinner time! What’s on the menu? Definitely a protein, and a vegetable, and a carb, but which ones? Sometimes whipping up a meal prep or a weeknight dinner feels so uninspiring that a gameshow wheel could only help. So, imagine you spun a big, colorful wheel to pick the building blocks of your dish tonight, and it landed on Southern strip steak with broccoli and rice. Congratulations! You hit the jackpot! And you don’t even have to worry about where you’re going to put an above-ground pool.
This meal is wonderfully simple for those of us who are used to multi-tasking. Everything cooks at the same time; the broccoli roasts while the rice fluffs while the steaks sizzle, and the only thing you really need to keep a close eye on is the meat. Luckily, they’re seared in a cast iron skillet and served with a butter, thyme, and garlic sauce, so you can’t really mess them up.
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Ingredients:
1 head broccoli, cut into florets
¼ cup olive oil, separated
2 cups rice
4 12-oz lean strip steaks
kosher salt and fresh ground black pepper
4 tablespoons butter
4 sprigs fresh thyme
4 cloves garlic, minced
Preheat the oven to 425F.
Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil and lay the broccoli florets out in a single layer. Drizzle with 2 tablespoons of olive oil and season with salt and pepper.
Roast for 25-30 minutes, or until just slightly charred around the edges.
While the broccoli is roasting, cook the rice according to the instructions on the package.
While the rice is cooking, season room-temperature steaks on both sides with salt and pepper.
Place a large, cast iron skillet over a high heat and add 2 tablespoons of the olive oil.
Add the steaks and cook for 3 minutes on each side, or until browned and crisp.
Add the butter, thyme, and garlic and reduce the heat to medium low.
Once the butter has melted, cook the steaks for an additional 1-2 minutes depending on your preference, basting often with the butter mixture.
Allow the steaks to rest for 10 minutes before slicing and serving with the rice, broccoli, and the remaining butter mixture.
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