Philly Cheese Steak Dip
Ingredients
- 1 Lb beef top sirloin steaks
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
- 1 tbs olive oil
- 1 yellow onion, diced
- 1 tbs butter
- 1 red bell pepper
- 1 green bell pepper
- ½ C pepperoncini peppers
- 7 pickled red peppers
- 3 jalapeno peppers
- 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
- ½ lb provolone cheese
- ½ tsp Worcestershire sauce
- 1 pinch cayenne pepper
Directions
- Slice steak into thick pieces. Season generously on both sides with salt and pepper.
- Heat olive oil in a pan over high heat until smoking.
- Add steak slices and sear until bottoms are browned, 3 to 4 minutes.
- Flip over and reduce heat to medium. Cook until juices appear on the tops, 3 to 4 minutes more. Transfer to a bowl to cool.
- Add diced onion, a big pinch of salt, and butter to the meat juices in the pan.
- Cook and stir over medium heat, scraping up the browned bits, until onions start to soften, 5 to 7 minutes.
- Dice up the red bell pepper, green bell pepper, pepperoncini, pickled red peppers, and jalapenos
until you have 1½ to 2 cups.
- Add to the onions amd cook and stir until starting to soften, about 5 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 400°
- Chop steak into small pieces. Place back into the bowl with the accumulated meat juices
- Add the onion-pepper mixture and cream cheese.
- Grate in the provolone cheese, saving a little for the top.
- Drizzle in Worcestershire sauce and sprinkle in cayenne pepper and mix thoroughly.
- Transfer half of the dip into a small baking dish and smooth the top with a fork.
- Place baking dish on top of a sheet pan and sprinkle the remaining provolone cheese on top. Save the other ½ to bake fresh for your guests.
- Bake in the preheated oven until dip is bubbling and heated through, 20 to 25 minutes.
- Broil until top is browned, about 1 minute more. Repeat with the second batch of dip.
Michael Fritsche
mbf@fritsche.org