Get Your Man Meal

So the saying goes, "The way to a man's heart is through his stomach".  While I'm not entirely sure that a good meal alone is enough to get your man to put a ring on it.  I do know that I haven't come across a man yet that doesn't like to eat and isn't happy if they find a woman who can cook.  So at the very least, if your skills in the kitchen are as impressive as the rest of what you have to bring into the relationship, the fact that you can throw down in the kitchen will be icing on the cake and should at the very least buy you a ticket on love's train if not take you on the full ride.  Now its time to decide what make to put our man under your spell. While no two men are alike and you should definitely cater to your particular man's palate, I find that a lot of men enjoy hearty full flavored meals.  Whenever I think about a hearty man's meal, I always think about steak and potatoes.  But I didn't want to make the typical steak and potato meal, so I decided to change it up a bit by adding a little spice to my meats and swapping out white potatoes for sweet potatoes.  Again you should cater to your man's preferences, if your man doesn't eat beef, you can easily swap out the beef for chicken or pork.  So I hope you give this recipe a try.

Chipotle Steak w/ Mashed Sweet Potatoes and Sautéed Green Beans

 

Serves 4

Ingredients:

For the Steak:

4 Chuck Blade Steaks 4-6 oz (or whatever cut of steak you like)

1 can chiles in adobo sauce 7 oz

1/2 cup chicken broth

1 tbsp. chopped garlic

2 tbsp. lime juice

2 tsp ground cumin

1 tbsp. brown sugar

meat tenderizer

1 tbsp. Montreal steak seasoning

1 tsp garlic and herb seasoning

1/3 cup BBQ sauce

For the Potatoes:

4-5 medium sized sweet potatoes

3 tbsp. of butter

3 tbsp. of brown sugar

1 tbsp. maple syrup

1/2 cup of half and half

1 tsp. cinnamon

For String Beans:

1 bag frozen whole green beans

1 tbsp oil

1 tbsp chopped garlic

1 small onion sliced into thin slivers

1 tsp crushed red pepper flake

1 packet of Goya vegetable and salad seasoning

Directions:


For the Steak:
Pierce steak with a fork all over and sprinkle with meat tenderizer on both sides.  Season with Montreal steak seasoning, garlic and herb seasoning, and BBQ sauce toss all ingredients together thoroughly covering the steak with the seasoning.  Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours to overnight to marinate.  While steak is marinating prepare chipotle sauce by adding the chopped garlic, chicken stock, brown sugar, lime juice, cumin, 2 chiles in adobo and 3 tbsp. of sauce from chiles into a blender and process until smooth.  Heat a grill pan oven medium to high heat.  Remove steak from fridge and let get room temperature.  Once Steak is room temperature brush steak with prepare chipotle sauce and place sauced side down on grill and brush top side of steak with sauce. Cook until nicely browned 5-6 mins.  and turn steak over to cook on over side for an additional 8-10 mins for medium well.  (For medium cook for additional 5-7 mins once turned, for medium rare cook for additional 3-5 mins once turned). Brush steak again on both sides with sauce and let sit for 5 mins before serving.  Reserve any remaining sauce to serve over steak if you want extra sauce.


For the Potatoes:
Peel and chopped potatoes into 1 inch cubes. Place potatoes in a medium pot and cover with water. Cover pot and let boil for 20-25 min until potatoes are tender. Drain potatoes and return to pot. Add butter, brown sugar, maple syrup, cinnamon and mash. Slowly add half and half and continue to mash until they reach desired consistency. Once desired consistency is obtain cover to keep warm until serving


For the Green Beans:
Heat oil in medium sauté pan. Add garlic, onion, and crushed red pepper. Cook 2-3 mins. Add green beans to pan, sprinkle Goya seasoning and mix to evenly cover all green beans. Place cover over pan and cook 15 mins. Stir during cooking to prevent burning and get even cooking.

Hope You Enjoy and Keep SIMPLY COOKING!!!