UPC’s Slow Cooked Apple Steak: A Post-Workout Favorite!
What you’ll need:
- 1 lb frozen Grass-Fed Steak (this cut is a rib-eye; but any cut will do)
- Spices: Fresh ground pepper and Turmeric
- 1 medium Organic Apple (this time I used a Fuji)
- 1/2 large Organic Sweet Potato, home-fry cut
- 4-6 Crimini Mushrooms, quartered
- 1 medium Organic Zucchini, home-fry cut
- 1 tablespoon Coconut Oil
- (optional) 1 large Carrot, home-fry cut
- Spices (choose 2): Oregano, Thyme, Marjoram, Rosemary, Garlic, Ginger
Serves: 2
Cook and Prep Time: 65 minutes
1. Add the steak and the coconut oil to a large pan (with a cover) and turn on to high.
2. Let the pan heat up completely so that the steak is sizzling, then turn the pan down to “Simmer”.
3. As soon as the steak is no longer sizzling, flip it, so that the still-frozen side is down in the pan.
4. Spice the seared side of the steak.
5. Lay the sliced apple out on top of the now-spiced steak, covering the top of the steak as completely as you can.
6. Add the home-fry cut vegetables around the outside of the pan, filling the remainder of the pan with the vegetables.
7. Spread the vegetable spices around on the home-fry vegetables, getting as good coverage as you can.
8. Cover the pan, and let cook for 60 minutes.
Notes and thoughts:
This is one of my favorite meals to make while I’m working out. It’s really easy to prep, taking all of about 5 minutes to sear the meat, spice it, chop and add the veggies to the pan, and cover it. The whole thing is quick, easy, and trouble free! Then I can leave it cooking, entirely ignored while I go hit the gym for an hour. And there’s a delicious Paleo meal, waiting for me cooked and ready as soon as I return! The most difficult part of this meal is not eating it the moment I walk in the door!
If you’re not going to be out for a full hour, there are a few variations that you can make that will increase the enjoyment of parts of this meal. If you follow the above instructions, the vegetables will be fully cooked. They’ll feel, taste, and eat more like stewed vegetables than a stir-fry. There are times when I really like the crisp but cooked flavor of a great stir-fry, but of course, if I’m working out while my food cooks, that’s not the kind of meal I am going to end up with. So, if you’re going to have some time left over after your workout, here is how I would suggest modifying this recipe:Cook the steak with the sweet potatoes and mushrooms spread around it. Take the sweet potatoes and mushrooms out of the pan after about 30 minutes of cooking (or whenever is convenient to you). You can leave them in a bowl to the side. About 15 minutes before meal time, add some carrots to the steak pan to start to soften up.
About 10 minutes before meal time, retrieve the carrots from the steak pan and add them to a new pan. In the fresh pan, add the zucchini, some coconut oil, and some fresh quartered Crimini mushrooms. Cook these on high for about 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Turn the heat off and let them sit in the pan. After turning the heat off, add the sweet potatoes and the other mushrooms in with the stir fry, give a good thorough mixing, so that all of the vegetables are mixed together, and leave this to sit until meal time – about 5 more minutes. When it’s meal time, serve all of the stir-fry and slow-cooked vegetables together.
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Reblogged this on Steven Waddell and commented:
Yum!
Love the idea of the apple steak! I’ve never tried it before, but the method is definitely going to be sampled in our house next week! Do you like apple cider vinegar? I often use it in my salad dressings and vegie dishes as it’s supposed to have therapeutic properties. I can imagine splashing some onto the vegetables in this dish π
I do like apple cider vinegar – and use it regularly. I agree, splashing some over these veggies would be great!
The steak looks delicious! I wonder if I can use the pressure-cooker for this recipe…
I bet it would work – I’ve never used a pressure cooker. Give it a try and let me know how it goes!
I will!
I am going to try the recipe with several types of apple! π
Awesome! I love the subtle flavor differences between some of my favorite apples, like Fuji and Macintosh and Gala. Cooking with a Red Delicious yields a nice flavor difference versus a Pink Lady.
I can’t wait to hear about your adventures with apples!
I am thinking about using the mini apples from Malang (Indonesia). It has unique flavor but it is rock hard. Most people I know turn them into pickles, jam, etc. I think the pressure-cooker will manage to handle these apples! I’ll let you know how it turns out. π
Crap, now I want to thaw that steak that’s in the freezer!
You’re in luck! This recipe is designed to work with a frozen steak – all you have to do is follow the recipe and your steak will come out amazing!
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I just tried this recipe by using the pressure cooker. I posted the result on my FB timeline. π
It was super yummy! Thank you very much for sharing the recipe. π
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10201204997554251&set=a.1137081434463.2021715.1450193955&type=1&relevant_count=1
That’s awesome!!
Now I’m tempted to go get a pressure cooker and give this a go myself! I’m not sure how tolerant my wife would be of yet another gadget in the kitchen though…
Ha ha ha
I can totally imagine how she might react. I got the pressure cooker from one of my aunts.
My kitchen is filled with weird gadgets which I got from many people. I have not got the chance to try them all. Some of those gadgets look so complicated, I am not sure what their functions are!
Some of them ended up becoming my favorite, though. (The pressure cooker is one of them, obviously) π
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