Here’s a classic steak dinner with creamy mashed potatoes and tender green beans—simple, balanced, and delicious. 🥩🥔🥦
🥩 Steak with Mashed Potatoes & Green Beans
🧾 Ingredients (2 servings)
Steak
- 2 steaks (ribeye, sirloin, or strip)
- Salt and black pepper
- 1 tbsp olive oil or butter
- Optional: 1 garlic clove & fresh herbs (thyme or rosemary)
Mashed Potatoes
- 500 g (1 lb) potatoes, peeled and cubed
- 3 tbsp butter
- ½ cup milk or cream (warm)
- Salt and pepper, to taste
Green Beans
- 250 g (½ lb) green beans, trimmed
- 1 tbsp butter or olive oil
- Salt and pepper
- Optional: garlic or lemon juice
👩🍳 Instructions
1️⃣ Mashed Potatoes
- Boil potatoes in salted water until fork-tender (15–20 minutes).
- Drain well and mash with butter, warm milk, salt, and pepper.
- Cover to keep warm.
2️⃣ Green Beans
- Bring a pot of salted water to a boil.
- Cook green beans 3–5 minutes until tender-crisp.
- Drain and toss with butter or olive oil, salt, and pepper.
- Optional: sauté briefly with garlic or finish with lemon juice.
3️⃣ Steak
- Remove steaks from fridge 20 minutes before cooking.
- Pat dry and season generously with salt and pepper.
- Heat a skillet over high heat; add oil or butter.
- Sear steaks 2–4 minutes per side (depending on thickness and doneness).
- Optional: add garlic and herbs, baste with butter.
- Rest steaks 5 minutes before serving.
⭐ Steak Doneness Guide
- Rare: 2 min/side
- Medium-rare: 3 min/side
- Medium: 4 min/side
- Well-done: 5+ min/side
🍽️ Serving Tip
Plate mashed potatoes first, top with steak, and serve green beans on the side. Spoon a little pan butter over the steak for extra flavor.
If you’d like, I can also share a steakhouse peppercorn sauce, garlic mashed potato upgrade, or an oven-finished steak method—just tell me!
