Easy Steak Provencale Recipes

HANGER STEAK PROVENCAL

Steps:

• 1. Set up a grill for both direct and indirect heat.
• 2. Mix together the herbes de Provence, large pinch salt, and olive oil; rub onto the steaks. Place the steaks on the hot grill over high heat until marked, about 2 minutes per side. Transfer to indirect heat, cover, and cook 12 minutes more for medium-rare.
• 3. Let rest 10 minutes. Slice, cutting across the grain. Sprinkle with salt and serve.

BEEF PROVENCALE

Steps:

• Heat a large, heavy-bottomed skillet over medium-high heat. Season the meat generously with salt and pepper, to taste. Add the oil to the skillet and heat just until beginning to smoke. Brown the meat all over and sear the roast, turning as each side turns a deep mahogany, about 10 minutes. While the meat browns, put the flour into a medium bowl and whisk with about 1 1/2 cups of the chicken broth until smooth.
• Crush the tomatoes through your fingers into the slow cooker; stir in their juices, 3 tablespoons of the cognac, herbes de Provence, and the 2 teaspoons salt.
• Transfer the browned meat to the slow cooker. Add the remaining 1/2 cup chicken broth to the skillet; let it bubble for a minute and then stir with a wooden spoon to scrape up the browned bits on the bottom of the pan. Pour over the meat, then scatter the garlic, carrots, fennel, and onion over and around the meat. Pour the flour mixture over. Cover the cooker, set it on HIGH, and cook for 4 hours. Set the cooker on LOW and cook until the meat is very tender, up to 2 hours more (for a total of 6 hours). Transfer the meat to a cutting board. Skim any excess fat off the top of the sauce in the cooker.
• To finish the sauce: Stir the remaining 1 tablespoon cognac, the tomato tapenade, parsley, and orange zest into the vegetables and sauce in the slow cooker. Season with salt and pepper, to taste. Slice the meat and lay the slices down the center of a serving platter. Arrange the vegetables around the meat and spoon some sauce over the top. Serve with hot buttered egg noodles. Pass the remaining sauce.

EASY STEAK PROVENCALE

Steps:

• Pour wine into a large plastic zip-top bag and add smashed garlic cloves.
• Place steaks into bag, seal and "knead" bag to cover steaks all over in wine.
• Place in fridge to marinate (at least one hour).
• Meanwhile, coarsely chop black and green olives.
• Place olives in a medium-sized bowl; stir in chopped tomato and capers with liquid.
• Season with black pepper to taste.
• Place olive mixture in fridge until needed.
• When ready to cook, season steaks with the salt, pepper and garlic powder.
• Heat oil over medium heat in a large skillet.
• Add steaks and cook 2-5 minutes per side for desired doneness (rare to medium).
• Place steaks on a serving platter and top each with equal portions of the olive mixture.

PRESSURE COOKER BEEF DAUBE PROVENCAL

Steps:

• Sprinkle beef with 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Select saute setting on a 6-qt. electric pressure cooker. Adjust for medium heat; add oil. When oil is hot, brown beef in batches., Add carrots, onions and garlic to pressure cooker; cook and stir until golden brown, 4-6 minutes. Add tomato paste; cook and stir until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add wine, stirring to loosen browned bits. Return beef to pressure cooker. Add tomatoes, broth, rosemary, thyme, bay leaf, cloves and remaining 1 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Press cancel., Lock lid; close pressure-release valve. Adjust to pressure-cook on high for 30 minutes. Let pressure release naturally for 10 minutes; quick-release any remaining pressure. A thermometer inserted in beef should read at least 160°. Discard bay leaf. Serve with hot cooked pasta. If desired, sprinkle with additional thyme. Freeze option: Place beef and vegetables in freezer containers; top with cooking juices. Cool and freeze. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Heat through in a covered saucepan, stirring gently and adding a little broth if necessary.

BEEF STEAK PROVENCALE

Steps:

• Mix flour, salt, and pepper.
• Pound into the steak on both sides.
• Cut steak in 6 pieces.
• Heat oil in 10 inch skillet.
• Cook and brown beef for about 10 minutes.
• Add wine, garlic, and water.
• Heat to boiling.
• Reduce heat, cover and simmer 1 hour.
• Add olives, carrots, and onions.
• Cover and simmer until beef and carrots are tender, about 30 minutes.
• Serve with buttered noodles.

HERBES DE PROVENCE GRILLED FLANK STEAK

Steps:

• Prepare a grill for medium-high heat; brush the grates lightly with oil.
• Mix the oil, herbes de Provence, 1 teaspoon salt and a few grinds of pepper in a small bowl. Rub the mixture all over the steak.
• Grill the steak, turning once, until slightly charred and crisp and an instant-read thermometer registers 130 degrees F for medium-rare, about 7 minutes per side. Transfer to a cutting board to rest for 10 minutes. Thinly slice against the grain and serve with green beans and potatoes.
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SWORDFISH PROVENCAL

Steps:

• For the sauce, heat the olive oil in a large (12-inch) saute pan. Add the onions, fennel, bell peppers, and garlic and cook over medium-low heat for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables are soft. Put the tomatoes with their juices in a food processor fitted with the steel blade and pulse several times, until very large diced. Add the tomatoes to the sauce, then the chicken stock, white wine, anchovies, 1 teaspoon salt, and 1 teaspoon pepper. Simmer over low heat for 25 to 30 minutes, stirring occasionally, until thickened. Add the chopped basil, capers, and butter and cook for 1 minute.
• Meanwhile, prepare a grill with hot coals. Brush the swordfish with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Grill over high heat for 5 minutes on each side until the center is no longer raw. Don¿t overcook! Place a puddle of sauce on a serving plate, arrange the swordfish on top, and garnish with extra basil. Serve hot or at room temperature.

FLANK STEAK WITH PROVENCAL STYLE RUB

Steps:

• Position a broiler pan on the rack closest to the broiler and preheat to high for at least 10 minutes.
• Pulse the anchovies, garlic, Dijon mustard, herbes de Provence, salt and pepper in a small food processor. Add the olive oil and pulse to mix. Rub the paste all over the steak.
• Carefully pull the preheated pan from the broiler, set the steak in the center of the rack (it should sizzle when it hits the pan), and return to the broiler. Cook until the meat feels firm but still gives gently when pressed, 8 to 10 minutes for medium rare. (If your pan rack has preheated properly, it will not be necessary to turn the meat. However, if your broiler doesn't have a high output of heat, turn the meat 3/4 of the way through cooking to finish off the other side.)
• Remove the meat from the broiler, remove it to a cutting board and let it rest for 5 to 10 minutes. Thinly slice the meat, against the grain, set on a platter. Serve warm with lemon wedges.

QUICK EASY PROVENCAL SAUCE

Steps:

• finely chop the garlic, and slice the onions. Add to a pan and sweat.
• Add the tomatos, white wine and mixed herbs and simmer until a sauce consistancy
• For a reallly fine sauce just put through a blender. But it is best left chunky for pasta sauce