Grilled Steak Tips and Potatoes on Kebabs

Kebabs are an easy way to control portions and eat healthy because you will cook them on the grill.

Something simple and expensive like steak tips and potatoes can become a luxurious meal.  

Usually, the trick is making simplicity taste like it was complicated. 

This America’s Test Kitchen recipe for the sour cream-chive sauce is fresh and taste like summer. 

This recipe calls for the meat TO MARINATE FOR AT LEAST 2 HOURS OR UP TO 24 HOURS. 

My recommendation is to prep the meat, placing it in the marinade before you start your workday.  After the 8-9 hour workday, the meat will be perfect.

   Tricks I learned while cooking this dinner:

• Stabbing the meat with the fork is crucial to penetrate the marinade into the meat
• This is a great marinade for New York strip steaks too
• I used 2 heaping Tablespoons of brown sugar because I wanted the meat to caramelize
• Use a large measuring cup to hold your zip lock bag containing the marinade and meat.
• I spray the metal skewers with olive oil BEFORE sliding on the food. It makes removing the skewers so easy

Grilled Steak Tips and Red Potatoes with a Creamy Chive Sauce Recipe

INGREDIENTS FOR KEBABS

FOR THE STEAK TIPS

• 3 Tablespoons soy sauce
• 3 Tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 1/2 Tablespoons packed brown sugar
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 1/2 teaspoons tomato paste
• 1 1/2 teaspoons paprika
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 12 ounces sirloin steak tips, or sirloin steak, trimmed and cut into 2 1/2 inch pieces

  FOR POTATOES AND SAUCE

• 1 Tablespoon sour cream
• 1 Tablespoon mayonnaise
• 1 Tablespoon chopped fresh chives
• 1 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon water
• salt and pepper to taste
• 12 ounces extra-small red potatoes, halved
• 1 Tablespoon olive oil

DIRECTIONS FOR KEBABS

STEAK TIPS: Whisk soy sauce, oil, sugar, garlic, tomato paste, paprika, pepper, and cayenne together in a bowl until sugar dissolves, transfer to a zip lock bag. 

***Remember, place the zip lock bag in a glass measuring device to hold it in place while pouring meat and marinade in it.

Pat steak tips dry with paper towels and puncture on all sides with a fork. 

Add to a bag with soy sauce mixture and toss to coat;  press out as much air as possible and seal bag. 

Refrigerate for at least 2 hours, up to 24 hours, flipping occasionally.

POTATOES: Combine sour cream, mayonnaise, chives, lemon juice and water in a small bowl and season with salt and pepper to taste. 

Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve. 

Toss potatoes with oil and season with salt and pepper.

Place, cut side down, on plate and microwave until potatoes soften but still hold their shape, 5-7 minutes, flipping them halfway through cooking. 

Let cool for 5 minutes. 

KEBAB SKEWERS: I used a large baking sheet and cover with aluminum foil. 

Lay the skewers (I used a total of 6 for this recipe) on the foil-lined baking sheet. 

Using my olive oil atomizer, I spray each skewer on both sides.  My metal skewers are flat. 

Then lay skewers in a pan while getting ready to place food on them.

POTATOES, place on skewers, CUT SIDE DOWN, in a row on two skewers.

MEAT, slide each piece of meat onto two skewers.

I rough cut a RED BELL PEPPER and A GREEN BELL PEPPER for a vegetable side dish, sliding each 2″ x 2″ piece of pepper onto skewers.

Make sure only one type of food is on one skewer as each of these requires slightly different cook times.

PREPARE THE GRILL:

Turn all burners to high, cover and heat grill until hot, about 10 minutes. 

Turn all burners to high. Clean and oil cooking grate.   

WATCH HOW TO CLEAN YOUR GRILL HERE! 

Place potatoes, turning as needed, until tender and browned on both sides, about 5 minutes.

Cook beef until charred on both sides and it registers 130º for medium, 8 minutes.

Bell peppers can be put on at the same time as the potatoes.

They will not take more than 5 minutes to become charred and cooked tender, but still, have a crunch when bitten.

Transfer potatoes and beef to a serving platter, tent loosely with aluminum foil and let rest for 5-10 minutes. Slide potatoes off skewers, drizzle sauce

Cover potatoes and serve.  

This recipe appears in one of my favorite cookbooks: Cooking for Two 2012 (America’s Test Kitchen)

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