Beef Tips and Potatoes in Foil

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Steak and Potato Foil Packs

Tender chunks of juicy steak with a buttery garlicky flavor, cooked with delicious potatoes and carrots. These are all cooked to perfection with herbs and spices inside a foil packet. Did I mention you can make these in the oven or on a grill? The perfect dinner the whole family will love, and perfect no matter the time of the year.

These steak and potato foil packs are not only a fun meal perfect for summer grilling, but by using the Ibotta app to earn cash back on groceries, it is also an economic dinner option too!

This recipe is always a hit, and it is a classic meat and potatoes meal with a fun modern twist. It is fairly simple to make, uses pantry staples like onion and garlic powder, and the results are juicy, tender, and flavorful!

In other words, this recipe is an all around winner, and checks tons of boxes.

What You Need to Make Steak and Potato Foil Pack

These foil packs are super simple, steak, potatoes, carrots, and a bunch of seasonings and butter to add flavor. Plus when you use Ibotta when purchasing these ingredients, whether through the app, or browser extension, you can earn cash back. So what do you need? You probably already have a lot on hand:

• • Top sirloin steak: You can sub other steak here, but this is the steak I found to be the most tender, juicy, and flavorful with this particular cooking method. I do not recommend skirt or flank steak, as it is too tough and chewy when cooked this way.
  • Baby yellow potatoes: Be sure to cut them uniformly, and follow the instructions so you get a nice even cook!
  • Carrots, cut into 1 inch pieces: While you can use baby carrots, regular carrots, peeled and cut are FAR superior in this recipe.
  • Olive oil
  • Seasonings: salt, fresh ground black pepper, cayenne pepper, onion powder, Italian Seasoning
  • Minced garlic
  • Butter: You can use salted or unsalted.
  • Garnish: fresh thyme or parsley

  Other: Heavy Duty Foil

Supplies:

• Glass Bowls
• Cutting Board
• Foil: A heavy duty foil is best if you are planning to grill.

How to Make Steak and Potato Foil Pack

1. Shop with Ibotta:First thing you want to do is get rewarded and earn cash back while shopping for the ingredients for this recipe. You can do this with Ibotta online, in-store, and through the app. Don't forget to link your loyalty accounts before shopping!
2. Prep The Steak: Trim the fat off your top sirloin steaks, and cut them into 2 inch pieces. Don't cut them smaller, as this helps to insure even cooking, and give you a nice medium or medium rare piece of steak.
3. Prep Potatoes: You want to cut potatoes into 1 inch size pieces, as they will take longer to cook than the steak. This will mean quartering or halving them, depending on the size of potatoes you pick. Once cut up you are going to par boil them to get the cooking process started and help them be tender. To do this, place potatoes in a microwave safe bowl, and cover with water. Microwave for 4-5 minutes, then drain off water, and set aside.
4. Combine: In a large bowl combine all ingredients, except the garnish, and toss to combine.
5. Assemble Foil Packs: You need heavy duty foil, cut out your 12×12 inch pieces and d ivide steak and potatoes between the 4 12×12 inch sheets of foil, then top each with 1 tablespoon butter. Wrap the foil tightly around the contents to form your foil packs. Fold edges to create a seal.
6. Cook: You can choose whether you grill them or use the oven to bake them.

Grill

1. Preheat your grill to high heat. Approximately 450 degrees F.
2. Place foil packs directly on grill grates. Cook for 10 minutes.
3. Flip foil packets over, and grill an additional 10 minutes. Or until potatoes are cooked through and steak has reached your desired doneness
4. For char, or grill marks, open packet, and finish steak pieces directly on grill for 3-4 minutes or pop into your oven on broil and broil 2-3 minutes.
5. Garnish with fresh thyme or parsley, and serve.

Bake

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F
2. Place foil packets on a baking sheet, or directly on the rack, and bake for 20-25 minutes until cooked through to desired doneness.
3. Open foil packets, and switch oven over to broil. Broil on high for 2-3 minutes to caramelize the steak pieces.
4. Garnish with fresh thyme or parsley and serve.

Tips and Tricks for making Steak and Potato Foil Packs

Making this recipe is Eazy Peazy, but here are some tips to make sure you get the best results every time:

• Desired Doneness: Cooking your steak to the right temperature matters, so ask yourself how done you want it, and adjust cook time and size of steak pieces accordingly. For example, a rare or medium-rare steak should be cut into larger pieces so it won't cook all the way through while the potatoes cook. A well done steak should be cut into smaller, 1-inch pieces to achieve doneness.
• Get Char: If you want a char on the steak, which is going to add some flavor and caramelization, you can open up the packets at the end, and pop them under the broiler of your oven, set to high, for a couple minutes, then serve.
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• Ingredients Subs: This recipe has been tested with these ingredients and variations. These are the ingredients that work best. Instead of olive oil, you can swap a different vegetable or avocado oil, but olive gave the best flavor. Instead of baby yellow potatoes, you can use fingerling, baby Yukon gold, etc. but I love the baby yellow because of the flavor. A fattier steak cut like a ribeye would work here, but you don't want to use something that won't stay tender, so avoid flank or skirt here.
• Heavy Foil: If you plan to cook over open flame or in a campfire, use a heavy duty foil, or double up the layers so you do not burn your dinner.
• Take Care: Be really careful when opening the foil packets, as they will have hot juices and steam in them that wants to escape, and you want to be able to enjoy eating them, not get burned by them. Place them on a plate, on a table, and open, this way the juices do not run out onto your hands or lap.

Make Ahead and Storage

Can you make steak and potato foil packs ahead? Yes and no!

While you don't want to make these and freeze them or even refrigerate them too long, you can mix them up 4-6 hours ahead without running into issues. Much longer than that, and your potatoes will start to oxidize and not be as good.

If you happen to have leftovers, one option is to reheat them in the oven or on the grill. Just know, reheating will cook the steak further. You aren't going to get the perfect steak with this recipe, but it is a fun, easy, flavorful way to cook your whole dinner in a fun way.

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• 2-2 1/2 pounds top sirloin steak
• 1 pound baby yellow potatoes
• ½ pound carrots cut into 1 inch pieces
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
• ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1 tablespoon minced garlic
• 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
• 2 tsps Italian Seasoning
• 4 Tbs butter divided
• Garnish: fresh thyme or parsley
• Other: Heavy Duty Foil

• Trim the fat off your top sirloin steaks, and cut them into 2 inch pieces. Don't cut them smaller, as this helps to insure even cooking.

• Cut potatoes into 1 inch size pieces, which will mean quartering or halving them, depending on the size.

• Place potatoes in a microwave safe bowl, and cover with water. Microwave for 4-5 minutes, to help the potatoes start cooking and get tender. Drain off water, and set aside.

• In a large bowl combine all ingredients, except the garnish, and toss to combine.

• Cut and lay out 4 12×12 inch pieces of foil.

• Divide steak and potatoes between the 4 12×12 inch sheets of foil, then top each with 1 tablespoon butter.

• Wrap the foil tightly around the contents to form your foil packs. Fold edges to create a seal.

Grill

• Preheat your grill to high heat. Approximately 450 degrees F.

• Place foil packs directly on grill grates. Cook for 10 minutes.

• Flip foil packets over, and grill an additional 10 minutes. Or until potatoes are cooked through and steak has reached your desired doneness

• For char, or grill marks, open packet, and finish steak pieces directly on grill for 3-4 minutes.

• Garnish with fresh thyme or parsley, and serve.

Bake

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F

• Place foil packets on a baking sheet, or directly on the rack, and bake for 20-25 minutes until cooked through to desired doneness.

• Open foil packets, and swithc oven over to broil. Broil on high for 2-3 minutes to caramelize the steak pieces.

• Garnish with fresh thyme or parsley and serve.

To insure even cooking, cut steaks into pieces that are two inches in size, and potatoes to one inch or smaller.
You can skip the direct grilling and/or broiling, but it adds flavor.

Our recipe card software calculates these nutrition facts based on averages for the above ingredients, different brands, and quality of produce/meats may have different nutritional information, always calculate your own based on the specific products you use in order to achieve accurate macros for this recipe.

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