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Saturdays with Rachael Ray – Flat Iron Steak Sammies with Provolone Sauce

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May 8
One of my biggest annoyances with the Food Network website – and I’ve said this before – is that recipes are hard to find. I watched an episode of 30 Minute Meals where Rachael made these sammies. They looked delicious, so I hit the info button on my remote, and wrote down the name of the recipe – Flat Iron Steak Sammies with Provolone Sauce. So when I was making a menu last week, I went over my list and decided to make these sandwiches. So I went online to find the recipe, and it was nowhere to be found. I searched high and low, and finally, by some luck, I clicked on a recipe named “Ciabatta Cheese Steaks with the Works.” Same recipe, different name. I’m glad I got lucky, or I wouldn’t have made these for dinner. And I would have missed out!

These were just what I was hoping they would be. SO delicious! But they are definitely not a first-date sandwich. My husband ended up eating his with a fork and knife, because these babies are messy! But totally worth it! If you watch RR, you will probably have noticed that it seems like she’s been cooking with cubanelle peppers a lot lately. I don’t think I’ve ever seen one in my grocery store before. But I may have found them – although these peppers were labeled as something else (I don’t remember what) and they looked smaller than the peppers she shows on tv. Regardless, the peppers I used totally worked. If you can’t find the cubanelles, you can totally substitute bell peppers in.

And I decided to keep the name I saw on the show – mainly because I didn’t use ciabatta!

Flat Iron Steak Sammies with Provolone Sauce
adapted from 30 Minute Meals

serves 4

prep time: 5 minutes
inactive prep time: 5 minutes
cooking time: 20 minutes

4 flat iron steaks, 6 to 8 ounces each
extra virgin olive oil
grill seasoning
3 cubanelle peppers, (Italian mild frying peppers), seeded and thinly sliced
1 clove garlic, peeled and crushed
1 large onion, thinly sliced
1/4 cup hot pepper rings (sometimes labeled banana pepper rings), drained
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 1/2 cups milk
salt and pepper
nutmeg, freshly grated
2 cups grated provolone cheese
4 hoagie rolls

Leave the steaks on the counter, to take chill off, while the grill or grill pan heats up to medium-high. Coat the steaks with extra-virgin olive oil and grill seasoning.

Heat 2 tablespoons, 2 turns of the pan, extra-virgin olive oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Add the cubanelle peppers, the garlic and onions and cook until very tender, 10 to 12 minutes. Add a splash of hot pepper juice and the hot pepper rings and remove from the heat.

Heat oven to 250 degrees F.

While the peppers cook, put the steaks on the hot grill and cook 10 minutes for rare, 2 minutes longer for each level of desired doneness, turning once about midway during the cook time. Meanwhile heat up a sauce pot over medium heat and add the butter. When the butter has melted, whisk in the flour and stir for 1 minute. Whisk in the milk and season with salt, pepper and nutmeg, to taste. Thicken the sauce for a couple of minutes, then reduce the heat to low.

When the steaks are cooked to desired doneness, remove them to a cutting board and let rest for 5 minutes. Thinly slice on an angle against the grain of the meat. While the meat rests, warm the bread in the oven. Stir the cheese into sauce.

To serve, split the bread lengthwise and spread the steak slices evenly across the bottoms of the bread. Top the steak with the sauce and the peppers and onions. Cover with the bread tops.

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- You can link any blog post, present or past, as long as it is a Rachael Ray recipe.
- Your blog post must link back to this post, mentioning Saturdays with Rachael Ray.
That’s it!! Simple, simple. Just make sure the recipe is a Rachael Ray recipe – it doesn’t matter if it comes from her talk show, 30-Minute Meals, her magazine, or one of her cookbooks. But it must be from Rachael Ray. Any posts that don’t follow these two rules will be deleted from the Mr. Linky.

I can’t wait to see what you’ve made!
15 Comments

15 Responses to “Saturdays with Rachael Ray – Flat Iron Steak Sammies with Provolone Sauce”

Pam said on May 8th, 2010 at 1:06 pm

This is my kind of sandwich, delicious and filling! Love that RR also!

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The Meal Planner said on May 8th, 2010 at 1:48 pm

I know what you mean, I have yet to ever see Cubanelle peppers in my grocery store either. Or anywhere for that matter. I do live in Canada so that may have something to do with it. I don't like bell peppers at all, but I've always been curious about the cubanelle's. If they are supposed to be milder, maybe I'd like them?

Great looking sandwich Deborah!

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Julie said on May 8th, 2010 at 1:56 pm

That looks scrumptious with that cheese all melty on there. Yum!

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Susi said on May 8th, 2010 at 2:30 pm

Looks delicious!

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Joanne said on May 8th, 2010 at 5:22 pm

The FN website can definitely be difficult to navigate at times! Thank goodness you found this though because that sauce is beckoning to me!

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Sherry said on May 8th, 2010 at 10:54 pm

That looks SO good! I've only tried one of her "sammies" so far!

Sherry

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Judi said on May 9th, 2010 at 12:13 am

I would love this 'sammie' – a good combination! My post is up.

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teresa said on May 9th, 2010 at 12:50 am

oh my goodness, yum! i think my favorite part is the provolone sauce.

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Debbi Smith said on May 9th, 2010 at 5:18 am

I've made a few of her recipes, the only one that I posted on my blog was the taco pasta toss but that's been done I see. I get her magazine and newsletter so I'm sure I'll make more. In fact, I think that just last night, I tore several sauce and marinade recipes out of her magasine. Thanks!

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grace said on May 9th, 2010 at 10:06 am

this is an instance where i believe the messier the sandwich gets, the better. i'd add cheese sauce until the bread was just too soggy to pick up.

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Brenda said on May 9th, 2010 at 12:06 pm

This looks absolutely scrumptious. All that melted provolone cheese, yum!! I love Rachael's recipes, she's never failed me yet.

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brannyboilsover.com said on May 9th, 2010 at 1:11 pm

That name change business is so weird!

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Holly said on May 10th, 2010 at 5:56 am

Yum! These look soooo good!! I'll have to try them this week:)

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Kim said on May 10th, 2010 at 1:19 pm

I just saw the episode where she made this sandwich and I thought it looked so good! Just look at all that yummy provolone sauce:D

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Alaina said on May 13th, 2010 at 8:46 pm

I cook a lot from Rachael Ray and most of her recipes can be found on her site rachaelraymag.com! Its been a good resource for me

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