Spicy Steak With Spinach

It was another steak night. As you know, we eat quite a bit of steak in our house. Larry would eat meat and potatoes every night if I would let him. So since we eat a lot of steak, I am always looking for new and creative ways to fix it. This time I chose a spicy garlic and chili marinade and then I topped it off with some spinach and mushrooms. With a few roasted potatoes, a tomato tart and a Malbec on the side, dinner was complete.

Garlic-Chili Marinade for Steak

This marinade was so easy. You can use this same marinade for chicken or pork too. It’s spicy, but not too spicy, but gives you just enough kick to get you going.

6 TBSP olive oil

1 TBSP garlic

1 jalapeno, seeded

1 TBSP chili oil

1 TBSP chipotle peppers with sauce

salt to taste

Put everything into a food processor and process for about 30 seconds or until everything is smooth. Then coat the meat and let it marinate for at least an hour before cooking.

I pan-seared my steak, but you can grill it too. We are in the middle of a very cold and windy winter storm right now, so grilling and being outside was not really a good option at this time. :)

I made spinach, mushrooms, garlic, shallots and tomatoes as both my vegetable option and as a topping for my steak. I sauteed it all in olive oil and butter with salt and pepper, then added some lemon olive oil at the very end, when I added my tomatoes.

After the steak was cooked to a nice medium rare, and the spinach was cooked, I made a little bed of spinach on my plate and added the steak to that, with an extra topping of the spinach mixture on top.

This was a perfect meal for a cold winter’s night. It was full of warmth and goodness.

Happy New Year everyone. May 2024 bring good health, happiness and prosperity to all. ’Til next time.

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Author: ajeanneinthekitchen

I have worked in the restaurant and catering industry for over 35 years. I attended 2 culinary schools in Southern California, and have a degree in culinary arts from the Southern California School of Culinary Arts, as well as a few other degrees in other areas. I love to cook and I love to feed people.

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