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Thinly sliced steak is sautéed up along with peppers, mushrooms and onions and covered in melty cheese to make for the best Philly Cheesesteak Skillet! It’s an easy dinner for any night of the week. This low-carb meal can be eaten as is, or bulked up and served alongside rice.
Homemade Philly Cheesesteak Skillet
Homemade Philly Cheesesteak SkilletThis skillet dinner is pure comfort food! This fuss-free recipe calls for quickly cooking up all your favorite cheesesteak ingredients in a skillet and serving it it up for dinner. While we all know and love a cheesesteak sandwich, this is a lower carb way of serving up all those same flavors. This dinner is light on the cooking, but heavy on the flavor. This family favorite can be served as, or if you’d like to bulk it up, you can serve it with white rice or cauliflower rice.
Ingredients Needed
Ingredients Needed- Steak (Top Sirloin, Ribeye or Skirt Steak)
- Mushrooms
- Bell Peppers
- Onion
- Salt + Pepper + Garlic Powder
- Provolone Cheese (or Mozzarella)
Tips for Slicing Steak
This recipe calls for a whole steak, instead of shaved steak. It can be tricky to slice it thinly but we have a simple trick:
Place the steak in the freezer for 15 minutes and then slice the steak against the grain as thinly as possible. You want it to be chilled enough that it slices without squishing, but not frozen so that it’s difficult to cut.
How to Make Philly Cheesesteak Skillet
How to Make Philly Cheesesteak SkilletStart by searing the thinly sliced steak on both sides. Make sure you get some good caramelization on it for flavor. Next, remove the steak from the skillet and add in the mushrooms. Cook until all the moisture has evaporated from them.
Next add in peppers, onions, salt, pepper, garlic powder and water. At this point you want to scrap up any browned bits from the bottom of the pan and let cook for 6-8 minutes until the vegetables are starting to soften and the water has evaporated.
Add back in the steak and cook until heated through, and then add in the cheese. Cook until melty and delicious.
How to Serve
This can very happily be served just as is! That will make it a low-carb meal. To bulk it up a bit more, you can add cauliflower rice.
Alternatively it can be serve with white rice as well.
Or if you’re feeling traditional, stick it in a toasty baguette or soft roll!
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LOW CARB PHILLY CHEESESTEAK DINNER
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon avocado oil
- 1-½ pounds top sirloin steak
- 4 ounces mushrooms sliced (about 4-5)
- 1 red pepper sliced
- 1 green pepper sliced
- 1 large white onion sliced
- 1 teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- ¼ cup water
- 1 cup shredded provolone cheese or mozzarella cheese
Instructions
- Heat oil in a large skillet over medium high heat. Add the steak and sear on both sides. Remove the steak and turn down the heat to medium.
- Add in the mushrooms and cook until all the moisture has evaporated, about 6 minutes.
- Add in peppers, onions, salt, pepper, garlic powder and water. Scrap up any browned bits from the bottom of the pan and let cook for 6-8 minutes until the vegetables are starting to soften.
- Add back in the steak and cook until heated through, about 1-2 minutes.
- Top the mixture with cheese and cover and cook until melted.
- Serve immediately as is or with white rice or cauliflower rice.
Notes
- If you cannot find top sirloin, skirt steak and rib eye will also work.
- Pro-tip for slicing the steak: Place the steak in the freezer for 15 minutes and then slice the steak against the grain as thinly as possible.
Just finished eating this for dinner and it was a hit with the family! The only thing I did differently was to make subs and melt the cheese in the broiler.
Such a quick, easy and flavorful dinner! This came together so easily – I just added a few dashes of Worcestershire Sauce to the recipe. I’ll definitely be making this one again!
This was easy to make but it was incredibly bland. Will try again with some extra flavor added.
This is genuinely one of my new favorite foods. Skipped the mushrooms because my husband hates them, added an extra bell, and served over quinoa. Seriously in love. Thank you so much for this banger of a recipe!
This is so wonderful to hear!
Super delicious & super easy! We decided to serve over mashed potatoes and it made for such a comfort-y bowl of dinner goodness. Only took 1 star off because it was SUPER salty, in my opinion. And this is coming from someone who doesn’t mind salt. Just have to make a mental note to cut it a little next time and add more at the end if needed…because there will definitely be a next time!