Flatiron Steak with Potatoes

So this is a pretty easy, affordable steak dish, with spinach cream sauce and accompanied by butter-fried red potatoes. Yum!










1 pound flatiron steak (if your shopping choices are Kroger or Walmart, in this case I would go with Kroger -- their flatirons are much better quality, with less gristle and fat)
Worcestershire sauce
Cumin
Cilantro
Garlic salt

3 Tbsp butter
7 or 8 red potatoes
Mrs. Dash Garlic & Herb seasoning

2 Tbsp butter
2 Tbsp flour (I use whole wheat, but you can use white if you prefer)
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup heavy cream
1 handful chopped fresh chopped spinach

Marinate your steak in the Worcestershire, cumin, cilantro, and garlic salt. Go easy on the cumin and cilantro -- it doesn't take much to get the point across. As always, the longer you can marinate, the better, but even a half hour will be fine.

Wash and quarter your red potatoes, then halve the quarters. Melt the 3 Tbsp butter over medium heat, then add the potatoes and mix them well in the butter. Sprinkle on the Mrs. Dash and stir again really well, then turn down to just below medium heat, cover, and cook for around 20-25 minutes.

This gives you plenty of time to do everything else you need to do! Chop your spinach, measure out your milk and cream (I just measured them into the same Pyrex measuring cup for ease), and set up your frying pan and sauce pan.

Your steak and sauce will take less than 10 minutes. I start them at the same time.

Place steak in pan and turn it on to just above medium heat.

Melt 2 Tbsp butter in sauce pan. Add 2 Tbsp flour and whisk until it's smooth and bubbly. Pour in the milk and cream, and as you're whisking that into the flour/butter mixture, sprinkle in the chopped spinach. Whisk until everything is good and mixed.

Flip your steaks.

Bring your sauce to a boil for about 1 minute, whisking constantly, then simmer and whisk until your steaks are done. I like mine rare or medium rare, so it doesn't usually take long.

Now, if you bought your steak at Kroger, you likely just cooked ONE piece of meat that will feed both of you. What I usually do when I have a Kroger steak is cut it into thin strips after I've cooked it, and then cover them with the sauce.

However, if you bought the steak at Walmart, it's probably 4 smaller pieces. Just arrange them on your plate and cover with cream sauce.

I found that the potatoes and the sauce went well together -- the potatoes made a good "mopping up" food, since I didn't serve any bread with this. I figured that the potatoes were enough starch.

Economics and substitutions:

You can usually get enough flatiron steak to feed two people for $5 or under -- I got mine for tonight on manager's special and it was less than $4. If you don't feel like spending extra money on the cream for the sauce, then use 1 cup milk instead of half milk and half cream, and simmer a little longer. If you don't have cumin and cilantro for the marinade, then just use Worcestershire and salt, or, if you don't have Worcestershire either, just salt. I've done it all 3 ways, and they're all good.