Air Fryer Montreal Steak Bites with Spicy Tomato Butter and Spinach-Quinoa
Cook Time
16mins
Total Time
20mins
Amazingly easy and delicious! Create quick air-fryer dinner with beef steak bites that turns out tender and just every time -- served with spicy tomato butter sauce and spinach-quinoa toss!
Course:
dinner, dinner, entree
Keyword:
air fryer, beef, flat iron, sirloin, steak
Servings: 4servings
Calories: 367kcal
Ingredients
2/3 cupquinoa, rinsedto yield 2 cups cooked
1 1/3cupwater
1lb.beef flat iron steaksor top sirloin or other tender cut
2tsp.olive oil
2tsp.Montreal seasoning
1cupchopped fresh spinach
3tbspbutter
1tbsptomato pesto
1/4 tspdried red pepper flaker, or more to taste
Instructions
Bring water to boil, add quinoa. Reduce to simmer, add lid, cook for 15 minutes, or until all water absorbed. When done, stir in chopped spinach, set aside, keeping lid on pot to stay warm.
Meanwhile, after starting quinoa bring air fryer up to 400F heat.
Cut steaks into 1 ½” chunks, place in bowl, drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with Montreal seasoning. Stir until evenly coated.
Place steak bites into hot tray of Air Fryer, if your air fryer is small, don not overcrowd, simply prepare in two batches.
Air fry for 8 to 10 minutes and remove tray from heat.
While beef cooking, prepare spicy tomato butter by stirring pesto and red pepper flakes into melted butter.
Portion plates with spinach quinoa and beef bites, drizzle with spicy tomato butter.