Grilled Sirloin Tip Steaks with Shallot Butter

Juicy, meaty grilled sirloin tip steaks or flap steaks make for a quick and flavorful weeknight steak dinner without the expense of ribeye or strip steak. And you’ll feel like you’re at a steak house when you top them with a shallot herb compound butter!

Do you just want to be able to buy some meat and simply put it on the grill: no marinating, no brining, no thinking ahead? Yes?

Well then, I have the dinner for you. This meal is our new favorite and I’ve been making it over and over. We just can’t seem to get enough of it. And it’s easy enough I don’t mind making it again.

While I do love to marinate since it’s the best way to get flavor into my meats, sometimes I forget or I’m running late and just thinking about dinner at 5 pm. (I’m not the only one! I know it. 🙂 ) That’s when I need something quick. Something good. Something the whole family will enjoy. Add in my desire lately to Not Heat Up The House. Please. And here we are! Quick and easy, no marinating needed, grilled steak tips.

How to Make Grilled Sirloin Tip Steaks

Since you aren’t marinating the steak, this is truly a 30 minute meal from pulling out all the ingredients to sitting down to eat. To get everything on the table at the same time, I start by salting the meat and setting it aside. Next, I turn on the grill so it will be hot once I’m ready to cook. Then, while the meat is hanging out and the grill is heating, I make the compound butter.

Making the Shallot Butter

To make the shallot butter, start by softening up the stick of butter. If you use grass-fed butter, it’ll soften no worries in about 10 minutes. If you are using grain-fed butter (the standard US butter), cut the stick into 8 pieces and the smaller pieces of butter will soften in about 10-12 minutes.

While your butter is softening, chop up the herbs and saute the shallots and garlic in a tablespoon of butter. Let it cool for a few minutes (your butter is probably still softening anyway), then mix everything together.

Lay out a piece of wax paper or parchment paper and spoon the butter onto the paper in a row. Then fold over the paper and tuck it under the butter, pushing the wax paper up against the butter until it makes an even tube of butter. Put the butter into the fridge to chill while you make the rest of dinner.

If you need a visual on how it’s done, here is a video showing just how to form the butter into a log.

Tip: You don’t have to make the butter into a log if you don’t want to. You can put into a tub or a bowl! Also, it’s okay if the butter is still soft when you eat. This is actually better than fully chilled butter since it will melt easier and taste more flavorful.

Making the Steak and the Rest of Dinner

Now your grill is about hot and the compound butter is chilling, so it’s time to make the rest of dinner. I chose to pair the steak with some Israeli couscous (though orzo would be great too) and grilled broccoli. If you decide to make these sides, measure out the couscous and water now and chop up the broccoli.

Then put the steak on the grill. Let it grill on high with the cover up for about 15 minutes, turning from time to time to get all the sides browned. You want to get the steak to medium, since sirloin tips are mushy if cooked less. I find that a temperature of 140F is perfect for the tips.

While the steak is grilling, toss the broccoli with a little olive oil and kosher salt and put into a grilling basket. Add it to the grill to the side of the steak, giving it a stir every few minutes. (If the broccoli isn’t done when the steak comes off the grill, lower the heat to medium and cover the grill. Check after about 2 minutes. That’s about how long mine takes if it needs more time.)

And don’t forget the couscous! Once you’ve added the sirloin tips and broccoli to the grill, bring the salted water to a boil and cook the couscous according the package directions. Toss the couscous with a little olive oil and salt.

Let the grilled sirloin tip steaks rest for a couple of minutes, then cut against the grain, and slice it into bite-sized pieces. Serve the steak with the shallot butter, grilled broccoli, and Israeli couscous.

Items you may want:

• Grilling Basket
• Instant Read Thermometer

What are sirloin tips?

First of all, sirloin tips are regional. If you’re from New England, you may not even realize that everyone else doesn’t even know what you’re talking about! Since I’m from New England, I had no idea until fairly recently that the rest of the world calls the cut flap meat. And that they find the cut as a steak instead of cut into strips.

Flap steak is a thin cut which comes from the bottom sirloin. It is somewhat similar to hanger steak or flank steak. As with those cuts, flap steak coarse grained with a meaty flavor which benefits from high heat cooking (like grilling) and is best to cut against the grain for maximum tenderness.

Flap steak/sirloin tips need to be cooked to at least medium since the meat tends to be overly soft and chewy when cooked rare or medium rare. This makes it a great steak for those who like their steak more cooked but don’t want to deal with the ‘steak should be rare’ crowd.

Though I chose here to use a quick salt it and go method of preparing the sirloin tips, the steak takes marinades very well. Its loose structure allows the flavors to penetrate easily into the meat.

More Quick Grilling Recipes (no marinating required!)

• Grilled Eggplant and Halloumi Sandwich
• Tender and Juicy Grilled Breaded Chicken Breast
• Grilled Tuscan Steak (Bistecca alla Fiorentina)
• Grilled Sicilian Swordfish with Oregano and Summer Squash
• Paprika Rubbed Steak with Brandy Blue Cheese Sauce

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– Happy Grilling, Annemarie