Mini Philly Cheesesteaks
Appetizers and Snacks Meat and Poultry Beef
Miniaturized sandwiches don't usually float my boat, or submarine, as they're almost always not as good as the full-sized versions, but these mini Philly cheesesteaks really captured everything I love about the classic.
Servings per recipe: 12
Calories per serving: 280
Preparation time: 30m
Total cooking time: 1h 20m
Ingredients:
- Cheese Sauce:
- 2 tablespoons butter, or as needed
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour, or as needed
- 1 cup cold milk
- 2 ounces shredded provolone cheese, or more to taste
- 1 pinch ground nutmeg
- 1 pinch cayenne pepper
- salt to taste
- 1 (12 ounce) skirt steak
- salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
- 3 tablespoons olive oil, divided, or as needed
- 1/4 cup water
- 1/3 cup diced onion
- 1/3 cup diced sweet peppers
- 2 baguettes, or as needed, cut into 48 1/2-inch thick slices
- 1/4 cup shredded provolone cheese, or as needed
Directions:
- 1 Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line baking sheets with aluminum foil.
- 2 Melt butter in a skillet over medium-high heat. Whisk flour into hot butter and cook, whisking constantly, until mixture is pale and flour taste cooks off, about 1 minute. Pour milk into flour mixture and cook, whisking constantly, until mixture is hot and thickened, 3 to 6 minutes. Add 2 ounces provolone cheese, nutmeg, cayenne pepper, and salt; stir until cheese is completely melted. Remove from heat.
- 3 Season steak all over with salt and ground black pepper.
- 4 Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in skillet over medium-high heat. Cook steak in hot oil, turning occasionally, until meat is slightly firm and pink on the inside, 5 to 7 minutes. Transfer meat to a plate.
- 5 Return skillet to heat and pour water into the skillet; bring to a boil while scraping the browned bits of food off of the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon. Pour liquid from the skillet over steak. Cool steak to room temperature; dice meat and place meat and accumulated juices from the plate into a large bowl.
- 6 Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a skillet over medium-high heat; saute onion and peppers in hot oil until softened and slightly translucent, about 5 minutes.
- 7 Stir peppers and onions mixture into diced meat; season with salt and pepper.
- 8 Spread bread slices out on prepared baking sheets and drizzle remaining olive oil over the top. Turn slices over so that the oiled-side is facing down. Spread a thick layer of cheese mixture onto each slice. Spoon meat mixture over cheese. Sprinkle provolone cheese over the top of each slice.
- 9 Bake in the preheated oven until browned and cheese is melted, 12 to 15 minutes.
Nutrion facts:
| Total Fat | 9.9g | 15% |
| Saturated Fat | 4.0g | |
| Cholesterol | 18mg | 6% |
| Sodium | 489mg | 20% |
| Potassium | 172mg | 5% |
| Total Carbohydrates | 34.8g | 11% |
| Dietary Fiber | 1.6g | 6% |
| Protein | 12.9g | 26% |
| Sugars | 3g | |
| Vitamin A | 306IU | |
| Vitamin C | 6mg | |
| Calcium | 110mg | |
| Iron | 2mg | |
| Thiamin | 0mg | |
| Niacin | 6mg | |
| Vitamin B6 | 0mg | |
| Magnesium | 24mg | |
| Folate | 92mcg |
