Easy Dijon Steak Skewers

These easy dijon steak skewers are my favorite way to make steak. Because they are steak tips, they cook up quickly and the easy steak marinade made with dijon mustard is so delicious.

I have cooked this on the grill, in the oven and on the frying pan, all with great success. This recipe will have you buying dijon mustard just to make this because it is that good. Trust me.

Now I am not sure how it has taken me so long to write up this recipe because I have been making this dish for years and literally, everyone loves it! I actually started cooking this recipe after going to a friend’s cookout years ago.

I couldn’t believe how simple and amazing a steak marinade made from Dijon mustard could be on steak.

The two things that are going to make your dijon steak tips amazing are the marinade and the cut of steak.

For this easy steak marinade you will need:

• Dijon mustard
• Olive oil
• Salt and pepper
• paprika

I told you this was an easy steak marinade! This marinade can be made ahead of time and the steaks can sit in the marinade for days and only taste better!

I like to use ziploc style bags when I marinate my meat. It allows me to quivkly throw all my ingredients into one container and then seal it up and massage the marinade all over the meat.

You can use whatever you have on hand though to do this part of the recipe.

Here are the steps to putting your ingredients together:

You will first want to gather all of your ingredients. Pretty straight forward!

You then want to add everything into your ziploc bag. You do not have to be neat, just throw it all in!

Now you just add your steak into the bag with all of the ingredients and seal the bag making sure to burp out a little air from the bag. Once it is nice and sealed go ahead and start massaging the steak and marinade together by holding the outside of bag and mixing the ingredients all around.

Place the bag in a bowl and place in the fridge for at least 2 hours but preferably overnight. You can even do this 2 days in advance and it will taste even better.

Now that I have explained the marinade, the next important step is knowing the best cuts of steak to use for skewers. If you want to use this dijon marinade for a regular steak that has not been cut into tips then you can just skip this part.

When using skewers, it is always best to use a leaner cut of meat since the cooking time is fast. If you have steak with lots of marbeling you will not have time to cook off the fat inside of the meat. This will not taste very good biting into a mouthful of uncooked fat.

Find a nice lean cut, some store actaully sell packages of steak tips so you don;t have to worry about selecting the right cut of meat.

Here are my favorite cuts of meat to use for these dijon steak skewers:

• Tri-Tip steak
• NY strip steak (most of the fat is usually on the outside and easy to trim off). Even though this is more of a prime cut, I will cube up a couple steaks and add veggies to the skewer to bulk up the portion of food. So 2 steaks can feed 4 people! I will also make a quick salad to go with it as well.
• Any sirloin cut of meat.

If you follow this advice on choosing the best cuts of steak for your skewers, then you will be on the right track to not have dried out or chewy meat! This also applies to any dish that uses smaller cuts of meat. I make a pepper steak following this same idea.