Ingredients:
  1 1/2 lb. beef cube steak
  5 tablespoons olive oil, divided
  2 large garlic cloves, minced
  2 green onions, finely diced
  1 teaspoon corn starch, diluted in 1/2 cup of water
  1 teaspoon thyme, ground
  kosher salt and ground black pepper, to taste
 
Directions:
1. In a large skillet add 3 tablespoons of olive oil over high heat. Once oil is hot place cube steak in it and brown on both sides. Remove and set aside, keep warm.
2. Add remaining oil to skillet. Add garlic first, cook for 1 minute. Then add green onions. Cook for 2 minutes longer.
3. Stir in corn starch mixture, thyme, and salt and pepper. Stir continuously until it begins to thicken.
4. Place cube steak back in skillet. Cover and set on low and simmer for 30 minutes.
5. Remove and serve over smashed potatoes.

Curry Powder is another unique spice that I can’t live without.  When you add the right amount of curry to any barbeque dry rub recipe or barbeque sauce you won’t believe the difference in taste.  Curry is used all over the world, but growing up in St. Louis Missouri I was not exposed to it often.  Curry goes well with beef cube steak.  I recommend slightly heating it to bring out the aroma of the spice in a warm skillet prior to applying to beef cube steak.

Fresh garlic has an amazing aroma.  I recommend always using fresh garlic.  Simple flatten the garlic clove with the blade of a butcher knife applying a little pressure.  This will separate the garlic from its shell and encourage the juices to come out.  Garlic will spices up most of my beef cube steak recipes.

Unsalted Butter

There is not need to get butter that has salt already in it.  Not only is it probably the cheapest salt available, but is takes some of the control out of cooking.  Personally, I also like to take ingredients like fresh garlic and melt them along with my unsalted butter.  It is a simple garlic butter recipe.  Butter is definitly a key ingredient in most dishes. 

Turmeric

Turmeric is not a well know spice here in the states.  It is a South Asian spice usually used in Indian recipes.  Some of the benefits of Turmeric besides is unique taste have been linked to healthy teeth and the prevention of Alzheimer’s disease.  I like to heat this spice on an iron skillet before adding it to my favorite barbeque dry rub recipes.  Turmeric complements chicken very well.

Cheap Whiskey

I prefer to use McCormick whiskey to most of my barbeque recipes.  I find the whiskey complements the taste of beef cube steak.  There is no reason to waste expensive whiskey when making barbque sauce.  Most stores will sell McCormick’s for about $13 for a 1.75ltr.  Also, if you are going to mix yourself a drink with coke, you may as well use this.

Dark Brown Sugar

Dark Brown Sugar caramelizes on the grill and gives a sweet smokey barbeque taste to your beef cube steak or any other red meat.  I use it as an essential part of my barbeque dry rub recipes.  Don’t be shy with it especially in your barbeque sauce recipes.  I add at least a cup for any 1 bottle of barbeque sauce added as a base.

Cheap Barbeque Sauce

Cheap Barbeque Sauce makes a great base for many recipes.  Unless you are going to take the time to make your own barbeque sauce recipes from scratch, I recommend just buying the most affordable sauce available and adding to it.  I don’t know any off the shelf sauce that is comparable to the finished result when you spice up cheap sauce.  Most of my Barbeque Recipes will show you how to turn plain sauce into your own creation.