I think they thought it was Father’s Day…
HH and HHjr went to do some errands and this is what they brought home…
2 “GIANORMOUS”, you know giantly enormous, bone-in rib eye steaks…
“I thought I’d make some Caramelized Onion Herb Butter to top these grilled steaks,” HHjr said as he was putting a rub and a little steak marinade on them.
Excuse me, really? Wow, ok! He loves to cook and often cooks for us on the weekends. I saw him looking through the May Southern Living earlier so I had a feeling something would arise from that~
While the diced onion was caramelizing low and slow in a skillet, he added minced garlic, salt, pepper, and lemon zest to a stick of softened butter. Then he headed out to the garden and picked chives and flat leaf parsley.
Once it spent some time in the fridge, it set back up and looked like this
Oh, yeah, he also decided to top the steaks with Crispy Fried Sweet Onion Rings~ whoa…
So he went ahead and marinated the onion rings in buttermilk. I do so appreciate an organized chef! No photos, but I’m sure you can picture onion rings bathing in a white bath of buttermilk. He fried the onion rings just before grilling the steaks and kept them warm in a low {200} oven.
Hot off the grill, the steaks were topped with the Caramelized Onion Herb butter and Crispy Fried Sweet Onion Rings
I know, right, …………..really?
Are you serious…
Good grief it was amazing!
See the butter starting to melt into the hot steak under that perfect pile of crispy onions?
Oh, I forgot to mention that he made our favorite Magic Potatoes too…as if we didn’t have enough decadence going on here…
The potato recipe is one of those love/hate situations…you are going to love me for it because it is so good, but hate me for showing you how easy it is because you will want to make it all the time…for the potato recipe click here
The Caramelized Onion Herb butter and Crispy Sweet Fried Onion Rings came from the May 2013 issue of Southern Living.
Caramelized Onion Herb Butter
Ingredients
- 1 stick butter softened
- 1 small sweet onion such as Vidalia, diced
- Kosher salt
- freshly cracked black pepper
- 1 garlic clove minced
- 1 tsp lemon zest
- 1 T chopped flat leaf parsley
- 1 T chopped fresh chives
Instructions
- Place onion in a dry skillet with 1 tsp of salt.
- Cook over medium low heat, stirring often, for about 30 minutes, adding more salt half way through.
- Onions are done when they are caramel colored.
- Combine with all other ingredients and place in a bowl or roll into a log and chill. Makes about 1 1/4 cups.
- Place a generous slice on top of a hot steak when serving and it will melt into the meat adding more flavor
Crispy Sweet Onion Rings
Ingredients
- 1 large sweet onion cut into 3/8 inch slices
- 1 1/2 cups buttermilk
- Vegetable oil
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup plain yellow cornmeal
- 2 tsp salt
- dash of cayenne pepper
Instructions
- Separate rings and place in a mixing bowl and cover with buttermilk. Cover bowl and refrigerate 2-24 hours.
- Pour oil to a 2 inch depth in a deep pan and heat to 360.
- Stir flour with cornmeal, salt and cayenne.
- Dredge onion rings in flour mix and lay out on to a baking sheet.
- Fry in batches and drain on paper towels. Salt immediately after frying. Keep warm in a 200 oven until serving.
- Serves 3-4 as a garnish, double the recipe to serve as a side dish.
Are you full? Ha, we are going to eat nothing but vegetables for the rest of the week! If you’d like to see more of these plates and a tablescape click here
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I’m joining some of these great parties this week:
the Tablescaper for SEASONAL SUNDAY
Stone Gable for TUTORIALS, TIPS & TIDBITS THURSDAY
A Stroll Thru Life for INSPIRE ME TUESDAY
Memories by the Mile for TUESDAY TRIVIA
Rattlebridge Farms for FOODIE FRIDAY
No Minimalist Here for OPEN HOUSE THURSDAY
On Sutton Place for BLITZED ON PINTEREST
Clean & Sensible for INSPIRATION EXCHANGE
Easy Life for BBQ BLOCK PARTY