Herbed Butter Steak

This herbed butter steak is a delicious recipe resulting in the tastiest steak you've ever eaten! So simple to make with only a few ingredients and minimal work, you can easily make this on the grill. This is the perfect recipe for your next cookout or BBQ. Seasoned butter steak is a low carb, keto, and paleo-friendly grilling recipe! 

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You'll ❤️ Grilled Ribeye Steaks

Easy Grilled Steak Recipe

This is an EASY grilled steak recipe. Simply brush steaks with olive oil, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and grill until desired doneness. Top with delicious garlic herb compound butter, and you will be in heaven!

Best BBQ Recipe

Another family-friendly recipe that everyone in our house loves. There are 5 of us in our house, so with all those mouths, they work great as taste testers for the blog! I have no doubt I will get completely honest reviews (good and bad) 🙂

We love to BBQ at our house and you can't go wrong with a good grilled steak. We consider this the best BBQ recipe!

Herb Butter For Steak Recipe

You are going to love the Garlic Herb Compound Butter served over the grilled steak. It tastes amazing and adds so much flavor and moisture to your steak.

There are so many more uses for seasoned butter! Serve on vegetables, bread/rolls, baked potatoes, corn on the cob. Those of you following a low carb or keto diet pretend I didn't mention bread, potatoes, or corn. 🙂 LOL!

Keto Steak Recipe (Low Carb and Paleo)

With 30.4 grams fat, 40 grams of protein, and 0.3 grams net carbs, herbed butter steak works great on a low carb and keto diet. Note that nutrition includes the herbed butter.

The compound butter contains parmesan cheese. Also, some people following paleo use butter and some do not. To make this a paleo-friendly recipe you will need to make some adjustments. Simply remove the cheese and create the same mixture by substituting olive oil if you don't want butter.

Add a little extra salt to taste, and you should be good to go! You will still get the added moisture from the fats in the olive oil, plus have the delicious flavor of garlic and fresh herbs on your steak. Yum.

How To Serve

Having trouble deciding what to serve with steak?

Any recipe that can be made ahead works well with a grilling recipe. Because grilling is such a hands-on way to cook you need something you don't have to fiddle with while grilling.

• Herb Marinated BBQ Vegetables (Vegetable Barbeque)
• Easy Grilled Romaine Hearts
• Blue Cheese Wedge Salad Recipe
• Crockpot Green Beans and Ham
• Cherry Tomato Caprese Salad
• Refrigerator Pickles Recipe

Overnight layered salad is a phenomenal recipe that gets rave reviews, is make-ahead (like the day before), and everyone gobbles up! It's the perfect potluck or cookout salad.

You could also try out this buffalo cauliflower recipe with roasted cauliflower. It would pair really well with steak.

Ingredients and Tools

Here are the ingredients and tools that you'll need to make grilled herbed butter steak:

• 2 ribeye steaks (or another favorite steak)
• Olive oil
• Salt
• Pepper
• Garlic Herb Compound Butter - make in advance. This is so delicious!

Other:

• Gas grill (This is our gas grill and we love it. We've had it for about 5 or 6 years and it has been very reliable and has had no issues! Would highly recommend)
• Instant Read Thermometer

Instructions

Here's how to make this simple steak recipe grilled with garlic herb compound butter:

Make Compound Butter

Make the Garlic Herb Compound Butter and refrigerate until firm.

Season

Pull steaks out of the refrigerator about 20 to 30 minutes prior to grilling. Brush with olive oil.

Season with salt and pepper

Grill

Preheat grill on high.

Place steaks on the grill and cook 4 to 5 minutes, then turn over. Cook an additional 3 to 5 minutes for medium-rare.

Use an instant thermometer to check the temperature and cook until desired doneness (Medium Rare: 135 degrees F, Medium: 140 degrees F, Medium Well: 150 degrees F)

Serve

The perfect easy meal - herbed butter steak and grilled romaine hearts. Feel proud of your grilling handiwork!

Helpful Tips

• Make the Herbed Compound Butter in advance. Make extra it's really good on so many things. You can also freeze it! 🙂
• Many experts use a touch method to test steaks. But for the home cook using a thermometer is the best way to get your temperature exactly to your liking.
• When checking the temperature do not poke your steak too many times - this will result in lost juices.
• Buy steaks of similar thickness. I've found that steaks that are approximately 1 to 1½" thick work best.
• Up to 2 days prior to grilling rub the olive oil, salt, and pepper on the steak. This is a great tenderizer!

FAQs

Here are the most common questions people ask us:

How to Grill Steak on Gas Grill?

Here's how to cook steaks on a gas grill:

1. Buy steaks of similar thickness. I've found that steaks that are approximately 1½" thick work best.
2. Pull steaks out of the refrigerator, brush with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper. You can do this step up to 2 days prior. Allow the steak to sit at room temperature 20 to 30 minutes before grilling.
3. Preheat grill to high.
4. Place steaks on the grill and cook 4 to 5 minutes, then turn over. Cook an additional 3 to 5 minutes for medium-rare. Using an instant read thermometer check temperature and cook until desired doneness using the below temperatures as a guide.
5. Remove steaks from grill and cover with foil. Allow to sit (rest) for about 5 minutes before serving.

What temperature should steaks be cooked to?

Below is a guide to the temperature and doneness of steak. The USDA has a safe minimum internal temperature guide and they actually recommend that beef be cooked to 145 degrees F.

Keep in mind that when you removed the steak from the grill and tent it with foil it will continue cooking while it rests.

• Medium Rare: 135 degrees F
• Medium: 140 degrees F
• Medium Well: 150 degrees F

📖 The recipe.

Herbed Butter Steak

Herbed Butter Steak is a deliciously easy grilled steak topped with an herbed butter with cheese, chives, tarragon, and thyme. Tender juicy steak every time!

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Author Kori Butler

Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Cook Time 10 minutes mins

Total Time 15 minutes mins

Course Beef Recipes

Cuisine American

Servings 4 servings

Calories 430 kcal

Ingredients

  

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• ▢ 2 (12-ounce) ribeye, New York strip, or filet steaks (about 1½" thick)
• ▢ 2 tablespoons olive oil
• ▢ 1½ teaspoons kosher salt
• ▢ 1½ teaspoons ground black pepper
• ▢ garlic herb compound butter

Instructions

 

• About 20 to 30 minutes before grilling, pull steaks out of the refrigerator, brush with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• Preheat grill to high. Place steaks on the grill and cook 4 to 5 minutes, then turn over. Cook an additional 3 to 5 minutes for medium rare. Using an instant thermometer check temperature, cook until desired doneness is reached. See notes below for cooking temperatures.
• Remove steaks from grill, top with a pat of Garlic Herb Compound Butter, and cover with foil. Allow to sit for about 5 minutes. Enjoy!

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Kori's Tips

• Rib-eye steaks have great marbling and work well in this recipe!

• Ideal steak temperatures: medium Rare: 135 degrees F, medium: 140 degrees F, medium-well: 150 degrees F

Nutrition

Serving: 1/2 steakCalories: 430kcalCarbohydrates: 0.5gProtein: 40gFat: 30.4gCholesterol: 152mgSodium: 158.9mgFiber: 0.2gSugar: 0.1g

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