Grilled Strip Steaks And Potatoes With Blue Cheese Butter

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 lbs medium red potatoes, scrubbed and cut crosswise into 1/2-inch-thick rounds
• salt
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• ground black pepper
• 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened (1/2 stick)
• 3 tablespoons crumbled blue cheese
• 1 small shallot, minced (about 2 tablespoons)
• 1 teaspoon chopped fresh parsley leaves
• 1 small garlic clove, pressed through a garlic press (about 1/2 teaspoon)
• 4 (12 -16 ounce) beef strip steaks, 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 inches thick

Recipe

• 1 combine potatoes, 1 teaspoon salt, and 1 1/2 quarts cold water in large pot and bring to boil over high heat.
• 2 reduce heat to medium and simmer until potatoes are barely tender, about 6 minutes.
• 3 drain potatoes in colander, being careful not to break them.
• 4 transfer potatoes to rimmed baking sheet coated with 1 tablespoon of oil.
• 5 drizzle remaining tablespoon oil over potatoes and season with salt and pepper to taste and set aside.
• 6 light grill and heat until grate is hot, about 5 minutes.
• 7 generously sprinkle both sides of steaks with salt and pepper.
• 8 cook, uncovered, over hottest part of grill until well browned on one side, about 3 minutes.
• 9 turn steaks; grill until well browned on second side, 3 minutes.
• 10 once browned, move steaks to cooler part of grill.
• 11 continue grilling, uncovered, to desired doneness, 7 to 8 minutes more for rare (120 degrees on instant-read thermometer), 9 to 10 minutes for medium-rare on rare side (125 degrees), 11 to 12 minutes for medium-rare on medium side (130 degrees), or 12 to 13 minutes for medium (135 to 140 degrees). remove steaks from grill and let rest for 5 minutes.
• 12 once steaks are moved to cooler part of grill, place potatoes on hotter part.
• 13 cook, turning once, until grill marks appear and potato slices are cooked through, 6 to 8 minutes.
• 14 while meat and potatoes are cooking on the grill, prepare sauce by beating butter with large fork in medium bowl until light and fluffy.
• 15 add cheese, shallot, parsley, garlic, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and 1/8 teaspoon pepper; set aside.
• 16 to serve, place one steak and some of potatoes. top each steak with 2 tablespoons butter mixture and serve immediately.