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Steak bites: 3 creator recipes compared

Every one is built on butter, garlic and olive oil. Some add steak cubes or mozzarella.

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Times are estimated preparation and cooking; chilling or resting is extra. Updated 23 October 2026.

Cowboy Butter Steak Bites with Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes and Caramelized Onions by Dwight Smith, a frame from the Instagram video

Make this one first.

We put the most-saved version first: Dwight Smith’s. Tender ribeye steak bites are tossed in a smoky, spicy cowboy butter and served alongside creamy roasted‑garlic mashed potatoes and sweet caramelized onions. The bright lemon‑garlic butter adds a bold kick, making this a hearty, restaurant‑style dinner ready in under half an hour.

Cowboy Butter Steak Bites with Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes and Caramelized Onions from Dwight Smith’s Instagram video

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Cowboy Butter Steak Bites with Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes and Caramelized Onions

Recipe from Dwight Smith, from their Instagram videoWritten down by ReelsMeals from the caption and voiceover.

  • 25 min
  • Serves 4
  • 17 ingredients
  • Oven

The only one of the 3 with cayenne pepper, chilli flakes, lemon and ribeye steak.

Ingredients

  • ribeye steak
  • 2 lbpotatoes
  • 2 tbspolive oil
  • 1onion
  • 1/4 cupheavy cream
  • 1/4 cupmilk

Cowboy Butter

  • 1 stickunsalted butter
  • 2 tsppaprika
  • 1/2 tspcayenne pepper
  • 1 tspchilli flakes
  • 2garlic
  • 1 tbspDijon mustard
  • 1 tbspchives
  • 1/2 tbspparsley
  • 1lemon
  • 1 tspsalt
  • 1/2 tspblack pepper

How it goes

  1. Preheat the oven to 400°F (200°C).

  2. Place the cubed potatoes on a baking sheet, drizzle with 1 tbsp olive oil, season with salt and pepper, and roast for 20‑25 minutes, turning halfway, until golden and tender.

  3. While the potatoes roast, heat a large stainless‑steel skillet over medium‑high heat; add the remaining 1 tbsp olive oil.

  4. Add the sliced onion to the skillet, season lightly, and cook, stirring occasionally, for 12‑15 minutes until deep caramelized; set aside and keep warm.

  5. In a small saucepan over low heat, melt the butter for the cowboy butter.

  6. Stir in paprika, cayenne pepper, chilli flakes, crushed garlic, Dijon mustard, chopped chives, chopped parsley, lemon zest and juice, salt, and black pepper; whisk until smooth, then remove from heat and keep at room temperature.

Then 7 more steps in the full recipe.

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From each creator’s recipe as we saved it. Time is the estimated preparation and cooking time; chilling is extra where they say so. Ingredient counts include everything on the list.

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3 steak bites recipes compared by estimated time, servings, ingredients, method and what only that version uses. Dwight Smith’s, the one to make first, is highlighted.
VersionTime (est.)ServesIngredientsMethodOnly this one uses
Cowboy Butter Steak Bites with Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes and Caramelized OnionsDwight Smith · make this one first25 min417Oven, Pan-friedcayenne pepper, chilli flakes, lemon and ribeye steak
Garlic Butter Steak BitesEat with Carmen25 min49Pan-friedsteak cubes, miso, gochujang and mashed potatoes
Peppercorn Steak Bites with Roasted Garlic Cheesy MashBriony Blenman1 hr119One pot, Air fryer, Oven, Pan-fried, Simmeredmozzarella, oat milk, steak bites and broccoli florets

What they share.

  • All 3use butter.
  • All 3use garlic.
  • All 3use olive oil.
  • 2 of 3use paprika. Eat with Carmen’s version leaves it out.
  • 2 of 3use dijon mustard. Eat with Carmen’s version leaves it out.
  • 2 of 3use chives. Eat with Carmen’s version leaves it out.

Counted from each version’s ingredient list. Salt, pepper, oil and water are left out, and names are matched loosely, so chicken thighs and chicken legs both count as chicken.

Where they differ.

  • How they cook it

    Dwight Smith and Briony Blenman use the oven; Eat with Carmen doesn't. Only Briony Blenman keeps everything in one pot. Only Briony Blenman uses an air fryer. Only Briony Blenman simmers, poaches or braises.

  • Something only one of them uses

    Dwight Smith is the only one to use cayenne pepper, chilli flakes, lemon and ribeye steak. Eat with Carmen is the only one to use steak cubes, miso, gochujang and mashed potatoes. Briony Blenman is the only one to use mozzarella, oat milk, steak bites and broccoli florets.

  • What they serve it with

    Eat with Carmen serves it with compound butter. Briony Blenman serves it with peppercorn sauce.

  • Time and list length

    Dwight Smith takes the least time (25 min); Briony Blenman the most (1 hr). Eat with Carmen uses the shortest ingredient list (9); Briony Blenman the longest (19).

All 3, with their videos.

Each one opens as a full recipe with the creator credited and the original video linked.

How this comparison works.

Every recipe here comes from a creator’s own video. ReelsMeals writes it down from the caption and the voiceover, and publishes it with the creator named and the original linked. When three or more versions of a dish from at least two creators are saved, the dish gets a page like this one. Reposts and the same video saved twice count once.

Times and servings come from the saved recipe cards and may be estimated. Ingredient names are matched loosely, so chicken thighs and chicken legs both count as chicken. We don’t rank them by taste: the version shown first is the one ReelsMeals cooks have saved most. Last updated 23 October 2026.

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