Blue Cheese Steak Sandwich With The Works

Total Time: 1 hr 23 mins Preparation Time: 33 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1/4 cup worcestershire sauce
• 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil, plus for rolls
• 1 -2 tablespoon hot sauce
• 6 garlic cloves
• 3 lbs flank steaks
• fresh ground black pepper
• kosher salt
• 6 hero sandwich buns or 6 ciabatta rolls
• watercress
• 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 3 medium vidalia onions, sliced 1/3-inch thick
• 3 garlic cloves, smashed
• 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
• 1/2 teaspoon hot sauce or 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• 1/2 cup canned low sodium beef broth or 1/2 cup low sodium chicken broth
• 4 ounces blue cheese, crumbled (about 1/2 cup)
• 1 cup mayonnaise (or 1/2 cup mayonnaise with 1/2 cup sour cream) or 1 cup sour cream (or 1/2 cup mayonnaise with 1/2 cup sour cream)
• 1 lemon, zest of, finely grated
• fresh ground black pepper
• 8 ripe plum tomatoes, halved lengthwise
• 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 4 -5 fresh thyme sprigs
• 4 garlic cloves, chopped
• 1 tablespoon kosher salt
• fresh ground black pepper
• crushed red pepper flakes

Recipe

• 1 marinade for steak:.
• 2 mix the worcestershire, olive oil, hot sauce, and 5 cloves of chopped garlic in a large glass baking dish.
• 3 add the steak and swish around, turning until evenly coated.
• 4 marinate at room temperature for 15 to 30 minutes, or cover and refrigerate for up to 4 hours, flipping the steak once or twice.
• 5 onions:.
• 6 meanwhile, heat a large skillet over medium-high heat, add the olive oil and when shimmering add the onions.
• 7 cook, stirring occasionally; until the onions are brown, about 8 minutes, then stir in the garlic, salt,and hot sauce, cook until onions are tender, about 8 minutes longer.
• 8 add the broth and scrape up any browned bits from the bottom of the pan.
• 9 cook until all the broth is gone, and then season with pepper; set aside.
• 10 cook the steak:.
• 11 preheat an outdoor grill or grill pan with a medium to medium-high heat.
• 12 remove the steak from the marinade and season 1 side with salt and pepper.
• 13 place seasoned side of the meat down on the grill.
• 14 cook the steak undisturbed for 5 minutes.
• 15 then rotate the meat about 90 degrees (don’t turn it over) on the grill to make clear cross marks and grill another 2 minutes.
• 16 season the other side of the steak with salt and pepper and flip.
• 17 continue to grill until an instant-read thermometer registers 140ºf for medium, about 8 to 10 minutes.
• 18 transfer to a cutting board to rest for 15 minutes.
• 19 blue cheese sauce:.
• 20 meanwhile, mash the blue cheese in a bowl with the mayonnaise or sour cream, lemon zest, and pepper, to taste; set aside.
• 21 assembly:.
• 22 cut the rolls in half horizontally and brush the insides with olive oil.
• 23 grill until warm on each side, about 1 minute.
• 24 rub the toasted bread with the remaining clove of garlic.
• 25 thinly slice the meat across the grain and assemble the sandwiches.
• 26 spread a few tablespoons of the blue cheese sauce on each sandwich, top with some of the steak, onions, roasted tomatoes and watercress.
• 27 serve warm or at room temperature.
• 28 roasted tomatoes: (prepare while steak is marinating).
• 29 preheat the oven to 425ºf.
• 30 toss the tomatoes in a large bowl with the olive oil, thyme, garlic, salt, pepper & crushed red pepper flakes.
• 31 transfer to a baking sheet cut side up and roast until soft and juicy, about 20 minutes; serve.
• 32 enjoy with a bottle of "whatever!".