Steak frites ( best ultra cheap meal ever)


 
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Sandy B

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It was nice here today so I decided to fire up the OTS with half a chimney of kbb and the other half stubbs. Decided to try some steak frites as the potatoes were on sale 5lbs for a dollar. scrubbed them ( skin on) then cut into fries, washed in colander with cold water then did several washes to get rid of the starch. Here they are right before the one hour in the fridge



I did not get in on the tri tip competition but it did get me to look for it and I came across this



now you might want to take a seat before looking at the next pic



so I got the OTS super hot ( the fryer in the background was for the twice fried frites)


used the maverick to get the tri tip to 125, the fact that it was pepper encrusted meant the grill marks were meh, here it is after resting.



then I made some bernaise ( this was the most expensive thing on the plate the fresh tarragon was 2.50 but I only used about 1/2 of it so figure a buck and a quarter). Cut the tri tip, piping hot double fired frites and bernaise



I figure the whole thing was less than 4 bucks ( try and beat that I double dare you). The steak was really really good, really peppery with the vinegar/tarragon tang of the bernaise. one word of wisdom, after having two servings of tri tip and still having plenty of fries left I got out some ketchup. Some of it kind of flowed into the bernaise and as unappealing as this sounds it was fantastic tasting. I don't know if adding ketchup to a bernaise is a daughter sauce or not but if it aint it should be.

Now I have to figure out what I'm going to do with the other 4 tri tips in the freezer I got from the same deal ( no they were not expired). I'm actually tempted to eat the exact same thing tomorrow.

I love my WSM but in terms of bang for the buck I've NEVER had better.
 
What a meal for 4 bucks!! Man I would have bought them out of tip at that price..great looking fries and Tri tip Sandy!! Looks like my kind of meal..meat and taters!!

Nice work!
 
What a awesome dinner Sandy ....And at that price for TT i would of bought everyone of them & asked if they had more in the back.
 
Nice job Sandy. Imagine how much better that is than paying $20.00 at a restaurant for the same meal!
 
Jim Lampe said:
at that price, I hope you bought ALL of them!!
HoleyBallS:eek:
That certainly is a Happy Meal!!
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To be honest it felt a little like buying an "extra" pair of speakers from a white van. When I saw the price I immediately thought they were expired ( managers specials) or might have been transported to the store inside a pair of a hobos pants. So I rolled with bought 8 or 10 came home and immediately fired one up on the grill for dinner, then rushed back to the store and they were all gone. We have two stores in town so I went to the other one and they were 99 cents OFF a pound.

So I figured it was likely a price mistake but I think that it was more likely that they were provided by the manuifacturer to the stores for free to guage interest ( Id never seen tri tip in the stores before and only looked for it because of the cookoff). Once that initial run went, they have not put anymore out so despite my find it looks like the demand just aint there.

so 8 is not as good as " every one in the store" but better than zero and I can drop 10 bucks on meat of questionable provenance but Im not going to drop 50 ( which is sadly about how many I think they had out)
 
thanks to you and everyone for their kind words. If anyone is looking for a "stress free" meal this is is ( I had asparagus I wanted to add but forgot, perhaps today). I was kind of unsure about the timing so I just winged it but the order makes it simple

1) get the grill hot
2) while the chimney is going start the first fry of the potatoes
3) cut the shallots/ taragon
4) put the first fried ( oil blanched really) on a baking sheet, if they get to rt no big deal
5) cook the steak on direct then move to indirect pull at 125 then foil
6) while its resting make the bernaise (10 min) and start second frying the fries till desired color
7) salt the fries, cut the tip ladel the bernaise , enjoy

usually when I have more than 2 balls in the air one ends up suffering but I stumbled onto this timing by "gut" and I'm going to make it again this way next time ( perhaps tonight)
 
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