Kansas City Strip Steak and Broccoli

Kansas City Strip Steak and Broccoli

Kansas City Strip Steak and Broccoli

Happy Super Bowl Sunday!

I could have just as easily prepared a Philly Cheesesteak dish, having no particular allegiance to either the Philadelphia Eagles or the Kansas City Chiefs. But I did have a fabulous dry-aged Porter Road Kansas City Strip in my freezer, begging to come out for this spectacular annual event.

In terms of origin, the Kansas City strip steak is named after Kansas City, a city historically known for its stockyards and meatpacking industry.

The Kansas City strip comes from the short loin, the same area as the New York strip, and is traditionally served bone-in. It features a good amount of marbling with a signature strip of fat along one side, contributing to its deep, beefy flavor and firm yet tender texture.

We’re all familiar with Beef & Broccoli, the classic Chinese-American stir-fry dish featuring tender slices of beef, marinated and stir-fried with crisp broccoli in a savory, soy-based sauce. The sauce includes garlic, ginger, and oyster sauce, creating a balanced umami flavor.

Here is a unique approach to the classic Beef & Broccoli dish. As the Kansas City Strip is traditionally served bone-in, the meaty bone is brushed with marinade and roasted, served atop the dish to savor the last bits of meat off the bone. Meat lovers will definitely approve, perhaps swoon over this rendition…

Kansas City Strip and Broccoli Recipe

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Cevapcici Flatbread Pizza with Ajvar and Sweet Onion aka #SuperBowl Flatbread

Cevapcici Flatbread Pizza with Ajvar and Sweet Onion aka #SuperBowl Flatbread

Favorite Dish on the Super Bowl Buffet, Guaranteed

Cevapcici (Lamb and Beef Sausage) Flatbread Pizza
with
Ajvar (Spicy Roasted Red Pepper and Eggplant Dip/Spread)
Mozzarella, Sweet Onion, Sour Cream

San Pedro, our charming town located on the seaside corner of America’s second largest city, is home to thousands of Croatians, including my butcher. One of his specialties is the stubby cigar-shaped Balkan sausage known as cevapcici. He makes his with lamb and beef and spices although some people also add pork to the mix.

They are skinless and formed by a unique kitchen gadget, into what I would call a particularly unfortunate shape as they are not too pretty for the camera if you know what I mean. But what they lack in visual appeal, they make up for in flavor.

Cevapcici are almost always accompanied by onion and often by sour cream, peppers, flatbread, and ajvar – a super-tasty Balkan spread/dip/relish made primarily with roasted red pepper then smaller amounts of roasted eggplant, chili, salt, sunflower oil, and sometimes garlic. For the Super Bowl, I’m transforming the beloved Balkan sausage and it’s condiments into a pizza. It will be the favorite dish on the buffet, guaranteed.

Pronounce all the c’s like a ch, Che-VAP’-Chi-Chi. And pronounce ajvar as AY-var.

How to Make Cevapcici Flatbread Pizza

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