Chain of Bull Cheese Steaks

Recipe courtesy Alton Brown, 2005

Show: Good EatsEpisode: Tender is the Loin 2

Rated: 5 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (6)

RECIPE
COMMENTS & REVIEWS(6)

Cook Time:
18 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
2 sandwiches

Times:

Prep: 15 min
Inactive Prep: 10 min
Cook: 18 min
Total:: 43 min

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Ingredients

1 trimmed chain section from a beef tenderloin, approximately 6 to 8 ounces*
2 teaspoons olive oil, divided
Kosher salt
Freshly ground black pepper
1 medium onion, julienned
2 hoagie rolls
2 ounces grated Mimolette cheese

Directions

Cook's Note: *Add any leftovers scraps from other parts of the tenderloin that you like

Remove the beef from the refrigerator 1 hour before cooking.

Preheat a grill pan over high heat.

Lightly pound the chain with a smooth meat mallet until it is even thickness throughout. Toss the meat with 1 teaspoon olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Once the grill pan is hot, place the chain on the pan and cook on both sides until cooked through, approximately 3 to 4 minutes per side. If necessary, cut the chain in half or thirds to fit on the pan. Remove the chain from the grill and wrap in aluminum foil. Allow to rest while the onions are cooking.

Add remaining teaspoon of oil to grill pan and saute the onions on the grill until they are tender and beginning to brown, approximately 7 to 10 minutes.

Slice the beef into small strips and divide evenly among the hoagie rolls. Pour any juice from the meat onto the hoagie as well. Top the meat with the cheese, followed by the onions. Wrap the sandwiches in aluminum foil for 10 minutes and serve.

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recipe Chain of Bull Cheese Steaks
Amanda Lynden, WA 11-11-2008
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best sandwich ever.
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Great with leftover steak. I add peppers and then make the thing in a panini press great reviews. MY family loves it. It's... always for dinner the day after steak and I think they look forward to the sandwiches better than the steak.Read more
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Lorie Derby, CT 10-23-2008
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Very very good!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This is a great recipe - I otherwise wouldn't have known what to do with that piece of meat!
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Michael Garland, TX 09-13-2008
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Too sweet!
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

It's a good recipe, but we found it to be a little on the sweet side from the onions. We used American cheese, maybe... something sharper like cheddar would balance it out. Also, my wife thinks the hoagie roll should be toasted. Next time, because there will be a next time.Read more
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Sarah Tulsa, OK 05-06-2008
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Great flavor!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

The meat tastes perfect! Best sandwich I've had in a long time.
recipe Chain of Bull Cheese Steaks
ANDREA Utica, NY 09-13-2007
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Good Eats
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Very good...!!!!!!!!!!!!!
recipe Chain of Bull Cheese Steaks
James St. Charles, IL 01-03-2007
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This recipe is no bull!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

And it is all the moo delicious. Ahem. Barring the bad pun, this recipe was absolutely, positively, delicious! I made... this entirely from things on hand and it took a very leisurely half an hour to make - pressed for time and better organized someone could easily do it in 20 minutes. I used a leftover tenderloin chain two days after a Beef Wellington dinner. I will try a different (cheaper) cut of meat in the next week or so as I can't imagine buying an entire tenderloin just to use the chain in some sammiches. I used American cheese as it was all I had on hand, I brought all my good cheese to a New Year's Eve party. I've never had Mimollette, but, the flavor of the American worked quite well indeed. I also did not have hoagie buns on hand, luckily I had some incredibly good white bread from a local baker. Unfortunately I did not have the recipe with me and was going purely by memory (I swear Alton ate it right after putting on the onions in the show...). I forgot the very last step of wrapping the sammiches in foil after putting on the cheese and onions. I will definitely do this next time, as the sandwhich wasn't quite "all there" when I first started eating it, but around halfway through it was melting together and the flavors combined into a Voltron-esque Super Combo Robot For Great Justice. Only as a sandwhich, not a giant robot. And it was delicious, not at all metallic and alkoloidy robot-ish tasting. In spite of my own user errrors, this was an *incredible* sandwhich. Thanks Alton!Read more