Sunny's Cheesesteak

Recipe courtesy Sunny Anderson

Show: Cooking for RealEpisode: Cheesesteak Infatuation

Rated: 4 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (15)

Cook Time:
15 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
4 servings

Times:

Prep: 40 min
Inactive Prep: 1 hr 0 min
Cook: 15 min
Total:: 1 hr 55 min

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Ingredients

For the beef:

1 pound flank steak
1/2 cup red wine vinegar
1 lime, zested and juiced
1/4 cup chopped cilantro leaves
1 tablespoon hot sauce
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper

For the sauce:

2 tablespoons unsalted butter
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
2 chipotle chiles in adobo (canned), chopped
1 tablespoon adobo sauce (from chipotle can)
1 1/2 cups heavy cream
1 cup processed grated Cheddar

For the sandwich:

1 tablespoon vegetable oil, plus more if needed for steak
1 red bell pepper, cut into strips
4 hoagie rolls
1 avocado, pitted and flesh sliced 1/4-inch thick
1 cup cilantro leaves

Directions

Place flank steak, red wine vinegar, zest lime juice, cilantro, hot sauce, Worcestershire, salt and ground black pepper in a large plastic bag. Marinate for 1 hour in the refrigerator. Remove flank steak and pat dry. Place in freezer for 1 hour.

Meanwhile, prepare the sauce: Melt butter over medium heat-high heat in a sauce pot. Add flour, chipotle and adobo sauce, stir to combine. Add heavy cream slowly, stirring well with each addition to incorporate. Add cheese and stir until melted. Keep over low heat while finishing sandwich.

Remove flank steak from freezer and slice on the bias against the grain into 1/4-inch thick pieces. Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a cast iron griddle or skillet, and saute the red peppers until they blacken around the edges, and soften, about 8 minutes. Remove from griddle and turn heat to medium-high, add more oil if necessary and sear steak in batches, about 2 minutes.

To assemble the sandwiches: Cut bread loaves in half, leaving 1 side attached. Layer on avocado slices, top with flank steak, red pepper, and cilantro. Drizzle with chipotle cheese sauce and serve immediately.

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Comments & Reviews

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Joan Bellingham, WA 10-02-2009
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This sandwich was heavenly. Gotta pile on those onion slivers.
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

YUM
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rhonda hollywood, FL 09-30-2009
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deeeeeeelllliiiissssshhh
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

i was stumped about what to cook (again) for dinner, ur philly cheesesteak was the perfect idea, my son ate it all up....and... he is a picky eater.Read more
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Billy Houston, TX 06-30-2009
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This was ok..
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

I made this recipe for my wife and I and it really looked good on television. The sause was good fresh... I made to much of... it and it wasn't to good when I tried to reheat it and eat it with chips... Anyways.. I have to agree with a couple of people on here ... the meat was kinda tangy because of the vinegear but it was ok... My wife isn't to much of a cilantro fan so if you arn't either i would pass on this recipe. I like it because I am into that "southwest" flavor it had. On a scale 1-10 I would give it a 7Read more
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jessc ann arbor, MI 06-22-2009
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wasn't all that
Rated: 3 stars out of 5

the cheese sauce was probably the best thing about the recipe. overall it wasn't all that and the flavors with the vinegar... and lime seemed to overpower some of the other flavors.Read more
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Nancy Wichita, KS 06-21-2009
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Disappointed
Rated: 2 stars out of 5

I made this for my husband lunch for Father's Day. I was disappointed in the flavors. The steak was vinegary tasting which... over-powered everything else. The cheese sauce we felt was lacking something but not sure what. I will not make this recipe again. My husband asked me to go back to my regular recipe I use and add the chili's and adobo to my cheese sauce. Read more
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Ben asdfklj, NY 04-15-2009
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The first ever vegetarian philly cheesesteak? Substitute
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This looked so good on tv. I couldn't resist making it. I'm a college-aged guy, not very familiar with cooking. This was... probably the biggest cooking project i've ever undertaken. On top of that, I'm vegetarian, so I knew I'd have to substitute something in for the steak. Traditionally tofu would be used, but I wanted to add a little bit of that meat feeling to it, so I made a mixture of tofu slices and portobello mushrooms as the steak. Everything else was done the way Sunny did it. The end result was amazing. Best sandwhich I've ever made. I recommend this recipe to other vegetarians. Thanks Sunny!Read more