Cheesesteaks are a favorite around my house, but I don’t always want to take the time to bake the gluten-free rolls needed for traditional style cheesesteaks. In times like those, I like to use gluten-free bread and make open-faced cheesesteaks instead.
Prepping the veggies for the cheesesteaks is probably the most time-consuming part of the entire dish. Using more than one color of bell pepper adds pops of color to the dish, but you can use whatever you have on hand. I happened to luck out and find an amazing deal on organic red and yellow bell peppers the day before I decided to make cheesesteaks.
I do a rough dice on the bell peppers. Because I don’t want the peppers to disappear into meat mixture, I chop them a little larger than I would for some of my other dishes. In this case, I chopped up 1 yellow bell pepper and 1 red bell pepper. I used approximately 1 cup of diced peppers for the dish and saved the rest for later.
Up next was a medium-sized organic onion which equals around 1 cup of diced onions. 1 cup of sliced baby bell mushrooms was added to the mix. I cooked them over medium-low heat with 2 Tbsp of butter. Seasonings added while cooking include a pinch of salt and some freshly ground pepper. I also like to add 1 clove of garlic, finely diced because we like the garlic flavor.
While the onion mixture is cooking until soft, I cook the thinly sliced steak. While I prefer thinly sliced grassfed beef, I have also used other meats included ground beef if that’s what I had on hand at the time. Once the meat is completely cooked, I add it to the onion mixture and toss together.
Allow the onion mixture and meat to cook together for a few minutes over low heat so the flavors come together. This is a good time to taste test to see if you want to add any more salt and pepper. Don’t forget that the cheese will add some salt to the dish.
To make things easier, I like to add the cheese right over the meat mixture in the pan rather than melting the cheese once the meat mixture is on the bread. I allow the cheese to completely melt before assembling the cheesesteaks. Do whatever works best for you. Lightly toasting the bread before adding the meat mixture adds another layer of texture as well as allows the bread to hold up better with the juices from the meat mixture.
Top the slices of toasted bread with the meat mixture right before serving. I’m able to get about 8 open faced sandwiches from the recipe.
Ingredients
- 3/4 pound Thinly Sliced Steak
- 1 cup Roughly Diced Bell Pepper
- 1 cup Diced Onion
- 1 cup Sliced Mushrooms
- 1 Clove Garlic, finely diced
- 2 Tbsp. Butter
- Salt and Pepper, to taste
- 1/2 cup to 1 cup Cheese
- Gluten Free Bread
Instructions
- Saute bell pepper, onion, garlic, and mushrooms in butter over medium-low heat until soft and tender.
- Season onion mixture with salt and pepper.
- Cook thinly sliced steak over medium heat until thoroughly cooked.
- Add meat to onion mixture. Cook over low heat for a few minutes.
- Cover meat mixture with cheese.
- Toast gluten free bread.
- Top toast with cheesy meat mixture.
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Ohhhhh I picked the BEST day to start following your blog! I am a MAJOR foodie!!!! That looks soooooooooooooo delicious!!! Will be right over!
Thanks! We love our food around here. 😉 Even the animals are spoiled with good food. lol!
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This looks so delicious. I am excited to try to make it. I hope my family will eat mushrooms.
If it’s a texture issue with the mushrooms, I recommend finely dicing the mushrooms. You get the flavor without the mushroom texture.
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These look so delicious. My husband would live if I made them. Looks pretty simple too.
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this looks delicious! I have been wanting a good Philly lately so I think I will have to try to make this one night.
This sounds so good! I would never have thoughts this was an easy thing to make, but now I definitely want to try it!!
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This looks amazing! I have never had an open-faced cheesesteak. I am sure my husband would love this too.
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OMG! That looks sooo good. I’m definitely making this this weekend. I have a friend who has celiac and she’ll like this.
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It looks so good and I love anything with cheese! I am definitely going to make a veggie version using quorn beef.
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I think my son would really enjoy these. He is all about beef right now and I can’t get him to eat much of anything these days. I keep telling him he’s going to get scurvy! ☺
That looks so good! My husband would love this recipe! I’ll definitely have to make it!
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These look so yummy! I cook for my grandfather every day and am always looking for new recipes. Thanks!!
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Wow this looks great! My kids would love all the cheese and mushrooms on this! This is something my entire family would love!
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I am always looking for yummy gluten free recipes! This is totally going on my list for next week. Thanks for sharing.
My husband would love these are they would even be great to serve as an appetizer at a party!!Great recipe
Okay, these look seriously amazing! I love everything that’s in them and a cool plus that they are gluten free! YUM!
These look and sound so good! We are having philly cheesesteaks for dinner tonight!
I have never thought to make this type of sandwich open face. How awesome does this look!
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Hiking in the snow is such an amazing experience. I love that these are gluten free and available for those to enjoy who are on modified diets.
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I really love open-faced sandwiches. I can’t wait to this recipe at home. You’ve made it look so easy. Thanks for sharing.
Oh my goodness. These look INCREDIBLE. I love open face sandwiches, then I can really pack the good stuff on! Need to make these asap!
Omg can we say yum!?!?! I just love cheesesteaks!!! I will have to give your recipe a try!!!
These look so yummy! Melted cheese makes everything delicious and these are so melty!
We are such big fans of one side bread sandwiches. My husband loves mushrooms. I can’t wait to make this for him. It’s so hard to find good recipes like this.