You are going to enjoy this easy Philly cheesesteak sandwich recipe not only for its amazing flavor, but also how quick it is to fix. Dinner is ready in no time at all, and it is so delicious.
This easy Philly cheesesteak recipe has thinly sliced steak, sliced onions, and red bell peppers, all smothered in melted provolone cheese and spread over the softest hot buttered hoagie rolls there are.
Some great options for a side dish to go with a Philly cheesesteak sandwich is potato chips, french fries, air fryer potato wedges, air fryer tater tots, or potato salad.
🥩 Key Ingredients
- 1 pound of steak – rib eye steak, round steak, sirloin steak or your favorite cut of beef
- 4 soft hoagie rolls
- 1 cup of yellow onions (sliced, diced, or chopped)
- 5 slices of Provolone cheese
- 1 red bell pepper (sliced, diced, or chopped)
- 1 tablespoon of olive oil
- 1 teaspoon of Lawry’s season salt
- Butter to spread on hoagie rolls
👩🍳 How to Make Philly Cheesesteak Sandwiches
These step-by-step instructions are accompanied by detailed photos for enhanced clarity and guidance.
Step 1. Cut up the Onion, Red Bell Pepper, and Steak
With a sharp knife, slice, dice, or chop (whatever is your personal preference) one small yellow onion, just enough for 1 cup. Then, slice the red bell pepper. After that, slice the steak into small bite-sized pieces, preferably thin slices or thin strips.
Then, in a large skillet, add 1 tablespoon of olive oil together with the sliced onion and sliced red bell pepper.
Sauté the onions and red bell peppers on medium heat for 5 minutes while stirring occasionally, until the onions and red bell peppers are soft.
Step 2. Add Steak then Brown
Add the sliced steak together with the sautéed onions and sautéed peppers. Cook on medium-high heat and stir while the steak is browning, about 10 to 15 minutes.
Step 3. Drain Liquid then Add Seasoning
When the steak has browned, discard any unwanted liquid (grease) from the frying pan. Then, reduce the heat to medium and add 1 teaspoon of Lawry’s season salt to the steak mixture. Mix thoroughly.
Step 4. Add Provolone Cheese
Lay each slice of cheese in a single layer on the top of the steak, onions, and red bell peppers.
Step 5. Melt the Cheese
Continue cooking on medium heat while stirring the steak, onions, and red bell peppers together with the cheese until the cheese has melted.
Step 6. Spread Butter on Hoagie Rolls then Bake
This recipe uses four soft hoagie rolls. You can buy any brand of rolls you prefer at your local grocery store.
Spread a nice amount of butter, a half of a tablespoon of butter is good, on the inside of each of the hoagie rolls, then place the rolls uncovered and slightly opened on a pan that will fit into the toaster oven or a sheet pan for a regular oven.
We used the toaster oven and set it at 400 degrees, but if you don’t have a toaster oven, a regular oven set at 400 degrees Fahrenheit will work. Since we used a toaster oven, you need to keep checking on the rolls if you are using a regular oven.
Put the hoagie rolls into the toaster oven, or regular oven, for about 3 minutes or so, or however long to your liking, until the buttered inside the rolls are melted.
Step 7. Spread Philly Cheesesteak Mixture on Hoagie Rolls
Take the soft hoagie rolls out of the oven when the butter is melted, and then divide the Philly cheesesteak mixture equally on each soft hoagie roll. And there you have it, all done and ready to serve. So delicious!! Enjoy!
🌟 Recipe Variations
- Do you like lots of onions in your sandwich, like I do? If so, then go ahead and use the whole onion instead of the one cup called for in this recipe. Or, you can always freeze the leftover chopped onion. Put them in a freezer bag and then place them in the freezer to use at another time in a different recipe.
- If you would like caramelized onions in your Philly cheesesteak sandwich, you can go ahead and caramelize the onions first before adding the chopped red peppers.
- Add any of your favorite seasonings to this already incredible dinner, such as black pepper, garlic powder or salt, cayenne pepper, or red pepper flakes.
- We use olive oil for this recipe, but if you so happen to not have any in the kitchen, you can substitute canola oil or vegetable oil.
- You can swap out the steak and make ground beef Philly cheesesteak instead.
☝️ FAQs
Put the leftover Philly cheesesteak in a container with a lid that is airtight, then place it in the refrigerator. Eat it within a couple of days. You can reheat it in the microwave or on the kitchen stove on medium-high heat for a few minutes until it is hot enough to eat.
📌 Final Thoughts
Are your taste buds craving a good Philly cheesesteak sandwich that is smothered in melted cheese, onions, and red peppers? Look no further, you’ve come to the right place.
When you want something delicious to make for dinner, but you don’t want to spend hours in the kitchen, then you must try this homemade Philly cheesesteak recipe, which only takes about 30 minutes to make. My whole family loves it, especially my granddaughters.
You can thank Pat Olivieri and his brother Harry Olivieri (co-creators of the cheesesteak) for making this famous sandwich way back in the year of 1930 in Philadelphia. The choices of cheese they used were American cheese, provolone, and even cheez whiz. Today’s recipes can vary slightly from one recipe to the next, so you can experiment too, and use any of your favorite cheese that sounds good to you. Italian blended cheese is a good example.
📄 Recipe Card
Easy Philly Cheesesteak Sandwich Recipe
🫕 Equipment
🧂 Ingredients
- 1 lb steak (rib-eye, round, or sirloin)
- 4 soft hoagie rolls
- 1 cup yellow onions (chopped)
- 5 slices of Provolone cheese
- 1 red bell pepper (chopped)
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tsp Lawry's season salt
- Butter to spread on hoagie rolls
👩🍳 Instructions
- Set the toaster oven at 400 degrees Fahrenheit, or preheat the regular oven to 400 degrees.
- Cut up the onions, red bell pepper, and steak.
- Put the olive oil in the frying pan.
- Sauté onions and red bell pepper on medium heat for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Add the steak to the frying pan with the onions and red bell peppers.
- Fry on medium-high heat until steak is browned, about 10 to 15 minutes.
- Drain any liquid grease from the pan.
- Sprinkle the Lawry's seasoned salt over the steak, onions, and red bell peppers.
- Reduce the heat to medium and add the slices of Provolone cheese to the steak mixture.
- Stir and cook until the cheese is melted.
- Spread butter on the inside of the hoagie rolls.
- Place the hoagie rolls uncovered and slightly opened on a pan that fits inside a toaster oven or a sheet pan for a regular oven.
- Place the hoagie rolls into the toaster oven or the regular oven for about 3 minutes, or until butter is melted. Keep checking.
- Take the hoagie rolls out of the oven and spread the steak mixture on the hoagie rolls.
*️⃣ Recipe Notes
- Side dishes can be potato salad, garden salad, fresh veggies, or French fries.
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A wife, a mother to a son and a daughter, and a grandmother to three granddaughters. Flo loves sharing recipes passed down from her own mother, her mother-in-law, and her grandmother as well as new recipes created with her daughter, Tamara Ray.
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