Air Fryer Steak Tips with Creamy Horseradish Sauce

Name: Air Fryer Steak Tips with Creamy Horseradish
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Ingredients: 1 lb Steak Tips (steak or steak tips, cut into ¾" pieces ); ¼ cup Olive Oil; 1 tsp Seasoning (your choice); Salt and Pepper (to taste); ¾ cup Prepared Horseradish; ½ cup Mayonnaise; ½ cup Sour Cream; 1 tsp Apple Cider Vinegar; 3 drops Tabasco Sauce; 1 tsp Lemon Juice; Salt and Pepper (to taste)

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You’ll love this amazing Air Fryer Steak Tips recipe. It takes just 15 minutes to make a delicious meal that you’ll go back to time and again!

hot and steaming air fryer steak tips on a cutting board with colorful peppers in the background. — These Air Fryer Steak Tips Take Just 10 Minutes to Make Tonight!

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6 🧊 Storage/Freezer Friendly

7 ❗ Expert Tips

8 Recipe FAQ

9 Air Fryer Steak Tips with Creamy Horseradish

🍽️ Why This Works

Fast | Sometimes I feel like a good red meat dinner, but don’t want to spend the time to heat up the grill. This recipe is unbelievably fast and effortless!

Flavorful | I had some ribeyes and those worked perfectly! They were well-marbled with fat and the flavors were out of this world. I also used a package of beef steak tips from Butcher Box and couldn’t have been happier!

🥩 Ingredients

ingredient photo showing steak tips, ribeye, seasoning packet, salt, pepper and olive oil on a sheet pan. — Simple Ingredients for a Fantastic & Fast Dinner!

Steak Tips | I prefer to use fattier cuts of beef for the steak tips. We aren’t marinating them, so you want a nice, tender cut that is packed with flavor

ingredients for the homemade horseradish sauce with labels. — Simple Ingredients for Creamy Horseradish Sauce

Horseradish Sauce | While I love the steak plain, dipping it in this homemade sauce is insanely delicious! We make this sauce when we grill our meat outside or when we enjoy the Instant Pot Brisket or Air Fryer Tri Tip Roast.

📝 Instructions

Steak Tips

Step One: Cut the steak into small, ¾” chunks. Combine the olive oil, seasoning and salt and pepper in a bag. Add the steak tips and squeeze around to fully cover. There really isn’t a need to marinate these as they will be nice and tender.

Step Two: Preheat the air fryer to 400 degrees. Lay the cut steak on a tray or basket, depending on your model.

Step Three: Cook for four minutes and turn them over. Then cook for another four, or until the steak is at the desired internal temperature.

Step Four: While the steak tips are cooking, make the horseradish sauce.

Horseradish Sauce

three process photos showing adding all of the horseradish ingredients to a bowl, mixing and storing in jars. — The Easiest Homemade Horseradish Sauce for Dipping

Step One: Combine all the ingredients into a bowl and stir.

Step Two: Store in the refrigerator for up to two weeks in a sealed container.

Variations

This recipe is screaming to be made with different variations so don’t be shy here.

Herb Based Seasoning – Use your favorite herbs in place of the steak seasoning.
Garlic Lovers Steak Tips – Toss with 3-6 minced garlic cloves instead of the steak seasoning.
Whole Garlic Rub – Open up a clove of garlic and cut in half to rub all over each steak tip for a truly infused garlic flavor.
Garlic Herb Butter – Make a simple salt and pepper mix for put them in the air fryer. When they come put slather them with 1-2 tablespoons of garlic herb butter. The butter will hit that steak and start to melt down and around the crevices and taste so good.
Marinated Steak Tips – Use your favorite steak marinade to infuse a deep flavor into the meat.

🍲 Meal Prep

This is a fantastic recipe to meal prep with just a couple of steps.

If you are cutting your own steak, do that ahead of time. Also, take a few minutes to gather the bag, oil and seasoning. Combine them in the bag and then add the meat right before you are ready to cook. This allows you to come home, turn on the Air Fryer, put the meat in the bag that is already ready, squish the bag and put on the trays or in the basket. You’ll have the meat cooking in less than two minutes.

🧊 Storage/Freezer Friendly

Store the leftovers in the refrigerator for up to three days. Reheat in the microwave for one minute or in the fryer for two minutes or so. If you cooked your tips until they are well done, they are going to be tough to reheat.

Freezing these are so easy and I love to make extras, add vegetables for make ahead meals like the Lean Cuisines for three months. If you choose to freeze the steak tips individually, consider flash freezing them on a sheet pan for 3-6 hours first and then transferring to a freezer friendly Ziploc bag for up to 3 months. Print out the Freezer Tips and Storage Times guide if you have questions.

The horseradish sauce keeps in the refrigerator for up to two weeks in a covered container like we show in the photos.

steak tips out of the air fryer and on a wooden cutting board topped with fresh chives. — You Won’t Believe How Easy These Are To Make!

❗ Expert Tips

Know how you like your steak and don’t over cook it. See the temperatures below if you are not familiar with how done you like your meat. If you like them cooked to a medium rare, cook them less time and check them early.

Cut in similar sizes so they can cook at the same pace/rate or you will end up with pieces that are overdone next to pieces that are overdone.

Don’t put too many pieces in the Air Fryer too close to each other or the air won’t flow through properly.

Recipe FAQ

What are Steak Tips?

Traditionally they are tips from sirloin steak that are cut off. You can make this recipe with any small chunks of red meat though with the same results. We love to use ribeye steak like this as it marbles nicely and is so tender.

When do I know the steak is done?

Rare – 125 degrees
Medium Rare – 135 degrees
Medium – 145 degrres
Medium Well – 150 degrees
Well – 160 degrees

Can I substitute different kinds of steak?

Absolutely. We made this recipe with the steak tips that came in our Butcher Box but we love using ribeye in the same way. Consider using strip steak for this as well as it has a little bit of fat to increase that flavor.

Does it matter if I use horseradish instead of “prepared” horseradish? Aren’t they the same?

Horseradish is the cream colored root that is grown underground. Prepared horseradish is where it has been grated from that root with a little vinegar and salt. When you go to a steak house and get a side of horseradish, you are actually getting a little container of horseradish sauce/cream like we make here

Can I use low fat sour cream?

You sure can.

My sauce isn’t 100% creamy, why?

The prepared horseradish isn’t 100% creamy so unless you want to use your blender, that is what the texture will be. You will not notice it when you eat it though.

I’ve never cooked with horseradish. Where do I find this at the grocery store?

Look for prepared horseradish near the mayonnaise and mustard. I usually find it one shelf down from the top. You do not need to go to a specialty grocery store to find this.

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Air Fryer Steak Tips with Creamy Horseradish Sauce {15 Minutes}