Pepper Steak Pinwheels

I was in a creative mood one night but had a craving for pepper steak.  So I put my creative juices to work and came up with this festive-looking dish that turned out to be delicious!   Tender and juicy and loaded with flavors!  Fast and easy to make too!

Pepper Steak Pinwheels

2 pounds of flank steak, (2 medium sized flank steaks)

2 Tablespoons olive oil

1 Tablespoon balsamic vinegar

¾ teaspoons salt

¾ teaspoons pepper

2 garlic cloves minced

2 cups package fresh baby spinach leaves, stems removed

8 slices provolone cheese

2 cups plum tomatoes, diced very small

½ cup green, red and yellow pepper, diced very small

1/2 cup sweet onion, diced very small

Lay the two steaks out on your counter and overlap the edges. Using a kitchen mallet, pound the overlapping edges into one another to make one large flat steak. Continue to pound the steaks until they are about a third of an inch thick.

Mix olive oil, balsamic vinegar and garlic together in a small bowl. Brush mixture on flank steak, making sure to get the bits of garlic on the bottom of the bowl.

   

 Place a layer of fresh spinach leaves on top of the steak, leaving about ½ inch to ¾ of an inch space on all sides.  Sprinkle onion, tomatoes, and peppers on top of spinach. Layer on your slices of cheese, and push down with your hand to flatten.  

Using both hands, tightly roll into a log, tucking in the ingredients and rolling as you go. Roll with the grain. Secure by tying with kitchen twine at 2 inch intervals. Or you can use skewers or toothpicks. Using a sharp knife, slice in between the ties or skewers (against the grain), so that you have 1 1/2 to 2 inch thick pinwheels. Next brush the pinwheels with remaining marinade (oil and balsamic mixture).  Choose a cooking method.

Bake:  Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place pinwheels in baking dish cut side up and bake uncovered for 25-30 minutes or 165 degrees.

   Grill:  Preheat grill to medium-high heat.  Grill just as you would a 

   steak,    2-3 minutes on each side.

  

Pan sear:  Add a little olive oil to coat your cast iron or oven safe skillet and sear each pinwheel about 2 minutes per side. Remove from burner and place into a preheated 350 degree oven for approx. 20 minutes or until temperature reaches 165 degrees.

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