Air Fried Steak Recipe with Garlic Butter

Our Air Fried Steak recipe will be your new favorite way to cook steak! 🥩 Rubbed with steak seasoning and topped with the best ever garlic butter sauce, these steaks cook to perfection in 8 minutes in the air fryer and are full of flavor.

Just one bite, and you will want to make air fryer steak again and again!

It’s no secret that we love steak dinner recipes. What could be better than a perfectly cooked, juicy steak, like a Reverse Sear Ribeye or Grilled Chuck Steak? The only answer is adding garlic butter sauce!

Just like our Garlic Butter Steak Bites and Picanha Steak, this delectable air fried steak recipe benefits from a dollop of herb-filled garlic butter and the perfect steak seasoning.

We promise, you are going to love this recipe! It’s crisp on the outside and so juicy in the center. And, the best part is, you can make it using your favorite cut of steak using our air fryer steak tips.

Jump to:

• 🍽 Equipment
• 🥩 Ingredients
• 🧂 Seasoning
• 👪 Serving Size
• 🔪 Instructions
• ⭐ Best Beef Recipes Tips
• ⏲ Degree of Doneness
• 💭 Frequently Asked Questions
• 🥗 Side Dishes
• 📖 Similar Recipes
• 📌 Pin this Recipe
• 📋 Recipe

🍽 Equipment

To air fry steak, you will only need your air fryer oven. A basting brush is nice to have for brushing the garlic butter onto the steak, but is not necessary.

🥩 Ingredients

• 2 6 oz. filet mignon steaks (or steak cut of your choice)
• 2 Tablespoons Chicago steak seasoning (or seasoning of your choice)
• 2 Tablespoons garlic butter sauce
• 2 Tablespoons olive oil

If you have yet to try garlic butter sauce on your steaks, it is a total must. This garlic herb butter is delicious and makes your steak even juicier with a deeper flavor. We top just about everything with garlic butter sauce. It is just that delicious!

You can use any cut of steak you prefer for this recipe, but if you’re using a thinner steak, keep in mind that your cook time may vary. We use 6 ounce filet mignon steaks as an example here, and they turn out beautifully medium-rare at 4 minutes on each side.

🧂 Seasoning

For the air fryer steak seasoning, we use Chicago steak seasoning. Just salt and pepper works very well, too. Give it a hearty coating.

Another perfect choice is this Best Dry Rub for Steak recipe. This dry rub is full of flavor and works beautifully on this air fryer steak. We highly recommend giving it a try!

No matter what seasoning you like best, we guarantee you will love it in this recipe!

👪 Serving Size

This air fried steak recipe calls for 2 6 ounce steaks, which is enough to serve two people.

However, it is very easy to size this recipe up to serve a family of 4 or more. Double the ingredients to feed 4, or triple them to feed 6.

Keep the size of your air fryer in mind when you’re cooking the steaks. You don’t want to overcrowd! You may be able to fit about 4 steaks at a time in your air fryer oven using two racks.

🔪 Instructions

1. Sprinkle 2 tablespoons Chicago steak seasoning or seasoning of your choice on each side of 2 6 oz. filet mignon steaks. Pat down the seasoning.
   
2. Add to a covered plate and refrigerate for at least 2 hours or up to overnight to marinate.
3. When ready to cook, brush each side of both steaks with 1 tablespoon each of olive oil. Place the filets on the rack in the air fryer and cook for approximately 4 minutes at 390°F.
   
4. After 4 minutes, flip the filets and cook for approximately 4 minutes more.
   
5. Remove the air fried steaks and top each filet with 1 tablespoon garlic butter. Let the steaks rest for 10 minutes before cutting.

Cooking a steak in the air fryer is truly so easy. You will not believe how beautiful they turn out, too! You can easily control the cook time to make sure they cook to your desired degree of doneness every time.

The best part about this air fryer steak recipe is that it works for any cut of steak. Use your favorite cut of steak and adjust the cook time based on the thickness of the steaks.

⭐ Best Beef Recipes Tips

• Using thick steaks. If your steaks are thicker than the steaks shown here, you may need to cook them for an extra minute on each side.
• Use a meat thermometer. To check if the steaks have reached your desired degree of doneness, we always recommend using a meat thermometer. If they aren’t quite where you need them to be, cook them for a minute longer on each side until you reach the desired results.
• Cut against the grain. Always cut steak against the grain for the most tender bites of steak. The grain looks like lines running through the steak. You will easily be able to see them before and after cooking.

⏲ Degree of Doneness

Follow this steak temperature chart for an easy guide to steak degrees of doneness. Using this chart and a meat thermometer will ensure you cook the perfect steaks every time!

• Rare: 125°F
• Medium rare: 135°F
• Medium: 145°F
• Medium well: 150°F
• Well done: 160°F

💭 Frequently Asked Questions

Is this air fryer steak recipe gluten-free?

Yes, 100%. This air fried steak has no ingredients containing gluten, so you can easily enjoy it on a gluten-free diet.

Is air fried steak keto-friendly?

Yes! When you air fry steak, you’re using less oil than traditional frying. Top it off with garlic butter, and this is a perfect keto steak recipe.

🥗 Side Dishes

Want to spice this dish up even more? Cook it alongside air fried lobster tails!

This recipe was originally published on Sunday Supper as a Surf and Turf Recipe, where you can get the recipe for cooking air fryer lobster tails. They are the perfect complement to these steaks!

You can also try serving the steaks with our favorite steak side dishes such as:

• Grilled Potatoes
• Tomato Cucumber Feta Salad
• Lemon Orzo Pasta Salad
• Instant Pot Mushroom Risotto
• Air Fryer Asparagus Fries with Lemon Aioli

📖 Similar Recipes

Try more of our steak dinner recipes below!

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Photography by Kristen King