Steak is a staple in our house, we enjoy it often but we’d never tried steak bites until now! On a recent Costco trip, I grabbed the Stoney Creek Steak Bites with dipping sauce, hoping they’d make for a tasty new appetizer. The picture on the box looked mouthwatering, so I couldn’t wait to dig in and see if they tasted as good as they looked.
Location in Store
I found the steak bites in the refrigerated deli section at Costco near the 44th Street Pork Roast and the Lucia’s Carnitas. The item number is 1897989.
Taste
I’ll just cut to the chase, I don’t like the steak bites very much and wouldn’t buy them again. Once you cook them, they look nothing like the steak bites on the box, they don’t even really resemble steak. The texture is more like a brisket or pulled pork.
The texture of the steak bites is chewy and tough and they have a processed taste to them. We buy sirloin steak all the time and these don’t taste similar to a freshly barbecued sirloin steak at all. The steak bites don’t really taste that beefy, they taste a bit more like pork to me.
The steak bites have a salty, sweet marinade, some bites were very salty, I think from the soy sauce. The sauce they come with is a bit spicy and sweet. I personally really enjoyed the sauce but that wasn’t enough to make me love the steak bites.
Cost
There are two packs of sauce and two packs of steak bites in the 800 gram box and I paid $19.99 Canadian. I thought the packs of steak bites looked pretty small when I initially opened the box. Steak definitely isn’t cheap right now though.
I chose the stovetop method but I bet they might taste a bit better in the air fryer. I think they’d probably get a little crispier. You could use the steak bites in a salad, sandwich or even stir fry or just enjoy them on their own dipped into the sauce they come with.
Nutrition
Calories
A 1/2 cup or 140 gram serving of steak bites contains 340 calories, 26 grams of fat, seven grams of carbohydrates, zero grams of fibre, five grams of sugar, 19 grams of protein and 980 milligrams of sodium.
Ingredients
The steak bites are gluten-free as well as dairy-free but do contain soy, mustard and egg. There are some preservatives and additives listed in the ingredients that you could avoid by making your own steak bites at home with a marinade.
Scoring
Taste: 3/10
Cost: 6/10
Convenience: 9/10
Nutrition: 3/10
Overall
Walk on by!
I don’t recommend these, I wouldn’t buy them again and didn’t enjoy them.
FAQ
In Canada.
Yes, they’re gluten and dairy-free.
$19.99 Canadian for the 800 gram box.
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