Snackin’ With Sarah Sellers: ‘Idol’ Top 3 Results Viewing Nosh

Diehard "American Idol" viewers will remember Sarah Sellers as the geek-chic food blogger who made it to Hollywood Week last year. (Watch her Season 10 audition here.) Sarah has since continued her food-blogging, and has been cooking up scrumptious snack suggestions for any "Idol" viewing party and posting them here in Reality Rocks each week. She was also my special guest on a special South By Southwest version of "The Day After" in Austin recently, which you can watch HERE!

This week's top three episodes have a homecoming theme, so Dallas native Sarah says of tonight's results-show snack inspiration, "Here's my hometown recipe in honor of what some will say Texas does best: steak and barbecue!"

Barbecue Steak Sliders
Ingredients:

▪ 2 tbsp butter
▪ 2 small sweet onions, Vidalia or yellow, sliced
▪ 1/2 head red cabbage, sliced
▪ 1/4 cup red wine, Chianti
▪ salt and pepper
▪ 1 cup ketchup
▪ 1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce
▪ 1 tbsp light brown sugar
▪ 1 tsp barbecue seasoning
▪ 1/4 tsp onion powder
▪ 1 lb marinated flank steak (I used Peppercorn marinated)
▪ 6 whole wheat rolls

Heat the butter in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Sauté the onions until tender, then add the cabbage. Cook for 3-4 minutes until slightly tender. Season with salt and pepper and add the wine. Reduce the heat to medium-low and cook until the cabbage is tender, stirring occasionally.

While the cabbage cooks, mix together the ketchup and next 4 ingredients, through the onion powder, in a medium bowl. Set aside.

Heat an outdoor grill or indoor grill pan over medium-high heat and spray with cooking spray. Add the steak, and grill for 2 minutes on each side for medium-rare and 3 minutes for medium. Remove from the heat and rest. While the meat is resting, slice the rolls and heat on the grill for 1-2 minutes. Once the meat has rested for 3-4 minutes, slice into thin pieces.

To assemble, top the rolls with the meat, drizzle with the barbecue sauce, and finish off with the cabbage mixture.

Bon appétit!

Check out Sarah's food and music blogs at http://sarahsmusicalkitchen.com

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