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Philly cheesesteak

Name: Philly cheesesteak
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 1 lb top sirloin steak, frozen 30 min, shaved paper-thin; 1 1/2 tbsp canola oil; 2 yellow onions, thinly sliced; 1 small green bell peppers, sliced; 8 slices provolone cheese; 4 rolls French bread, split; 3/4 tsp salt; 1/2 tsp black pepper

Philadelphia's export to every menu in America: shaved beef and caramelized onions under melted provolone in a soft roll. Wit or witout onions — here, wit.

Time: 30 min (15 prep + 15 cook)
Servings: 4
Per serving: 557 kcal
Protein: 44 g

Both directions are legitimate — the score measures fullness per calorie, not virtue. Every version is the same dish, rebalanced.

Ingredients

1 lb top sirloin steak, frozen 30 min, shaved paper-thin500 g
1 1/2 tbsp canola oil20 g
2 yellow onions, thinly sliced250 g
1 small green bell peppers, sliced (optional)100 g
8 slices provolone cheese120 g
4 rolls French bread, split300 g
3/4 tsp salt4 g
1/2 tsp black pepper1 g

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Steps

Half-freeze the beef so your knife can shave it into curls — thin is the whole technique.
Cook the onions (and pepper, if using) in half the oil low and slow until deep gold, 10 minutes. Set aside.
Sear the shaved beef in a screaming pan with the rest of the oil, seasoning as it browns, 2–3 minutes, then fold the onions back in.
Divide into four piles, lay provolone over each, lid on for 30 seconds to melt, and scoop each pile whole into its roll.

Why this score

moderately filling

No single route carries this one — a moderate amount of protein, volume and fiber.

Three routes to fullness — one is enough

32% of kcal

49% water

6 g/Mcal

What pulls it down

How scores work

Computed on the finished dish, not an average of the parts: 2228 kcal goes into the pot, 1295 g of ingredients comes out as ~900 g of food → 248 kcal per 100 g. Cooking moves water, and energy density is the score's biggest lever — so we show the math. Full formula here.

Per

Calories: 248
Protein: (32%); 19 g
Fat: (35%); 9 g
Carbohydrates: (34%); 21 g
of which sugar: 3 g
Fiber: 1 g
Sodium: 479 mg

Percentages are the share of calories from each macronutrient.

Computed from the ingredients' USDA data — nothing typed by hand. Every number is traceable, every score recomputable.

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Photo: AI-generated. Nutrition and score are computed from the ingredients with the published formula — this recipe hasn't been kitchen-tested by us yet.