Do you sauce your steak??

VeraBlue · Apr 24, 2010

Planning on grilling a couple of Tbones tonight and it always gets me thinking.

I once did a food trail that required me to cook steak. I grilled it perfectly and served it with sauteed mushrooms and nothing else. Sure the beef was seasoned, but essentially, it went to the chef naked. His first question to me was 'you didn't make a sauce?'

I think meat has enough backbone to stand alone, but that's me. Not that I don't enjoy a wonderful accompaniment that a great steak house would offer, but, I don't need it. Hollandaise on a steak is superb, but again, I don't need it.

Do you sauce your steak? Would you only save the sauce if you felt you cooked it improperly??
If you do sauce, what is your favourite?

smoke king · Apr 24, 2010

I like straight horseradish with beef.

SilverSage · Apr 24, 2010

My answer is ..... definitely ....... sometimes.

Depends on the cut, how it's cooked, and what goes with it.

When I do sauce it, my first choice is to deglaze the pan with some red wine, add some demi-glace or espagnole, a bit of marrow if I have it, stir in sauteed mushrooms, and I have an instant bordelaise. My favorite!

However, I must admit to having a bottle of Peter Luger's Steak Sauce in the fridge for hamburgers, and I have been known to use it on steak once in a while if it's cooked anything past rare.

Adillo303 · Apr 24, 2010

I taste the steak. f it stands on it's own, that is how I eat it. If it is yuckey, on goes the sauce.

VeraBlue · Apr 24, 2010

Smoke King!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hiya!!! Recently had a sandwich called the Paesano which was slow roasted brisket, vinegar peppers, horseradish and a fried egg.

VeraBlue · Apr 24, 2010

I've sauced leftover steak since it's never as good the second time around..

Fisher's Mom · Apr 24, 2010

SilverSage said:
When I do sauce it, my first choice is to deglaze the pan with some red wine,

That's what I do every time, and then swirl in butter after the wine reduces. But I serve it on the side. The reason I always make sauce is then I slice any leftover meat and put it in any leftover sauce in the fridge. It's easy to reheat the next day and serve over rice or noodles.

CaliforniaCook · Apr 24, 2010

Yes & no. Sometimes. I do enjoy the taste of the meat. Depends on my mood & the menu. If I get sauce-y - chimichurri, or mushrooms & cream. Topping the steak with a compound butter, is another way to go.

Off topic (different cut)... I was reading up on Delmonico's - their history, dishes, steaks menu, etc. Great read.

Sass Muffin · Apr 24, 2010

Sometimes I have, but I prefer just tasting a good steak, lightly marinated and prepared well. There have been a couple of times where I've had piccalilli on the side, too.

smoke king · Apr 24, 2010

VeraBlue said:
Smoke King!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hiya!!! Recently had a sandwich called the Paesano which was slow roasted brisket, vinegar peppers, horseradish and a fried egg.

Yum-that sounds good to me! :mrgreen:

Cooksie · Apr 24, 2010

I like sauce on a steak every once in a while just for variety. My favorite is red wine/mushroom sauce. We used to eat at a place called Hoffbrau's, and they had a house lemon/butter sauce that was wonderful. On prime rib I like a horseradish sauce similar to what Outback calls Tiger Dill Sauce (sour cream, horseradish, dill, and some other stuff). Gorgonzola sauce is okay, but it kind of overpowers the meat taste too much for me.

QSis · Apr 24, 2010

Sometimes chimichurri, sometimes garlic-herb butter, sometimes naked.

Lee

Fisher's Mom · Apr 24, 2010

I always forget compound butters. They are heavenly on a grilled steak. And so easy to make.

VeraBlue · Apr 24, 2010

CaliforniaCook said:
Yes & no. Sometimes. I do enjoy the taste of the meat. Depends on my mood & the menu. If I get sauce-y - chimichurri, or mushrooms & cream. Topping the steak with a compound butter, is another way to go.

Off topic (different cut)... I was reading up on Delmonico's - their history, dishes, steaks menu, etc. Great read.

Yes yes yes...compound butters are to die for!! I love a roasted garlic and parsley butter on almost anything!

Keltin · Apr 24, 2010

I usually have a couple of small bowls with sauce that I dip every 2nd or 3rd bite into. I like A1 and.......wait for it........get ready to gasp........ketchup.

There, I said it. :yum:

Mama · Apr 24, 2010

I like a mixture of half Worcestershire sauce and half ketchup! Maybe it's a southern thing....

Keltin · Apr 24, 2010

Mama said:
I like a mixture of half Worcestershire sauce and half ketchup! Maybe it's a southern thing....

Yes Ma'am, it may well be! :lol:

GotGarlic · Apr 24, 2010

Well, now that Keltin's said it, I can admit it ... I like A1, too! :hide:

Keltin · Apr 24, 2010

GotGarlic said:
Well, now that Keltin's said it, I can admit it ... I like A1, too!

Welcome to the A1 club. Be proud that you have come out of the closet to join us! Stand tall with that bottle of brown yummy goodness! :yum:

joec · Apr 24, 2010

Steak when I first cook it now sauce at all. I do tend to make sauteed mushrooms with most steaks regardless if grilled or on the stove. Now if I have left over I might reheat it in the microwave and slice it down into bit size pieces and use a dipping sauce then. I have probably tried all of the steak sauces on the market but have found them all to cover the taste of the meat which takes little seasoning if a good cut.

Kimchee · Apr 24, 2010

For my average steak, I slather it with a compound butter before and during grilling.
I lightly carmelize some onions and saute some mushrooms in them, and serve those on top.

Every now and then I will do something with a sauce. Lesser cuts I often sauce.

Fisher's Mom · Apr 24, 2010

I love A1, too. The main reason I always do a wine reduction sauce is that I pan-sear my steaks and deglazing makes the pan soooo easy to clean up afterward. LOL

lilbopeep · Apr 24, 2010

A-1 Steak Sauce
Worcestershire Sauce
Soy sauce
Magi Seasoning sauce
Red Wine vinegar
Liquid hickory smoke

Mix to your liking. Dip steak in this spicy dip or put on a burger.

Sass Muffin · Apr 25, 2010

Mama said:
I like a mixture of half Worcestershire sauce and half ketchup! Maybe it's a southern thing....

Mama.. you were horrified on this very forum when I once admitted I dipped steak in ketchup. LOL

Sass Muffin · Apr 25, 2010

Anyone remember Prime Choice sauce?

Hell, I don't even know if they still make it.
It tastes a bit like A-1 only sweeter/BETTER.. hmmm, going to have to find some now.

VeraBlue · Apr 25, 2010

I think everyone likes A1!!! Got a nice vinegary snap to it.

Mama · Apr 25, 2010

Sass Muffin said:
Mama.. you were horrified on this very forum when I once admitted I dipped steak in ketchup. LOL

I don't remember that...I did a forum search out of curiosity and saw where I made a comment about my SIL putting ketchup on all meat and then about you putting Catalina dressing on a steak but that was all I found.

SilverSage · Apr 25, 2010

VeraBlue said:
I think everyone likes A1!!! Got a nice vinegary snap to it.

Have you tried the Peter Luger steak sauce? It has a great kick from plenty of horseradich.

QSis · Apr 25, 2010

Catalina dressing? Hey, that sounds good .... and different!

Like one of those things that you serve people and they say, "What IS this sauce?? It's delicious but I can't place it!"

Lee

SilverSage · Apr 25, 2010

I just Googled 'Catalina Dressing' and what I got reminds me of what we called "French Dressing' when I was a kid. Is it the same thing? If not, what's the difference?

How about Thousand Island and Russian Dressing?

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