Best Sauce for Steak?

The best steak sauces balance richness with acidity or bold flavors. Making pan sauces is relatively simple and imparts a rich, robust flavour to dishes. If you’ve already mastered how to cook the perfect steak then read on.

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Top Steak Sauces

Top choices including creamy mushroom sauce, peppercorn sauce, bright chimichurri, classic béarnaise and savory red wine jus. Butter based sauces, eg simple garlic butter are also excellent for enhancing flavor without covering the taste of the meat.

Chimichurri SauceChimichurri Sauce

Originating from Argentina commonly served with steak, an oil-based, blending of finely chopped coriander, garlic, oregano, red wine vinegar and red pepper flakes for a tangy, herby flavor.

Peppercorn SaucePeppercorn Sauce

A classic sauce made with black peppercorns, cream and brandy for a lovely, rich sauce. Use mustard instead of Worcestershire sauce (NOT in the classic recipe).

Diane SauceDiane Sauce

Diane sauce is typically a creamy, light brown, or beige color. A traditional Diane sauce DOES NOT rely on Worcestershire sauce for a kick, a classic recipe can be made ...

Garlic Butter SauceGarlic Butter Sauce

5 minute garlic butter sauce, flavorful and pairs perfectly with steak, chicken, pasta and seafood. Excellent chilled for making garlic bread. Herbs to your taste!

Creamy Mushroom SauceCreamy Mushroom Sauce

A highly versatile creamy Mushroom Sauce for steak, chicken, pork and other seared meats. Goes well with pasta too yet incredibly simple to make.

Red Wine SauceRed Wine Sauce

Deliciously rich red wine sauce as an accompaniment to steak. Easy to make – cook it while steaks are resting then drizzle over. Goes well with chicken too.

Blue Cheese SauceBlue Cheese Sauce

This classic blue cheese sauce comes together in under 5 minutes with just 4 ingredients. Loaded with blue cheese flavor and great for salads, steaks, fries, it’s perfectly balanced.

Béarnaise SauceBéarnaise Sauce

Béarnaise Sauce has the same creaminess as the basic hollandaise but a subtle acidity from the vinegar. Béarnaise sauce’s flavours are much richer and more pronounced than a classic hollandaise.

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Surf and Turf with Bearnaise Sauce

Surf and turf is a main course that combines meat from the land (“turf”) with seafood from the sea (“surf”), typically featuring a steak paired with seafood such as lobster or large prawns. While lobster and filet mignon are a standard combination, variations include prawns, scampi or scallops, which may be steamed, grilled, or breaded and fried.

  • 4 filet mignon steaks 150-200g
  • 400g prawns(shrimp), peeled and deveined
  • Salt, pepper, oil or butter as needed
  • 60 ml white wine
  • 30 ml white wine vinegar
  • Small onion, finely chopped
  • 2 egg yolks
  • 200g butter, melted
  • Tarragon, fresh or dried, optional

Béarnaise Sauce

  1. Cook wine, vinegar and onions in a pan over medium heat for 5-6 minutes until liquid is reduced to about 2 tbs.
  2. Blend with yolks then with motor running, slowly add hot melted butter. Stir in tarragon and season.
  3. Keep warm.

Surf and Turf

  1. Heat butter or oil over medium-high heat and sear the steaks for 3-4 minutes on each side for medium-rare.
  2. Adjust cooking time to desired doneness.
  3. Set aside and let them rest while cooking the prawns.
  4. In the same pan, melt butter and sauté the shrimp until pink and cooked through.
  5. Plate and serve with a drizzle of sauce and more onside.

 

How to Cook a Perfect Steak

A classic steak with sauce is best achieved by pan-searing the steak in a hot pan (using butter/oil) and making a pan sauce while it rests. See below for 6 popular, quick, 5-minute sauces.

How Well Done?

As  guide. for a 1-inch thick steak, cook 2–3 minutes per side for rare, 3–4 minutes for medium-rare, 4–5 minutes for medium, 5-6 minutes for well-done over high heat.

6 Great Sauces for Your Perfect Steak.

Peppercorn Sauce
Creamy peppercorn sauce has a lovely rich warmth to it that goes so well with a juicy steak. Ready in 10 minutes!

Diane Sauce
Creamy Diane sauce, spiked with cognac and a touch of mustard, is fantastic for steak. Ready in 10 minutes!

Garlic Butter Sauce
This simple garlic butter is so versatile! Use to top steak, make your own garlic bread, or even stir into cooked pasta with a pinch of chilli flakes.

Creamy Mushroom Sauce
This creamy mushroom sauce is rich, velvety and utterly delicious. Serve with steak, using those pan juices for ultimate flavour.

Red Wine Sauce
Put those steak pan juices to work with a tangy, rich and decadent. sauce. The addition of beef stock ensures it stretches far enough that everyone has plenty!

Blue Cheese Sauce
Blue cheese sauce is a bold, creamy, tangy sauce with a hint of garlic that’s easy to whip up while your steak is resting.

Sauce Recipes for Steak