Once you know how to properly sear a steak there is perhaps no more satisfying dish to make let alone eat. A perfectly cooked steak can certainly stand on its own but it is made even better by the different accoutrements you can add to it. There are a lot of simple accoutrements you can have alongside your steak that really take it to the next level and a good steak sauce is definitely one of them. A good steak sauce is the proverbial icing on the cake of your dish. And what’s even better is that you can make a super simple steak sauce with virtually no extra effort all while using the same pan you seared your steak in.
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The crown jewel of Julia Child's steak repertoire
Back in the ’60s Julia Child showed us how to make an incredibly easy steak sauce using the pan juices from your steak pan after it’s done cooking. In an episode of “The French Chef” Child says “After [the sauce] has reduced and thickened you want to add a little bit of butter; and this is kind of the final creaminess of the sauce that also helps to thicken the sauce a little bit. And you want to swirl it around and you never put it on the heat after you put your butter in” (via YouTube ). This way you can prevent the sauce from becoming too thin while also enhancing the flavor of the sauce even more. It’s a real win-win and a great tip from the legend herself.
Adding butter to your steak sauce is all well and dandy but isn’t there more to it than butter and leftover steak juices? Of course — this is where you have a little more say in how you make your sauce. Most of the time as Julia Child points out the ingredients in your steak sauce are simply the things that were already in the pan when you cooked your steak. Ingredients like garlic rosemary thyme and salt and pepper are often in the mix when cooking a steak and these ingredients work perfectly for a deliciously savory sauce. You can also add a little beef stock or red wine to your sauce for even more flavor.
It should be noted that this isn’t the only way to make steak sauce. You can make a delicious four-ingredient steak sauce without relying solely on the ingredients already in your pan. You can also get creative and combine different ingredients to make your sauce. But whichever route you choose this tip for using butter as a rich thickening agent is definitely one to keep in your back pocket the next time you sear your steak.
