Description
Everyone knows that a minute steak is only as good as the pan sauce, and this recipes offers an ultra-simple barbeque butter sauce. There’s only a small amount of butter, but the way it blends with the beef broth and barbeque sauce, the effect is amplified.
Ingredients
- 2 (5 ounce) boneless sirloin steaks
- salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
- ½ cup beef broth
- 1 ½ tablespoons barbeque sauce
- 1 dash hot pepper sauce
- freshly ground black pepper
- 1 teaspoon cold butter, or more to taste
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
Instructions
- Place each steak between two sheets of heavy plastic (or inside a resealable freezer bag) on a solid
- level surface. Firmly pound each steak with the smooth side of a meat mallet to a thickness of 1/4-inch. Remove steaks from plastic.
- Generously season each steak with salt and ground black pepper. Set aside.
- Combine beef broth
- barbeque sauce
- hot sauce
- and black pepper in a bowl. Add chilled butter to broth mixture but do not stir.
- Heat oil in a large skillet over high heat until it just begins to smoke
- about 1 minute. Place each steak in the pan; sear for 45 to 60 seconds on each side. Remove steaks from skillet and set them aside to rest.
- Pour the broth mixture into the skillet and bring to a boil while scraping the browned bits of food off of the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon. Stir occasionally until butter is melted and incorporated
- about 2 minutes.
- Spoon broth and butter mixture over steak and serve.
Prep Time: 5 mins
Cook Time: 2 mins
Total Time: 7 mins
Servings: 2