Instead of going out and paying a fortune for a delicious steak dinner, make it at home. Buy the best quality meat you can find and just know you are paying much less than you would for it at the restaurant and cook it quickly and easily to perfection. I got you.
Serve with Pommes Frites for the perfect date night. Pommes frites means fried potatoes in French, doesn’t it sound so much fancier?
This type of preparation is called “à la minute”, meaning right away when you order it. Make sure to open up a nice bottle of red too.
Steak with Pan Sauce
Servings
2 Servings
Ingredients
- 2 8-ounce bone-in or 2(6-ounce) boneless rib-eye steaks
- 2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon freshly cracked black pepper
- 4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 2 medium shallots minced
- 4 tablespoons red wine
- ½ cup beef broth
Instructions
- Season steaks with salt and pepper. In a large sauté pan, heat oil over high heat. Place steaks in the pan and sear for 1 minute. Reduce heat to medium-high and cook for 3 minutes on each side for medium doneness. Transfer steaks to 2 dinner plates and cover with foil to keep warm.
- Add shallots and red wine to the pan; cook for 1 minute. Stir in broth and continue cooking for about 4 minutes, or until sauce is reduced by half.
- Pour sauce over steaks and serve with Pommes Frites.
- Recipe Courtesy of Quick & Kosher: Meals in Minutes by Jamie Geller (Feldheim 2010)
Jamie, can you please advise? What do i do if local stores in the community don't seem to carry cube steak (rather minute steak and sirloin).
I want cube steak, as that's supposed to be already tenderized, so it would be easier for me. Why should it be so hard to find cube steak?
Also – i don't have a cast iron fry-pan, as i'm weak and those are heavy. Must it be cast iron? As for cooking in oven, my oven is full of pans, so it's difficult to always remove them every time i want to cook anything. I don't have convenient storage space elsewhere.