I need a really good steak recipe?!


Question: I need a really good steak recipe!?
My husbands birthday is this weekend and i want to surprise him with a great dinner!. i know he loves steak so i thought i would make him steak but i cant find a good recipe or an easy one!. it cant have any alcohol in it cause i'm under 21 so i cant buy it when i go to the store!. maybe something with mushrooms, blue cheese or onions!. oh and nothing with to much vinegar because he hates vinegar!.Www@FoodAQ@Com


Answers:
The best steak I have ever eaten, is Paula Deen's recipe!. I don't even like steak, but this is outstanding!. Even if you don't select this as best answer, please consider trying this recipe!. It's just the basics, and if you want mushrooms, blue cheese or onions on the side, saute the mushrooms and onions, and make a delicious blue cheese sauce!. Here goes:

Perfect Char-Grilled Filet Mignon
Recipe courtesy Paula Deen
Show: Paula's Home Cooking
Episode: Dinner for Two
Perfect Char-Grilled Filet Mignon
1 (8-ounce) bottle zesty Italian salad dressing
2 beef tenderloin fillets, 1 1/2 -2 inches thick
2 slices bacon
2 tablespoons steak sauce (recommended: Lea and Perrins Steak Sauce)
2 teaspoons water

Pour the salad dressing into a shallow pan, place the steaks in the pan and let them marinate for 3 to 4 hours!. Prepare a fire in a charcoal grill!. Wrap a strip of bacon around each steak, securing it with a toothpick or kitchen twine!. Grill the steaks over hot coals for about 8 minutes per side (5 minutes per side for rare)!. Baste with a mixture of steak sauce and water!. For perfect steaks, turn them only once!.

Gorgonzola Sauce:
Recipe by Ina Garten!. Make sure that you use a large pot and stir frequently at the beginning so that the cream does not boil over!.

Ingredients

4 cups heavy cream
3-4 ounces crumbly gorgonzola (not creamy)
3 tablespoons freshly grated parmesan cheese
3/4 teaspoon kosher salt
3/4 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
3 tablespoons minced fresh parsley

Directions

Bring the heavy cream to a full boil in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat, then continue to boil rapidly for 45 to 50 minutes, until thickened like a white sauce, stirring occasionally!.

Off the heat, add the Gorgonzola, Parmesan, salt, pepper, and parsley!.

Whisk rapidly until the cheeses melt and serve warm!.

If you must reheat, warm the sauce over low heat until melted, then whisk vigorously until the sauce comes together!.

You will love this sauce!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Cook the steak to the doneness he likes it!. While cooking the steak, cut a medium onion in half and seperate the rings, cook in butter and add a couple tablespoons of sugar!. When the onion starts to turn caramel colored, add sliced mushrooms and continue cooking until the mushrooms are soft!. Cover the steak with this mixture!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

A quick 5-7 minute) marinade in Soy Sauce!. Then Garlic salt and pepper it some!.
Grille it on each side to the correct doneness IE: Rare, Med, Well etc!.
I prefer a Mesquite wood grille, others Oak, or Hickory!. Some rather have Gas or electric!.!.!.!.

You can sauté mushrooms or onions as desired!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

I don't have a recipe, but be sure when you cook your steak that it is not too cold!. Take it out of the fridge a little while before cooking!. This will help keep it so tender!. Delish! : )Www@FoodAQ@Com

http://www!.foodnetwork!.com/food/recipes/!.!.!.

Enjoy!Www@FoodAQ@Com

There is no recipe for steak!. There are recipes for herbed butter to put on the steak!. It depends on the cut of steak you purchase, thickness, marbling, and if there is a bone!. Co to cooks!.com for your answers!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Along with the onions and mushrooms the first guy mentioned, you could marinade the steaks for at least an hour in red wine salad dressingWww@FoodAQ@Com

I used this one a couple of times and it great, a little time consuming thoughttp://www!.recipezaar!.com/14897Www@FoodAQ@Com

Here is a recipe for you and a link to the site it comes from!.!.!.

For this recipe, you will need, per person:

1 large sirloin steak
2 or 3 chestnut mushrooms (halved downwards through the stalk)
Sunflower oil for frying

2 large potatoes (peeled and chunked)
1/2 tsp of dried thyme
Salt
2 cloves of garlic
1 tbsp of olive or sunflower oil

2 tbsp of double cream (not single cream - it will split)
1/2 tsp of whole black peppercorns (cracked in a pestle and mortar)
1 clove of garlic (crushed)

1/2 small broccoli head (split in to florets)

Remember to open your wine and allow it to "breathe!" Put your oven on to preheat to 200 degrees centigrade or equivalent with a baking sheet inside!. Parboil your potatoes for 8 to 10 minutes then drain well!. In a large bowl, put your olive oil, thyme and salt and carefully stir the potatoes around until well coated!. Put them on the baking sheet in the oven for twenty minutes!. In the same bowl (unwashed) put your two cloves of crushed garlic and after 20 minutes, again stir the potatoes through the residue and put them back in the oven for another 10 minutes!. Put your broccoli in to a large pan of boiling, salted water!. Put your sunflower oil in to a frying pan and get it up to a high heat!. Season your steak with pepper only and fry for 2 to 3 minutes at the most on each side along with the mushroom halves!. Remove the pan from the heat and set aside for the meat to rest while you make your sauce!. Put the cream in a small saucepan and gently heat!. Add the pepper and the crushed garlic, stirring well with a wooden spoon!. After a few minutes your sauce should start to thicken!. You can now drain your broccoli and plate up!.Www@FoodAQ@Com





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