Steak with Shiitake Mushrooms
This easy shiitake mushroom sauce for steak brings additional meaty flavor to a delicious steak cooked to your liking.
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 25 mins
- Total Time: 35 mins
- Yield: 3 servings 1x
- Category: Main
- Method: stove top and roasting
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
Scale
For the steak
- 1 or 2 sirloin steaks, or similar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 2 teaspoons garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme (optional)
For the shiitake mushroom sauce:
- 1 shallot or onion, chopped
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 1/2 to 2 cups slided shiitake mushrooms
- 1/3 cup red wine
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1 teaspoon balsamic vinegar
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 for the steak, or preheat the grill.
- Make the rub: combine the salt, garlic powder and thyme, if using, in a small bowl. Place the steak on a work surface. Sprinkle about half of the rub on one side of the steak, then rub it into the meat. turn the steak over, and repeat on the other side. Place the steak aside as you being preparing the mushroom sauce.
- Heat the olive oil on medium in a skillet or sauce pan. When warm, add the shallots (or onion) and sauté for about 5 minutes, until softened.
- Add the shiitake mushrooms to the pan, and stir to combine with the shallot. Cook until the mushroom begins to sweat, about 5 minutes.
- Stir in the red wine along with the thyme, and simmer on medium low, stirring occasionally. This is a good time to start cooking the steak.
- Coat an oven proof skillet with cooking oil, and place on the stove top with the heat at medium high. When the skillet is heated, add the steak to the skillet. Cook for two minutes on one side to brown the steak, then one minute on the other side.
- Move the steak to the oven to roast. Check the steaks after roasting for about 10 minutes. Depending on your oven and the thickness of the steak, it will take about 10 to 12 minutes of roasting for medium rare sirloin steak. Internal temperature of the steak should be 130 to 140 degrees for medium rare steak. When the steak is cooked to your liking, set it aside to rest for about 5 minutes as you finish the sauce.
- Finish the mushroom sauce: stir the mushroom sauce occasionally as the steak roasts. When the wine is mostly absorbed, stir in the butter on medium low heat. Add salt and pepper to taste. When the butter has melted, cover the sauce pan to keep warm until you are ready to serve.
- Slice the steak and plate several pieces, and serve topped with the shiitake mushroom sauce. Pass extra sauce at the table. Enjoy!
Notes
- Sirloin tends to be my go to steak these days. But you can use another cut if you like.
- I like to use shallots for making a mushroom sauce, but an onion can work as well. We used onion when first making this recipe.
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