Steak sauce... Yes or no

[cbseniour]

I'm with Mike, a good steak doesn't need A-1 but an average Saturday afternoon sirloin yeah gotta have it.

 

[Mike H]

If I'm eating out and the steak I order needs sauce I'm sending that POS back.

 

[Scuba591]

I decide if a steak needs additional flavor help after the first 3 bites. So, it depends on the cut and taste of the steak if it will get A-1 or something else.

 

[rmoore911]

I might let it get next to a burger. Might. If you're putting steak sauce on a steak, you or the cook are doing it wrong.

 

[r.gray87]

Never have been a fan of steak sauce of any kind....I enjoy a well seasoned steak of the grill by itself...the wife likes the stuff though.

 

[Frosty]

I usually season my steaks with famous Dave's steak rub, but on cheaper ones I like a little A1 to give it a little juice.

 

[Bob2]

I like the taste of A1, but no way going to ruin the the taste of a good steak with it. It's good on cheeseburgers though....

 

[Skywired]

Steak sauce is for people that don't know how to pick and cook a great cut of meat.

^^^^^THIS^^^^^^

Used to be a small family owned steak house here in Cicero. If you asked for any steak sauce when your order was delivered to the table....the request was repeated to the chef.

All of a sudden you'd hear a loud commotion; shouting; banging: "steak sauce? Oh, HELL NO!" And the chef would come racing out to the table, demanding to know what was wrong with the steak that "he had personally selected, cut, and prepared."

It was always quite the drama, particularly, if the 'offending' customer had requested sauce with out even tasting his steak. The chef would almost break out in tears. And if you had tasted it....and still wanted sauce, the chef would almost 'demand' to cook another steak that would NOT need any type of sauce.

On occasion, I even witnessed him telling the waitress and the table that the steak with the sauce was NO CHARGE.

Sometimes going there was almost like going to "Beef n' Boards" LOL

 

[forgop]

Hell no.

 

[Glock4life]

I travel a lot so I find myself at Applebee's restaurants quite a bit. If the steak doesnt have any flavor I use steak sauce. Sometimes I'm too tired to send it back I just want to eat and get back to the hotel to check email and crash for the next days travel.

 

[Hammerhead]

Rarely will I use A1 on meat. I like it on potatoes (baked, fries, mashed) and burgers, especially the Tabasco A1.

I generally don't need to use sauce on steaks, but I'll use horseradish to enhance the flavor.

 

[Rhoadmar]

"Bring me a live cow over to the table. I'll carve off what I want and ride the rest home!" -Denis Leary

Amen. I like my steaks screaming in pain.

 

[dans4420]

a1 use it on burgers only if the steak cant stand alone with its seasoning throw it out.

 

[Mango]

If the steak needs sauce, order the chicken.

 

[Roadie]

Any else order their steaks "Pittsburghed"?

Where the steak is "heated to a very high temperature very quickly, so it is charred on the outside but still rare or raw on the inside."

 

[hoosierdoc]

So what would you guys do with a steak burger???

 

[Hammerhead]

Any else order their steaks "Pittsburghed"?

Where the steak is "heated to a very high temperature very quickly, so it is charred on the outside but still rare or raw on the inside."

Quite often, I'll do that myself. Sear my steak in my cast iron and then toss it under the broiler for just a few minutes. Flavors the outside and seals it in. Although I try for a medium-rare.

 

[Roadie]

Quite often, I'll do that myself. Sear my steak in my cast iron and then toss it under the broiler for just a few minutes. Flavors the outside and seals it in. Although I try for a medium-rare.

Same here. Crank up the heat on the old cast iron skillet. Salt and pepper the steak. Slam it down on the hot pan. Turn it after the first side browns, then into the oven.

Pull em out when they are about 130degrees, pull them from the pan, let them sit tented for about 15 minutes. Perfect rare/med rare steak.

 

[jkfletcher]

Negative. The juices from a properly prepared steak are it's own sauce.

I don't mean that as perverted as it sounds. This time.

 

[Ricnzak]

My wife does such a good job with different seasonings and such that I haven't used it in years. We usually buy a side of beef at time. We grill steaks about once a week. There have been some great ideas in this thread. I want to try the lemon only or maybe that with some sea salt.

I do love A-1 on cheese burgers.