Easy Steak Sauce with Seared Hanger Steak
A flavorful homemade steak sauce paired with perfectly seared hanger steak. The sauce combines sweet, tangy, and spicy elements from brown sugar, vinegar, and chiles, complementing the rich beef perfectly.
Ingredients
- •3 tablespoons vegetable oil, divided
- •1 medium onion, chopped
- •4 cloves garlic cloves, chopped
- •1 whole Fresno chile or red jalapeño
- •to taste Kosher salt, freshly ground pepper
- •1 to taste freshly ground pepper
- •1 tablespoon tomato paste
- •½ cup Worcestershire sauce
- •½ cup red wine vinegar
- •¼ cup dark brown sugar
- •2 tablespoons whole grain mustard
- •2 dashes hot sauce
- •1½ pounds hanger steak
- •center membrane removed
- •cut into 4 pieces
Cooking Instructions
- 1.
Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a small saucepan over medium-high heat. Add onion, garlic, and chile; season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring often, until soft, about 5 minutes.
5 min
- 2.
Add tomato paste to saucepan and cook, stirring, until beginning to darken, about 1 minute. Stir in Worcestershire sauce, vinegar, brown sugar, mustard, and hot sauce; simmer until slightly thickened, about 5 minutes. Transfer to a blender and purée with 1/2 cup water until smooth. Strain through a fine-mesh sieve into a small bowl, if desired. Set sauce aside.
6 min
- 3.
Heat remaining 1 tablespoon oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Season steak with salt and pepper and cook, turning occasionally, until deeply browned and an instant-read thermometer registers 130°F for medium-rare, 8-10 minutes.
10 min
- 4.
Transfer meat to a cutting board; let rest 5 minutes before slicing. Serve with sauce.
5 min
- 5.
DO AHEAD: Steak sauce can be made 1 week ahead. Cover and chill.
