jessica's steak oscar

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 2 (7 ounce) beef tenderloin steaks
• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1 (6 ounce) can crab, drained
• 1 pound asparagus, tough ends snapped
• 1 packet dry bearnaise sauce mix (such as knorr®)
• 1 cup whole milk
• 1/2 cup butter

Recipe

Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins Ready Time: 40 mins


• preheat the oven's broiler and set the oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source. sprinkle the filets with salt and pepper.
• in a small saucepan over low heat, melt 1/4 cup of butter; gently stir in the crab meat, and simmer while you broil the filets.
• broil the filets until they reach the desired stage of doneness; for medium (slightly pink in the center), broil 10 to 12 minutes on the first side and 6 minutes on the second side. set the filets aside to rest.
• place a steamer insert into a skillet, and fill with water to just below the bottom of the steamer. cover, and bring the water to a boil over high heat. add the asparagus, recover, and steam until just tender, 2 to 6 minutes depending on thickness.
• whisk bearnaise sauce mix with milk in a saucepan. add 1/2 cup of butter, and bring the sauce to a boil over medium heat, whisking constantly; reduce heat to a simmer, and whisk until sauce has thickened, about 1 minute.
• to assemble, top each broiled filet with crab meat, then half the asparagus; spoon bearnaise sauce to taste over the asparagus.