Strip Steaks with Bacon-Mushroom Sauce
5 slices bacon, cut into 1/4-inch pieces
3 cups sliced mushrooms
3/4 cup smoky mesquite steak sauce
1/4 cup dry sherry or water
1 teaspoon brown sugar
4 (10 ounce) boneless strip steaks
Cook bacon in skillet until crisp. Remove bacon from skillet; pour
off all but 2 tablespoons drippings from skillet.
Add mushrooms to reserved drippings in skillet; cook and stir 5
minutes or until mushrooms are tender. Return bacon to skillet. Add
steak sauce, sherry and brown sugar; bring to boil. Reduce heat to
medium-low; simmer 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Keep warm.
Place steaks on grill over medium coals or on rack of broiling pan.
Grill or broil 4 to 6 minutes on each side or until internal
temperature reaches 140 degrees to 150 degrees F for medium.
Serve with mushroom sauce.
Makes 4 servings. |