Looking for a way to make steak even MORE delicious? Whether you’re a grill master or an amateur home cook looking to elevate your steak game these 25+ steak topping ideas will turn your next steak dinner into a gourmet experience!
There’s something for every palate in this collection from classic favorites like mustard sauce and compound butter to innovative creations like roasted tomatoes on the vine and crispy fried shallots.
If you’re looking for the perfect place to start I highly recommend this 5 minute Cilantro Chimichurri Sauce.
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Ideas for Steak Toppings
Mustard Sauce for Steak
Make the most of steak night with this quick and easy Mustard Sauce for Steak. A classic creamy sauce with a delectable depth, it adds brilliant finishing flavors to any cut of steak for a sophisticated steakhouse experience at home.
Mustard Sauce for Steak
Red Wine Steak Sauce
Learn how to make a simple red wine sauce for steak with this easy recipe. This impressive pan seared steak dinner cooks in one skillet!
Red Wine Sauce
Creamy Peppercorn Sauce for Steak
This easy Peppercorn Sauce for Steak is a steakhouse favorite, blending simple ingredients to create a rich, creamy, and indulgent sauce with a kick. It’s the perfect way to transform your everyday steak into something extraordinary!
Creamy Peppercorn Sauce for Steak
Easy Compound Butter for Steak
Add unbelievable flavor to your meal with this Compound Butter for Steak. It’s super easy and quick to make and is perfect for any meat, vegetables, bread or any food that needs a rich and buttery spread.
Compound Butter for Steak
Olive Tapenade
This easy Olive Spread recipe comes together in just 10 minutes in your food processor or blender. Serve as a delicious steak topper.
Olive Tapenade
Easy Peri Peri Sauce Recipe
Awaken your taste buds with Peri Peri Sauce, a classic South African condiment made with African bird’s eye chili peppers, garlic, and citrus. Its bold, fiery flavor perfectly complements chicken, steak, vegetables, and more!
Peri Peri Sauce
EASY Bearnaise Sauce Recipe
This yummy Bearnaise sauce recipe is rich, fluffy, and tangy. This sauce can be used on a variety of dishes, like steak and seafood.
Bearnaise Sauce
Creamy Mushroom Sauce
Extra creamy, incredibly flavorful Mushroom Cream Sauce. Easy to make in 20 minutes! Delicious spooned over chicken, pork, steak & pasta.
Creamy Mushroom Sauce for Steak
Pepperonata
Pepperonata is a classic Italian sauce made from bell peppers, tomatoes, and aromatics. It’s easy to make in one skillet and has mouthwatering flavors, making it a wonderful pairing for sandwiches, pizzas, omelets, pasta, grilled meats, and more!
Pepperonata
Quick and Easy Pickled Onions
Quick Pickled Onions are so easy to make at home. With just 5-minutes you can have your red onions pickling. You can store them in the fridge for up to two weeks!
Quick Pickled Onions
5 Minute Chimichurri Sauce
This Chimichurri Sauce recipe is packed with flavor and easy to make with simple ingredients & your blender or food processor. This cilantro chimichurri sauce for steak is also delicious with chicken, pork, seafood and roasted vegetables.
Chimichurri
EASY Sauteed Onions
This complete guide on how to saute or caramelize onions perfectly is such a life saver! Tricks + technique for the BEST sauteed onions EVER for burgers or steak!
How to Caramelize Onions Perfectly
Air Fryer Cherry Tomatoes
Learn how to roast cherry tomatoes in the air fryer in just 10 minutes! Bursting with Italian flavors, these Air Fryer Tomatoes are easy to make and a delicious addition to pasta, soups, toast, salads, and so much more.
Air Fryer Tomatoes
Crispy Air Fryer Mushrooms
Upgrade everyday dinners and holiday meals with Air Fryer Mushrooms! Perfectly seasoned and endlessly customizable, this quick and easy recipe serves as a delectable side dish or topping for burgers, steaks, and beyond.
Air Fryer Mushrooms
30 Minute Chilli Oil
This chilli oil recipe is super easy, delicious and means you’ll always have a big flavour bomb ready to use in so many different ways.Recipe: Dished By Kate
Chilli Oil
Skirt Steak with Roasted Red Pepper Relish
Roasted red pepper relish is a vibrant and tangy topping that adds a burst of flavor to your steak. Recipe: Street Smart Nutrition
Roasted Red Pepper Relish
Roasted Chili Corn Salsa
This Roasted Chili Corn Salsa recipe is a copycat version of Chipotle Mexican Grill’s delicious corn salsa. It’s fresh, sweet, and just a little bit spicy.Recipe: The Food Blog
Roasted Chili Corn Salsa
Easy Gochujang Butter Recipe for Steaks, Pasta, and More!
This simple compound butter uses gochujang, a delightfully spicy and flavorful Korean red pepper paste. It will add new layers of flavor to your favorite buttery dishes!Recipe: Street Smart Nutrition
Gochujang Butter for Steak
Easy Red Chimichurri Sauce (Chimichurri Rojo)
Red Chimichurri Sauce Recipe (Chimichurri Rojo) is a delightful and versatile Argentinian and Uruguayan sauce used as an accompaniment for grilled meats.Recipe: A Latin Flair
Red Chimichurri Sauce
Fresh Jalapeño Relish
If you love pickled jalapeños, this easy homemade jalapeño relish is for you! Dollop this versatile jalapeño sauce onto steaks, sandwiches, nachos, eggs, etc.Recipe: Cookie and Kate
Fresh Jalapeño Relish
Bruschetta to Top Steak
If you love bruschetta and a grilled steak every now and then you should try combining the two together! This is a perfect quick and easy summer meal. Recipe: Jonathan Melendez
Bruschetta Steak Topping
Mexican Steak with Avocado Salsa
Fresh and flavorful Avocado Salsa recipe with diced avocados, tomatoes, cilantro, garlic, lime juice, and seasoning. Perfect for topping grilled steak! Recipe: Tastes of Lizzy T
Avocado Salsa to Top Steak
Fried Shallots
These crispy fried shallots are easy to make and incredibly tasty! You’ll love these gluten-free and vegan shallots on casseroles, soups, vegetables, and steak.Recipe: Sustainable Cooks
Crispy Fried Shallots
Horseradish Sauce
This quick and easy Horseradish Sauce Recipe takes less than 5 minutes to whip up and belongs in your culinary back pocket! Recipe: Carlsbad Cravings
Horseradish Sauce
Cherry Sauce for Steak
These Strip Steaks with Fresh Cherry Sauce are a summer meal that wows! Savory, rich steaks seasoned and seared to perfection and then served with a fresh cherry and red wine sauce that sings. Simple but impressive!Recipe: Yes to Yolks
Cherry Sauce for Steak
Bacon Cheese Walnut Crusted Steak
The bacon, toasted walnut and cheese crust on top of a perfectly rubbed and pan seared steak is a heavenly experience for your taste buds!Recipe: Beauty and the Foodie
Bacon Cheese Walnut Crusted Steak
Sauteed Peppers and Onions
These classic Sauteed Peppers and Onions are simple to prepare and full of rich flavor! Seasoned with garlic, spicy pepper flakes, Italian seasoning and balsamic vinegar, they are delicious as a stand-alone side, or perfect on pasta, burgers, or steak! Recipe: No Spoon Necessary
Sauteed Peppers and Onions
Tuscan Steak
Elevate your steak game by topping it with a savory herb oil, fried egg, and tangy marinated cherry tomatoes.Recipe: Half Baked Harvest
Tuscan Steak with Marinated Tomatoes and a Fried Egg
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What to serve with steak
- Baked Potatoes in the Instant Pot
- Sour Cream Mashed Potatoes
- Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Balsamic
- Glazed Carrots
- Roasted Miso Cauliflower
- Easy Arugula Salad
- Hawaiian Coleslaw
- Grilled Potato Salad
25+ Toppings for Steak
Looking for a way to make steak even MORE delicious? Whether you’re a grill master or an amateur home cook looking to elevate your steak game these 25+ steak topping ideas will turn your next steak dinner into a gourmet experience!
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Serves 6 people
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 Tablespoon olive oil
- 1 pound mixed mushrooms (such as portobello, cremini, white button, shiitake or oyster, cut into 1-inch pieces)
- 1 Tablespoon unsalted butter
- 1 shallot (minced)
- 2 cloves garlic (minced)
- 1 Tablespoon tomato paste
- 2 Tablespoons flour
- ½ cup dry red wine
- ¾ cup beef stock (or vegetable stock)
- 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1 ½ teaspoons soy sauce (plus more to taste)
- ⅓ cup heavy cream
- Salt and pepper (to taste)
Instructions
- In a large skillet, heat the olive oil over medium-high heat. Add the mushrooms and cook, undisturbed, until browned, about 3 minutes. Stir the mushrooms, then continue to cook until browned all over, about 3 minutes longer. Transfer to a bowl.
- Reduce the heat to medium and add the butter to the skillet. Once the butter is melted, add the shallot and cook until translucent, about 2-3 minutes.
- Add the garlic and cook for 30 seconds, until fragrant. Add the tomato paste and cook 1 minute longer. Stir in the flour and cook 1 minute longer.
- Add the wine, broth, thyme, and soy sauce. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, then reduce the heat and simmer for 5 minutes.
- Stir in the cream and the mushrooms. Season with additional soy sauce, salt, and pepper, to taste.
Nutrition
Calories: 145kcal | Carbohydrates: 10g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 20mg | Sodium: 176mg | Potassium: 350mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 297IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 20mg | Iron: 1mg
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