Grilled Steaks with Sweet-Spicy Hoisin Sauce

Source: Mary Ellen's Cooking Creations

This recipe sounded really good, and I felt like having steak this week. Mary Ellen has come through with some of her other sauces and marinades that we've tried, so I didn't doubt that this was a good recipe.

I changed all the amounts, so if you'd like the original just go to Mary Ellen's blog.

Ingredients

• 1/4 C vegetable oil
• 2 shallots
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 tsp ground ginger
• 1/4 tsp crushed red pepper
• 1/3 C hoisin sauce
• 1 1/2 Tbsp soy sauce
• 1/4 C chicken stock
• 1 tbsp honey
• 1 1/2 Tbsp unsalted butter
• 2 steaks
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Preparation

• In a medium saucepan, heat oil.
• Add the shallots, garlic, ginger, crushed red pepper and cook over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 7 minutes.
• Add the hoisin, soy sauce, and chicken stock.
  
• Raise the heat to moderately high and boil until thickened, about 5 minutes.
• Stir in the honey.
• Remove from heat and stir in the butter until blended; keep warm.
• Season steak with salt and pepper, cook on George Foreman to desired doneness.
  
• Serve sauce over the steak.

Next Time- This sauce was really good over the steaks. I prefer savory over sweet, so next time I may just omit the honey all together. H really enjoyed the flavor.