Steak sauce

Steak sauce is a tangy sauce commonly served as a condiment for beef in the United States. Two of its major producers are British companies, and the sauce is similar to the "brown sauce" of British cuisine.[1]

Two types of steak sauce

Overview

Steak sauce is normally brown in color, and often made from tomatoes, spices, vinegar, and raisins, and sometimes anchovies. The taste is either tart or sweet, with a peppery taste similar to Worcestershire sauce. Three major brands in the U.S. are the British Lea & Perrins, the United States Heinz 57, and the British Henderson's A1 Sauce sold in the United States as A1 Steak Sauce. There are also numerous regional brands that feature a variety of flavor profiles. Several smaller companies and specialty producers manufacture steak sauce, as well, and most major grocery store chains offer private-label brands. These sauces typically mimic the slightly sweet flavor of A1 or Lea & Perrins.

Heinz 57 steak sauce, produced by H. J. Heinz Company, is unlike other steak sauces in that it has a distinctive dark orange-yellow color and tastes more like ketchup spiced with mustard seed. Heinz once advertised the product as tasting "like ketchup with a kick".[2]

See also

• Béarnaise sauce
• Café de Paris sauce
• Compound butter
• Demi-glace
• List of sauces
• Montreal steak seasoning
• Peppercorn sauce

References

1. Baxter-Wright, Dusty (28 March 2017). "Americans don't know what Brown Sauce is and it's mind blowing". Cosmopolitan. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
2. Heinz. "Heinz 57 video advertisement". YouTube.

Further reading

• Kenneth T. Farrell (August 31, 1998). Spices, Condiments and Seasonings. Springer. pp. 308–. ISBN 978-0-8342-1337-1. Retrieved November 25, 2012.