Father’s Day is this weekend and what better way to show him how much you care than to cook something special for him. Dads might not be all that big on breakfast in bed but you cannot go wrong making him a nice breakfast or brunch. Some dads aren’t into the whole quiche or even eggs benedict breakfast thing so when I came across the idea for this steak and eggs benedict on Nibble Me This I knew that I had found an eggs benedict that even dad would love! Steak and eggs is a classic breakfast combo, asparagus goes well with steak and bearnaise sauce goes phenomenally well with both steak and asparagus so this dish is a hit on every front!
Although eggs benedict is more involved than a lot of breakfast recipes, it is actually pretty easy to make. To lighten the load in the morning, grill up an extra steak for dinner the night before and set it aside in the fridge for breakfast the next day. All that is left to do is toast the english muffins, steam the asparagus, make the bearnaise sauce and poach the eggs. To make things even easier I like to use a simple blender version of the bearnaise sauce that only takes a few minutes to make which means that the hardest part of this recipe is poaching the eggs which is easy peasy.
Dad is sure to appreciate this steak and eggs benedict with asparagus in bearnaise sauce for breakfast on Father’s Day!
Just look at that perfectly medium rare steak and that amazing runny egg yolk!
What a great way to start the day!
Steak and Eggs Benedict with Asparagus in Bearnaise Sauce
Eggs benedict with grilled steak and asparagus in bearnaise sauce; an eggs benedict that even dad can get behind!
ingredients
- 1 (6 ounce, 1 inch thick) steak
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 2 English muffins, lightly toasted
- 12 spears asparagus, trimmed and blanched
- 4 eggs
- 1 batch bearnaise (see below) or hollandaise sauce, warm
directions
- Brush the grill with oil, heat to medium-high heat, pat the steak dry, season with salt and pepper and grill, about 2-4 minutes per side for medium rare and set aside.
- Bring a large pot of water to a boil and reduce the heat to medium.
- Crack an egg into a bowl, swirl the water in the pot and pour the egg from the bowl into the water and repeat for another egg.
- Let the eggs cook until the whites are set but the yolks are not, about 2-3 minutes and fish them out.
- Repeat for the remaining 2 eggs.
- Plate the English muffins, top with thinly sliced steak, asparagus, poached eggs and bearnaise sauce and enjoy warm.
Tip: Make the bearnaise sauce before poaching the eggs, place it in a bowl and place the bowl in warm water to keep the sauce warm until ready to serve.
Blender Bearnaise Sauce
A creamy buttery sauce flavoured with tarragon.
ingredients
- 2 tablespoons white wine vinegar
- 2 tablespoons white wine
- 1 tablespoon shallots, finely diced
- 1 tablespoon tarragon, chopped
- 3 egg yolks
- 1/4 pound (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted and hot
- 1 tablespoon tarragon, chopped
- slat and pepper to taste
directions
- Bring the vinegar, wine, shallots and tarragon to a boil, reduce the heat, simmer to reduce by half, let cool and strain the solids from the liquid.
- Pulse the reduction and egg yolks in a food processor for 20-30 seconds.
- Slowly drizzle in the butter while processing until all the butter is incorporated and the sauce is nice and thick and creamy.
- Mix in the tarragon and season with salt and pepper to taste.
manu says
June 10, 2013 at 12:22 pmIt looks delicious!
Marie Matter says
June 10, 2013 at 2:01 pmWOW! Can't think of a better Father's Day brunch than this!
Robyn Stone | Add a Pinch says
June 10, 2013 at 2:51 pmLooks delicious! Love to cook dishes like this!!!
Nancy Long says
June 10, 2013 at 10:18 pmYum, you wouldn't even need the english muffin for this
Stephanie says
June 11, 2013 at 4:03 amThis looks awesome. Never tried to make a bearnasise sauce before. This totally looks approachable but still elegant. Steak on Fathers Day = perfection 🙂 Thanks for posting it.
Julie says
June 11, 2013 at 3:44 pmMade this last night with leftover steak. Tasted great except for the blender hollandaise. I tried to halve the recipe, but even if I hadn't, the eggs were below the blender blades. Even by adding all the ingredients it barely got stirred. I understand the failure is in the design of the blender, but it was disappointing.
Chris says
July 2, 2013 at 3:06 pmThanks for the link, Kevin! I missed this one on the feed reader but I noticed the traffic bump in Analytics. I appreciate it!
Hai Tu says
March 1, 2014 at 3:53 pmit looks great!
Kim says
April 4, 2014 at 1:26 amI printed this out months ago (found it on Pinterest) and just made it tonight. Yummy stuff. That bearnaise sauce is awesome! Great combo of flavors in this dish. Thanks for the recipe!