Shallot sauce for steak

Name: Shallot sauce for steak
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 35 min
Ingredients: 100 g shallots; 1.5 Tablespoon extra virgin olive oil

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This shallot sauce is perfect for steak. You will like it so much that you will never want to eat a steak without it ever again. This recipe only requires 2 ingredients and is super easy to make.

shallot sauce in a white bowl and 2 shallots next to it

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⭐ Why you'll love this recipe
📖 Ingredient notes
🔪 Step by step instructions
💬 Frequently Asked Questions
🍲 Other sides for steak
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Shallot sauce is a huge classic in French « Bistrot » cuisine. It is usually served with a bavette steak ("bavette échalotes") along with mashed potatoes.

This shallot sauce is traditionally made with butter. Sometimes, you can also find it made with wine. But I've chosen to keep it very simple.

⭐ Why you'll love this recipe

Only 2 ingredients.
Extremely easy to make.
This recipe happens to be dairy free, whole 30, paleo and AIP compliant.

📖 Ingredient notes

3 shallots and a small bowl filled with olive oil

Shallots. Shallots are part of the same family as onions. Shallots are full of fiber, vitamins, minerals and antioxidants.
Olive oil. Make sure to use extra virgin olive oil.

For the quantities for this shallot sauce recipe, please see the recipe card below.

🔪 Step by step instructions

Peel and finely slice the shallots.

Then transfer them into a small saucepan and add the olive oil.

minced shallots and olive oil in a sauce pan

Let it cook on very low heat for about 30 minutes or until shallots get a nice golden color.

And voilà! Serve immediately this shallot sauce with steak.

shallot sauce in a small white bowl and a shallot on the side

💬 Frequently Asked Questions

What does a shallot taste like?

Even though shallots are part of the same family as onions, they have a sweeter and milder taste than onions. They have a more delicate taste compared to onions.

Shallots in French

In French, shallots are called "échalotes". So, to say shallots sauce in French you say "sauce échalotes".

🍲 Other sides for steak

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