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Easy Steak with Pan Sauce

By Claire Saffitz

5.0

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Steak with sauce on silver platter
Photo by Isa Zapata, Prop styling by Tim Ferro, Food styling by Taneka Morris

This recipe works with all cuts of steak from ribeye to round, but you don't have to stop at beef. Your pork chops and chicken thighs could use a little buttery pan sauce, too.

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