Filet Oscar. Filet mignon + crab meat + asparagus.all topped with a rich Béarnaise sauce. It's arguably the best steak preparation ever invented -- and certainly among the most romantic! Which makes Steak Oscar the ideal meal for a special date, anniversary, Valentine's Day, or just because.

Filet Oskar (Steak with Crab and Hollandaise) Tender filet mignon, cooked to medium rare and topped with lump crab and decadent Hollandaise is the ultimate in surf-and-turf. An interesting alternative to the traditional surf-n-turf. Remove from the water, crack the shells and remove the meat. You can cook Filet Oscar using 7 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Filet Oscar

You need 1 of filet mignon, cut thick.
Prepare 1 of bacon, hickory smoked.
It's 1 can of crab chowder.
Prepare 2 of king crab legs.
Prepare 1 bunch of fresh asparagus.
You need 1 of sea salt, to taste.
Prepare 1 of freshly ground peppercorns, to taste.

Take the asparagus and remove the tough-cut ends and steam until crisp tender. For the Filets: Season with pepper. You should not salt a filet before cooking as salt draws the juice out of meat. While the filets are cooking, steam the asparagus and heat the crab meat.

Filet Oscar step by step

Heat your grill to at least 450°..
Add moistened wood chips if you can..
Wrap bacon slices around filets and secure using your preferred method; I use toothpicks..
Brush grill grates with a decent coating of extra virgin olive oil..
Add steaks to the grill..
In a pot, heat the crab chowder, adding cooked crab leg chunks harvested from the king crab legs..
Allow chowder to simmer while steaks cook..
I prefer my steak medium rare so I flip them after about 4 minutes..
Add asparagus to the grill..
Plate the filets..
Remove the toothpicks carefully to not separate the bacon from the filet..
Smother steaks with chowder and crab chunks..
Arrange asparagus spears artfully over steaks..

To plate, season the filets with salt and put on a plate. Place the butter in a medium bowl. Broiled beef tenderloin filets are topped with buttery crab meat, asparagus, and powdered Bearnaise sauce for an elegant dish that would be perfect for a special date, anniversary, Valentine's Day, or just because. Oscar-style steak is a fine recipe combining the delicious taste of asparagus with only the finest of steaks around. —Cindy Dorsett, Lubbock, Texas. By using fantastic ingredients such as beef tenderloin, crabmeat and fresh asparagus, you can make an elegant dinner.