Steak a la Barbara Stanwyck

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup soy sauce
• 1 teaspoon brown sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
• 1 teaspoon olive oil
• 1 small porterhouse steak, about ¾ inch thick
• 2 tablespoons butter

Directions

1. 1

   Mix soy sauce with brown sugar, pepper and olive oil, pour into shallow pan.

2. 2

   Put steak into sauce and spoon a little sauce over top; marinate 30 minutes and turn several times.

3. 3

   Heat a large heavy skillet; add butter and when very hot, add the steak to skillet.

4. 4

   Cook over high heat until charred on other side.

5. 5

   (The result will be steak charred on the outside but pink in the middle.).

6. 6

   Serve immediately on a well heated platter.