Steak and Mushroom Soup

Minimalist Recipe (cheap):
STEAK and MUSHROOM SOUP

Need: 1 head garlic, 1 shallot, steak (however you want--choose cheap ones), wine (red or white--you should always have wine in the house, even if just carlo rossi jug wine), beef stock or bouillon cube, Oregano/thyme, and tarragon, and bacon for added flavor.

Marinade Steaks: crush half the garlic head onto steaks, add olive oil and thyme/oregano, salt pepper, rub onto steaks--let sit.

Iron pan, add tblsp oil and two slivers of bacon cut up into inch pieces--heat.

When hot, add remaining half of garlic chopped and half of shallot.
When just brown, add steaks. Brown.
don't over cook steak.
Take out steaks, set onto hot plate.

dump grease.

in same pan (without cleaning it) add tblsp butter, heat, add shallot--sautee till soft.
Add (1.5 cups) stock/wine mixture, reduce half,
Add can mushroom soup, mix and add tarragon chopped.

put steaks in to reheat in liquid. Serve.