“We’re going to steak night. We’re going to eat it right. Steak is such a treat. It is the world’s best meat!”

Steak Night is an annual holiday celebration for J.D. and Turk on “Scrubs,” so I knew a vegan version would be on the menu for this pairing.

This vegan recipe makes 2 “servings.” (If you know of a vegan, gluten-free steak, please drop those details in the comments.)

Ingredients
10 stalks asparagus
2 large potatoes
2 tablespoons vegan butter
2 tablespoons chives or green onions, diced (fresh or dried)
2 vegan steaks

Instructions
Boil your asparagus in salted water until it is fork-tender.

In the meantime, microwave your potatoes for 6-8 minutes, after rinsing and stabbing them a few times with a fork, of course.

While the asparagus and potatoes are cooking, sear your steaks in a nonstick skillet until they are heated all the way through.

We happened to find some large steaks at our local vegan butcher shop, so we just made one and split it.

When your potatoes are done, slice them open, butter them and add chives (dried or fresh). You can really add whatever you like to your baked potatoes.

Drain the water from the asparagus once it’s cooked.

Plate the steaks, potatoes and asparagus. Pour a little vegan steak sauce or hot sauce over one of them, two of them or all three. You can also serve it on the side.

Eat and enjoy with “Scrubs!”

The Easy Route
Getting a vegan steak dinner on demand is going to be difficult, if not impossible. If you have a place near you where that’s a possibility, drop the details in the comments.

One way you could make this easier is with a pouch of precooked asparagus that you can just heat up in the microwave.

The Pairing
I watched “Scrubs” as it aired, one of two shows I kept up with in my college years. (The other is “Gilmore Girls,” which probably says a lot about me, or at least the version of me from that era.)

After seeing the “Scrubs” pilot, I quickly became enthralled by the way the show took the medical dramas that dominated network television during the 1990s and infused some comedy into them.

The show follows a group of medical residents as they start working at Sacred Heart Hospital. The lead is J.D. (Zach Braff), an insecure medical resident, and there are three other characters the show follows closely: Turk (Donald Faison), J.D.’s best friend and roommate who is a surgical resident at the hospital; Elliot (Sarah Chalke), a fellow medical resident and J.D.’s “dream girl;” and Carla (Judy Reyes), a nurse who gives J.D. the oft-used nickname Bambi.

There’s also a strong supporting cast with John C. McGinley as Dr. Cox, J.D.’s mentor of sorts; Aloma Wright as Laverne, a nurse with the best one-liners; Ken Jenkins as Dr. Kelso, the chief of staff; Neil Flynn as Janitor (the lack of a name is a plot point), who quickly becomes J.D.’s nemesis; Robert Maschio as Todd, a meat-head surgical resident; Sam Lloyd as Ted, the sad sack hospital lawyer; and Christa Miller as Jordan, a hospital board member and Dr. Cox’s ex-wife.

“Scrubs” also has a superb soundtrack, and I love the episodes with musical numbers (there’s even a whole musical episode!).

Thanks to showrunner Bill Lawrence and the crew he assembled, the depth of world building in this show is wonderful and something that makes it stand out in a sea of sitcoms and medical shows.

I will admit the show tapers off in quality a bit in the later episodes of its nine-season run, but the first five seasons make it one of my all-time favorites.

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