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Alright, I'm in an apartment so no grill for me, but here's how I've been doing steaks.
Pull steak out of fridge a half hour early, lightly pat with a paper towel to get extra juices up.
Sprinkle each side with some kosher salt and some fresh ground pepper.
Wait half hour
While waiting, prepare finishing butter - 1tbs butter, pinches of kosher salt, garlic powder, rosemary, and parsley. Mix that all up and let it sit.
Heat up cast iron skillet on the stove (electric) to about 5..
Cook steak by feel (medium rare), flipping every couple of minutes. It's taken some practice, but I can judge doneness properly by prodding with tongs on 1" ribeyes and strips which is what we pretty much always have.
After steak feels done, set on a plate to rest, spread finishing butter over it.
Wait 5 minutes
Serve, and enjoy!
So that's how I do it, and the finishing butter made a HUGE difference when I started using it. I would like to get an idea of other ways to prepare steaks though, namely any other good sauces or prep techniques that give a stellar steak. I feel I've got the hard part down with nailing the doneness, but some variety would be cool. SWMBO and I will get the value pack from Wegmans which is always a nice price, and then split a steak for dinner about once a week. While steak is delicious, I could go for some variety!
So, how do you steak?
Pull steak out of fridge a half hour early, lightly pat with a paper towel to get extra juices up.
Sprinkle each side with some kosher salt and some fresh ground pepper.
Wait half hour
While waiting, prepare finishing butter - 1tbs butter, pinches of kosher salt, garlic powder, rosemary, and parsley. Mix that all up and let it sit.
Heat up cast iron skillet on the stove (electric) to about 5..
Cook steak by feel (medium rare), flipping every couple of minutes. It's taken some practice, but I can judge doneness properly by prodding with tongs on 1" ribeyes and strips which is what we pretty much always have.
After steak feels done, set on a plate to rest, spread finishing butter over it.
Wait 5 minutes
Serve, and enjoy!
So that's how I do it, and the finishing butter made a HUGE difference when I started using it. I would like to get an idea of other ways to prepare steaks though, namely any other good sauces or prep techniques that give a stellar steak. I feel I've got the hard part down with nailing the doneness, but some variety would be cool. SWMBO and I will get the value pack from Wegmans which is always a nice price, and then split a steak for dinner about once a week. While steak is delicious, I could go for some variety!
So, how do you steak?