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09-24-2013 08:31 AM |
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Originally Posted by Shaid
(Post 10014131)
Yep, I like to sear both sides as well. Keeps the juices inside.
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This is pretty much not the case. Searing gives it a delicious crust if use lightly salt it. Read the 7 old wives tales about steak that need to die I posted earlier.
Okay.
This is what you have to do:
1. Get a cooking surface as hot as ****ing possible. Put an iron skillet in the oven at highest temp and heat it for ten minutes. Then turn on your burner on max and plop it right on there to get it screaming hot.
2. Lightly oil the steak with a HIGH smoke point oil (not olive oil). Season lightly with kosher/sea salt and freshly ground black pepper. If you salt the steak earlier than just prior to throwing it on the iron, do it at least 45 minutes prior so the steak has time to reabsorb the moisture it loses when having salt on the surface. You can leave it in the fridge for this. MAKE SURE THE SURFACE HAS NO WATER ON IT BEFORE YOU COOK. External moisture will steam the meat rather than giving it a delectable crust and char, as well as it make take longer to cook.
3. Throw that bitch on the metal. Sear for 30 seconds, then flip to an UNUSED part of the cooking surface to ensure maximum temperature transfer to the unseared side and sear that for another 30 seconds. If you're using a grill, move it to a medium high heat area. If you're using a skillet and you don't like black and blue style steak (seared on the outside, cold and raw on the inside), put it back in the oven for two minutes at max temp, then flip, cook for another two minutes.
4. Take it off the metal, put it on an upside down plate or rack with a pan underneath and cover with foil and let it rest for several minutes. This is good for medium rare, which if you aren't eating it that way, you're throwing your money away with steak. Go to McDonald's instead.
Another way I've done it (and is AMAZING), is doing the above with searing in the skillet, then turning the heat way down and basting with butter over and over while the steak cooks. Unbelievably delicious.
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