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Instructions [on how to cook] Steak like a Restaurant
eHow.com ^ | a few years ago | Anon

Posted on 08/28/2012 9:00:45 AM PDT by Pharmboy

Instructions for Steak like a Restaurant

1. o 1 Prepare the steak by rubbing both sides with oil, Kosher salt and pepper. Kosher salt is a large flake salt that can be found next to the table salt.

o 2 Preheat the oven to 500 degrees F. Cooking steak without overcooking it is all about hitting it with a lot of heat very quickly.

o 3 Place the cast iron frying pan onto the stove top on high heat. This will preheat the pan. From now on that you only touch the cast iron frying pan with the pot holder, since it will be very hot.

o 4 Place a drop of water into the skillet. If it evaporates, the frying pan is ready.

o 5 Place the steak into the cast iron frying pan. Do not lubricate the frying pan. The oil on the steak will be enough to prevent sticking.

o 6 Let the steak cook on one side without moving it for 3 minutes until the underside is golden brown.

o 7 Flip the steak with the tongs. Immediately transfer the pan to the oven to complete cooking.

o 8 Let the steak cook in the oven for 2 to 7 minutes. After 2 minutes, it should be medium rare, 3 or 4 minutes for medium, 5 or 6 minutes for medium well and 7 minutes for well done.

o 9 Test the steak by inserting a meat thermometer. The temperature should be 5 to 10 degrees below the final desired temperature, since the steak will continue to rise slightly in temperature while it is resting. The final temperature for a medium rare steak is about 130 degrees F, medium 140 degrees F, medium well 150 degrees F and well at least 160 degrees F.

o 10 Remove the steak from the frying pan and let it rest for 5 to 10 minutes to finish cooking and to let the juices seep back into the steak. Serve after the steak has rested.


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To: Pharmboy

Had a steak the other night at SaltGrass Steakhouse. Outstanding! I told my wife I’d bet they were done in an oven. I’m cooking steaks tonight and will be doing it the way you described. Thanks.


61 posted on 08/28/2012 10:46:43 AM PDT by Terry Mross (To all my relatives and former friends: Do not contact me if you still love obama.)
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To: catman67

I put the steak on a wood cutting board and cover it with foil for five minutes. This is called “tinting” and allows the steak to cool just a bit and to allow the juices to reabsorb into the meat. If you cut it right away, the juices are forced out of the meat and you get a dry, runny steak.


62 posted on 08/28/2012 10:48:12 AM PDT by SJSAMPLE
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To: null and void

Oh, schmeck!


63 posted on 08/28/2012 10:49:58 AM PDT by SJSAMPLE
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To: SJSAMPLE
Absolutely agree!

After 2 minutes, it's ruined and no longer worthy of being called steak. It has transmuted to “leather”.

Well-done, it's the ruined what's for dinner.

64 posted on 08/28/2012 10:52:08 AM PDT by Alas Babylon!
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To: Pharmboy

PFL


65 posted on 08/28/2012 10:52:07 AM PDT by Batman11 (We came for the chicken sandwiches and a Sweet Tea Party broke out!)
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To: JDoutrider
That's the way I cook 'em, except for this part: Test the steak by inserting a meat thermometer.

After your first couple of thousand steaks, you can tell by touching without poking holes in the meat. I also let the steak rest for a bit before service.

/johnny

66 posted on 08/28/2012 11:06:41 AM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: shibumi
Or - You can do what I do and just hack it into huge chunks about 1-1/2 to 2 inches thick.

That's what I do with London Broil. My Father in law has a butcher who will cut them into huge 4-5lb. behemoths for about $2.50/lb. I freeze them a bit to make them juts a bit stiffer for cutting then cut them across the grain into 1" thick medallions. Marinate them in something light for a few hours in a vac sealed pouch. Grill them at high temp for a VERY short time. They are so tender it is like a slice of heaven.

Other than that, blade steaks do it for me. So much flavor when done right.

67 posted on 08/28/2012 11:13:50 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.)
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To: Pharmboy

Bookmarked ... until I can get home and access a printer.


68 posted on 08/28/2012 11:15:38 AM PDT by BlueLancer (You cannot conquer a free man. The most you can do is kill him. (R. Heinlein - "If This Goes On"))
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To: Pharmboy

Have to bump this for a bookmark - thanks!


69 posted on 08/28/2012 11:18:55 AM PDT by Made In The USA (Can we cut the BS and just say it like it is?)
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To: Pharmboy

There are so many jokes I could make about your “pot holder”.

LOL


70 posted on 08/28/2012 11:19:50 AM PDT by panaxanax (Voting 'Third Party' will ensure a Communist-Marxist-Socialist dominated Supreme Court!)
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To: panaxanax

Oh geez...hadn’t thought of that; but I WILL say that it is the biggest one in the neighborhood.


71 posted on 08/28/2012 11:24:42 AM PDT by Pharmboy (Democrats lie because they must.)
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To: GunsAndBibles

If I did not live in an apartment, I would agree; BUT, try this method sometime—esp. for a thicker steak.


72 posted on 08/28/2012 11:26:12 AM PDT by Pharmboy (Democrats lie because they must.)
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To: Sax
you can get really good at checking doneness just by quickly poking it with your finger tip to check its resistance.

For the novice…to develop your ‘touch’

The Finger Test to Check the Doneness of Meat


Open the palm of your hand. Relax the hand. Take the index finger of your other hand and push on the fleshy area between the thumb and the base of the palm. Make sure your hand is relaxed. This is what raw meat feels like. (Check this out the next time you have a raw steak to cook.)


Press the tip of your index finger to the tip of your thumb. The fleshy area below the thumb should give quite a bit. This is what meat cooked to rare feels like. Open up your palm again and compare raw to rare.


Gently press the tip of your middle finger to the tip of your thumb. This is medium rare.


Press the tip of your ring finger and your thumb together. The flesh beneath the thumb should give a little more. This is what meat cooked to a medium doneness feels like.


Press the tip of your ring finger and your thumb together. The flesh beneath the thumb should give a little more. This is what meat cooked to a medium doneness feels like.


Now gently press the tip of your pinky and your thumb together. Again feel the fleshy area below the thumb. It should feel quite firm. This is what well done meat feels like when you press on it. (Check this out the next time you overcook a piece of meat.)

73 posted on 08/28/2012 11:46:46 AM PDT by Stand Watch Listen
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To: Pharmboy

I simply cannot bear to pierce a steak with a thermometer. Most chefs never would as it allows juices to escape.

There’s a sure-fire way to tell: touch your thumb to your forefinger and feel the fleshy muscle of your thumb: that’s how rare feels on a steak. Thumb to middle finger is med-well. Ring finger is medium, pinky finger is officially only fit for the dog.


74 posted on 08/28/2012 12:04:42 PM PDT by JoanVarga ("Yes We Can" It's not just a slogan. It's a threat.)
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To: SgtHooper; Sherman Logan

***I bet that ruined your night life!***

Ruining your night life is when you are welding overhead from a sitting position and a large blog of slag and molten welding rod falls in your lap and burns it’s way through to...OUCH!

Bye bye night life for three or four weeks!

Voice of experience.


75 posted on 08/28/2012 12:53:35 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Tyrannies demand immense sacrifices of their people to produce trifles.-Marquis de Custine)
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To: JoanVarga

real cooks would not violate the sanitary nature of the food with direct contact.

a thermometer probe is fine.


76 posted on 08/28/2012 1:10:30 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: Pharmboy

It’s also nice to dry-age it a few days in the frig.

Ed


77 posted on 08/28/2012 2:59:48 PM PDT by Sir_Ed
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To: Pharmboy

78 posted on 08/28/2012 3:12:14 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
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To: Pharmboy
I've switched almost exclusively to buying Angus beef these days...and I find it has so little fat...I need a few drops of EVOO in the fry pan.

Anyone notice the rind fat on Angus is not greasy/fatty like steaks of old?


79 posted on 08/28/2012 3:22:32 PM PDT by Daffynition (Our forefathers would be shooting by now.)
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To: Vision; FatherofFive

Bleu cheese butter is good too...if you’re so inclined. :P


80 posted on 08/28/2012 3:25:46 PM PDT by Daffynition (Our forefathers would be shooting by now.)
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