Steak

[Giggly]

Just thought you should know.



Plus I just wanted to make your mouth water.

Also, feel free to share the method you like to cook your steak best, favorite cuts, seasonings, marinades, sauces, etc.

[ceecee]

I'll use a porterhouse for example but it depends very much on the cut of beef as to what I do to prep it.

I grill but more often I use a very well seasoned cast iron pan. The pan is always oiled when I put it away so I simply heat it on high until it is smoking. I add a little butter and let it brown a bit.

I lay the steak in the pan, making sure the surface is flat against the pan. I don't move it for 4 minutes. Then flip and do the same to the other side. Remove from the pan and let sit for a few minutes. Inhale.

That's it. Blue rare to rare.

[Rajah]

I'm a fan of ribeyes. Not the healthiest, but definitely the juiciest cut.

I like to grill it. First, rub it down with oil then create a steak seasoning crust. My favorite is actually a pretty cheap seasoning but I've only seen it in Texas. It's Bolners Fiesta Brand Texas steak seasoning. Maybe two or three bucks for a huge bottle. Awesome stuff.

I don't have a grill here in Florida, so I'm content to just broil it. Not nearly as good, but it'll do in a pinch. I'll often sear it quickly on my grill pan then throw that under the broiler.

I also like to tent the steaks and let them rest a bit while I finish making any side dishes. I will often create a compound butter, using Plugra butter and whatever herbs or spices I want. Soften the butter, mix in the herbs, then let the mixture melt over the steak.

[prplchknz]

I love steak especially medium rare. though I'm no expert on cuts I usually get the smallest size at a resteraunt and I can't even eat all of that along with the bread and the soup and baked potato (loaded naturally). I just ate and I really want a steak now. curse you and your photo.

[kyuuei]

Definitely the meat has to be tender for me. Chewy steak is like that scene on the Matrix where you saw a titty shot, and then Reeve's Mr. Yuck Face qualifying ass right afterwards. I like anywhere between medium-rare to medium-well.

I like the meat to be marinated overnight, I use a variety of things but seeing as how I tend to cook steak and use leftovers for fajita meat I favor cilantro lime marinades.

I use a cheap brand of seasoning too called Uncle Kracker's somethingorother. I recognize the bottle lol. It tastes good on a variety of meats.

Light A-1 sauce usually covers up any bad cooking, but if it's made right I don't need any sauce at all.

Also, for those who have H.E.B. in their areas, that pre-marinated and seasoned fajita meat rocks. Both the chicken and steak kinds were awesome and easy to cook.

[spirilis]

Medium, usually. NY strip is my favorite, cooked with some old bay + grill mates (montreal steak) on both sides. Sometimes I experiment with paprika, or cinnamon.

The best way to cook it, which I don't do often (since I rarely buy wine), is in an iron skillet with a little bit of wine (sweet wine even better), cooking the resulting wine+juices after the steak's been removed so that it forms a syrupy sauce. No A1 required there.
Once when I was *really* bored (and feeling adventuresome) I tried grapefruit juice instead of wine, cooking it likewise to thicken the sauce. The resulting sauce was really mild but surprisingly delicious.

[Bella]

I don't eat meat very often, but when I do it should be well done.

[Jack Flak]

Chicago Rare pls.

[Winz]

[Awesomecakes]

Steak is just awesome. Rare to medium rare depending on the cut. I've found that I like how it cooks in the broiler of a gas stove, or the toaster oven believe it or not. Just the meat. No sauce. Salt and pepper. Pepper maybe.