Sat, Sep-27-08, 18:57
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Senior Member
Posts: 193
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Plan: Atkins
Stats: 335/272/180
BF:
Progress: 41%
Location: Spokane, WA
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I just realized that I should give the instructions...as I remember them...may be edited if I forget something....
Alton Brown's Steak Preperation Method.
Preheat oven to 500 degrees.
Turn burner up to high on the stove and set your cast iron skillet (or whatever you're working with, I don't have a cast iron skillet yet, but I'm working on it...)
Make sure your steak is at room temp and rub it with an oil that has a high smoke point...I use safflower oil, other high heat oils are peanut and Canola Oil...
Salt and pepper the steak (Alton Brown says use kosher salt, and I do) and then use tongs (so you don't put holes in the meat for moisture to leak out of) to throw it in the heated pan for: 30 seconds per side...that's it. And DON'T TOUCH IT.
Then take the whole pan and throw it in the oven for 2 minutes and then flip it, then leave it in for another 2 minutes. Since I don't have a cast iron skillet yet, I just use the tongs to take it from the pan and place it on the foil lined baking sheet that's been in the oven and is nice and hot..
Then after it gets done. You can check doneness with a thermometer by pushing it into the side:
Rare: 120-130 F
Med Rare: 130-145 F
Medium: 145-155 F
Toast: 155 F and up (Alton's joke, not mine)
Put it on a saucer upturned on a plate, so that it doesn't sit in its own juices and get all mushy. Let it sit for 5 MINUTES.
Then dig in. I guarantee it'll be DELICIOUS!!
Last edited by Danieloser : Sat, Sep-27-08 at 19:06.
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