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Today on The Stay at Home Chef I'm showing you
How to Cook Steak Perfectly Every Time
This method works for any cut of steak
and will help you achieve the perfect steak every single time
There's no need to be intimidated by cooking steak
because it's actually super easy and I'm going to show you how
The first thing you need to do is pull your steaks out
and let them sit at room temperature for at least 30 minutes
If you're using frozen steaks you'll want to thaw them in the fridge first
but you want them to come to room temperature
If you'll notice we're using a nice thick steak
Thick steaks are actually easier to cook perfectly
Thin steaks will cook too fast and may even dry out
So choose a good thick steak
Today we're using a couple of New York Strip Steaks
but the same method works with Ribeye or T-bone or even filet
so choose a cut of steak that you like
You can see that this steak has some nice marbling in it
and some fat around the outside
There are actually 3 different grades of beef
Select, Choice, and Prime
and it's all based on the marbling and flavor in the beef
Now the difference between select and choice is
actually pretty big so I always recommend
choosing at least choice grade or prime grade beef
when you're making steak.
This is actually a choice grade New York steak
Once your steaks have had a chance to sit out
at room temperature for 30 minutes
preheat your oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit
and heat a large heavy skillet on the stove until it's smoking hot
Then we'll prep our steaks
Drizzle just a little bit of olive oil onto each steak
and rub it in to the top, the sides, as well as the bottom
Then we're going to put together our rub
Today I'm going to keep it super simple and just use
a mixture of salt and pepper
I'm going to use 1 teaspoon of salt
1/2 teaspoon of black pepper
and 1/2 teaspoon of white pepper
and mix these together
You can add other spices and herbs
but I like to keep it simple and let the meat shine
We're going to take this mixture and sprinkle it over our steaks
and rub it right in and you want to make sure you do both sides
Now since these steaks are really thick
you want to go a little more heavy handed than you might think
Before we go over and cook our steaks there's one last
thing we want to do
I like to finish off my steaks with butter so I'm going to
make a little garlic compound butter here by mixing
2 tablespoons of softened butter with 1 to 2 cloves of crushed garlic
Just mash that together with a fork
You can also add in fresh herbs to this butter to make it
an herb compound butter but I'm keeping it simple
with just a little bit of garlic
Next we're going to head on over to the stove
and I'm pretty sure our skillet is smoking hot
which is exactly what we need
Place the steaks down directly into the pan
You don't need to add any oil or anything
and we're going to sear each side of the steak for
2 to 3 minutes per side
And then since these have a little fat strip that goes along the side
you want to render that fat down so just turn it onto its side
and hold it there with tongs
You always want to render the fat so you don't end up with
a chewy piece of fat around the edges
Once it is seared on both sides and you've rendered the fat
then just slide them into the oven to finish cooking
The amount of time you need to leave your steaks in the oven
varies depending on how long you seared your steak
and how thick they are
A good rule of thumb is about 5 minutes per inch
but if you want 100% accurate results, use a meat thermometer
I pull my steak out when it reaches 130 degrees Fahrenheit
for a good medium rare
The steaks will need to rest for at least 10 minutes
before serving so you want to dollop on a tablespoon of butter
onto each one so it will melt over the steak while it rests
As you let your steaks rest the internal temperature
will continue to rise by about 5 degrees
It's important to let your steaks rest because it gives them
a chance for the juices to reabsorb into the meat
giving you the juiciest, most perfect steak possible
After 10 minutes of resting, you are ready to eat!
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