Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Recipe: Steak

So, I know this week's is a little boring, but bear with me. I was too busy to think of anything really interesting to cook, so I bought some steak and fried it up in a pan. Suggestions for more interesting foodstuffs to make should be left in the comments section, and would be appreciated.

So, what you need to make steak...

Steak (as much as you want, of whatever cut you can manage)
Butter
Worcestershire Sauce
Pepper
Garlic Powder

(The amounts of things that are not steak are heavily dependent on the amount of steak you wish to cook.)

First things first - heat up a pan on your oven, and melt some butter in it, enough to cover the bottom of the pan in a thin layer.

Next, add your steak. You'll want to cook all of the steak at the same time, so if you you need to do multiple pans or one very big pan, make sure you have enough butter and are paying attention to all of the steaks.

To begin with, pour some Worcestershire on the steak. Do this before it cooks well, and apply it liberally to both sides. Let it cook for a while, and then add pepper to and garlic powder to both sides of each steak, as well.

You'll want to cook it only long enough to make sure that no red can be seen on the outside of the steak. Don't check the middle - steak is better the less cooked it is and, contrary to popular belief, the center of a steak does not have to be cooked for it to be safe.

(Unlike pork and other foods, the only problems you can get in a steak that can be cooked away are found in the first few layers of meat, never in the center.)

When you're done cooking, remove it from heat, let the juices drip into a container for a moment or two, and then serve while still nice and warm.

You have now achieved Chef Level: Steak.

2 comments:

  1. You should invent an Asian pierogi recipe. I want a reason to eat a pierogi with Sriracha... legitimately.

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  2. There is no legitimate way to eat a pirogi with Siracha.

    I may just make pirogi's next week, though. They are delicious.

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