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Well after shocking people with my revelation that I dare to cook steak on my GF grill, I realised I have never cooked it any other way!
So tell me, how do YOU cook steak......?
On a cast iron griddle pan, a bit like the one below. Get the pan really hot before you put the pre-seasoned, room temperature steak on. I give my steak a brush of oil before I cook it too. My griddle pan cost me £9.99 and it's brill. Good for doing chargrilled peppers etc. too if you like fajitas.
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I love fajitas but Phil doesn't :(
So I've added a griddle pan to my list of kitchen items wanted :D
If you want it done the proper way (blue) warm up an oven to about 75-100C before you cook the steak.
Leave the steak out for an hour or so, I tend to season it and put some olive oil over it whilst it's out of the fridge.
As Kate said, VERY hot griddle, 20s each side, then put on a plate and put in the over for a few minutes to warm the middle up, it'll go to that nice deep purple colour. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
If you like it decimated, then cook it for about 1min each side.
If you like it totally ruined, then 1.5mins each side.
If you like leather, 2mins each side.
Of course it depends on the thickness of the steak, this is just a rough guideline for a 200g piece of meat.
Definately not blue, I can't eat things that bleed.
I love fajitas but Phil doesn't :(
So I've added a griddle pan to my list of kitchen items wanted :D
They're dead useful :)
Oh and I cook my steak (about 3cm thick) for about 1-1.5mins each side so it's red and bloody (well, it's not blood but you know what I mean) in the middle. Le Frog likes his bluer than blue :p
If it's cooked well (blue or not) it shouldn't bleed really. :) But in that case I'd cook it for about 1-1.5mins. But I'd still put it in the oven afterwards.
I do prefer a flat bottomed pan to a ridged griddle pan for steaks :)
I can't eat things that bleed.
It should Moo dammit :D
SidewinderINC
09-01-2008, 19:10
It should Moo dammit :D
Yes, Yes it should!!
Stan_Lite
09-01-2008, 19:11
I like mine cooked on a griddle too - same as Kate, little bit of oil on the pan, heat up to red hot, about 1 min per side (unless I feel like it blue, comme le frog).
Must get me a new griddle, I left mine up North.
Griddles are good for many things - one of my favourite being asparagus blanched and then fried on a silly hot griddle with butter. Served with aforementioned steak and some boiled new tatties - heaven.
/Drools.
The great thing about griddles is the heat dispersion and the taste you get on the meat. Also it doesn't let ALL the fat run away, but enough of it so that it doesn't get too dry and lose flavour.
It should Moo dammit :D
Thats not blue, it's black and white :p
Thats not blue, it's black and white :p
;D;D;D
The great thing about griddles is the heat dispersion and the taste you get on the meat. Also it doesn't let ALL the fat run away, but enough of it so that it doesn't get too dry and lose flavour.
It makes cool lines on the meat too :cool:
griddle=skillet ?
Not quite, I believe a skillet is flat-bottomed. Other than that they're very similar.
I always use a griddle but often forget to lubricate the ridges, causing surface tearage when you go to flip the steak. n00bness tbh.
Oil the steak instead. WIN!!!!
That can be my new mantra.
This bears no real relation to the thread except..... tonight I cooked a fillet steak to my perfection. Charred on the outside, brown around the very edges and red in the centre. It's so tender I don't even need to use a knife, just my fork (more down to selecting the right bit of meat than he cooking there though)
Steak...... mmmm... nom nom nom ;D
I prefer cooking it in a griddle but need to buy one again to get the best from steaks, lamb etc when i cook it.
I tend to rub oil into the steak first then dip it into a plate which has salt, black pepper and paprika sprinkled on it. I coat both sides then into the griddle on medium to high heat, as i like my steak well done so once the intial searing is over i cook each side longer covering the griddle with foil to keep all the moisture in while i cook to my taste mmmmm
SCM
I've noticed that the better aged the streak the less it bleeds when you cook it rare or blue. That bright red beef you get in the supermarket is full of liquid and if cooked rare it's as tough as leather and bleeds all over the plate. I'd rather pick a smaller steak and get a better cut because it means I'll enjoy it more. It also stays a lot more succelent if you do overcook it.
HOT HOT HOT pan, big lump of hunkachunk meat, throw it on, count to 5, turn it over, count to 5, chuck it on my plate.
Nom.
FakeSnake
27-05-2008, 11:46
HOT HOT HOT pan, big lump of hunkachunk meat, throw it on, count to 5, turn it over, count to 5, chuck it on my plate.
Nom.
Or serve you my Wellington ;)
Or serve you my Wellington ;)
*monocle pops out*
Flibster
27-05-2008, 13:56
If you want it done the proper way (blue) warm up an oven to about 75-100C before you cook the steak.
Leave the steak out for an hour or so, I tend to season it and put some olive oil over it whilst it's out of the fridge.
As Kate said, VERY hot griddle, 20s each side, then put on a plate and put in the over for a few minutes to warm the middle up, it'll go to that nice deep purple colour. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
WIN!
Had a rack of Lamb done like that at the weekend. Was fantastic. :D
Definately not blue, I can't eat things that bleed.
no point eating steak then :p ;D
i opt for the standard griddle pan, rub meat down with olive oil & black pepper, then a minute max each side.
comes out ftw everytime \o/
Sometimes... just sometimes... when I am feeling exceptionally nawty... I will snip a bit of the meat off raw and gobble it up when no ones looking :D
I love it.
Nom.
Nom nom nom nom nom.
:D
When we were in Manc we went to Cafe Rouge before going to see Iron Man. When there were 3 orders for blue and 1 for rare steak the (very lovely) waitress asked if we were french ;D
Sometimes... just sometimes... when I am feeling exceptionally nawty... I will snip a bit of the meat off raw and gobble it up when no ones looking :D
I love it.
Nom.
Nom nom nom nom nom.
:D
I always do that when I'm cooking. Raw cow is the way forward. Last time I was in Froggy land I had Steak tartare (albeit without the raw egg) and it was scrummy!
Del Lardo
30-05-2008, 21:48
I can't eat things that bleed.
looks shifty
bites tongue
gives himself a red card
sorry :o
Piggymon
30-05-2008, 22:12
^ LOL ! ;D
Griddle
Hot
Take room temp steak preoiled and seasoned
Let it kiss the griddle on each side
Serve with some token salad
Serve with some token salad
Call yourself a man?!!! Feek would be so ashamed of you :p;D
Doesn't mean I eat it. It's like the salad you get with a kebab. :D
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