Cooking The Best Medium-Rare Steak
The Right Cut
Medium-rare fillet, ribeye, top sirloin, and flatiron. Soft and mild low-marbled fillet mignon. Marbling makes ribeye juicier.
Steak temperature
Bring meat to room temperature before cooking. Meaning? Even-heat. Hot cold meat? Exterior seams.
Stove-to-Oven
Cook stove-to-oven steaks evenly. Prepare. Sear-and-bake pan for meat. Cast-iron preferred. Bitman? NYT It's like cooking steak. Cast-iron seals evenly. TIP? S&P. Griddle.
Pan-frying
Pan-frying prepares medium-rare steak without an oven. Hotspots on stoves and cookware may need competence. Ready? Regulated.
The sous vide
Sous vide cooks meat in water (Serious Eats). Simple. A water-heating immersion circulator. Meat-herb seal. Flavors meat.
The reverse sear
Backsear. Steak-to-oven? Overcook. Chef Jessica Gavin handles temperature, crust, and meat.
Butter basting
Meat-braise. Basic flavour, nice smells, and fatty richness. "Serious Eats" recommends pouring heated fat over steaks.
Temperature Gauge
Thermometer. SteakU recommends 130F. Bad: surgery. Fluids smeared. Deflation. Roasting beef complicates things.
touch technique
Steak experts master the touch method. You may feel the steak for medium-rareness. Medium-rare? U-Steak "Medium-rare steak gives.
Let it rest
Burgers! Steak! Resting steak. Bearded butchers recommend resting steak. Why? Cooking reduces steak juices. Meat cooling spreads liquids. Rapidly-hardening flesh. Marrow Coke-bottled.
Cut the meat
Rest steak. Steaks might be family-style or decorative. Steak trim. Time-wasting steak errors. Taste of Home thinks temperature is key. Fearless. .
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