Western cooking is not my expertise. Making steak is definitely not either. Don’t think that you are able to make a good steak by just buying an expensive steak. If you make it wrong, you are going to ruin the expensive steak.
I made this steak at the guest home of our friend in LA on the Valentine’s Day. It’s not my own kitchen and for convenient sake, I used garlic herb butter bought from grocery store. I’m glad that Mr Large likes it very much.
自問真的不算很會做,研究過很多的食譜也當然實驗過無數次(當然也是失敗過無數次),目前總結了幾點想跟大家分享一下。I’m definitely not an expertise on this. I’ve been doing a lot of researches and also experiments. Here to share what I have found out so far.
You need to let your steak to be at room temperature before it’s cooked. So, please take it out from the refrigerator at least 30 mins prior to cooking.
Season with olive oil, salt and black pepper. (and I would massage the steak!)
Your pan needs to be hot enough when you put your steak on it.
Pan fry 1 min on one side and flip to the other side for another 1 min. Keep doing this until each side is cooked for around 4-7 mins (depending on your desire degree of doneness).
When it’s about to be done, add garlic, butter and herbs. Turn to medium heat and keep pouring the melted butter on the steak.
There should be a lot of reference online in terms of how to determine the degree of doneness. I usually just check the tenderness of the meat.
I have got some steak which is rather thick. Since Mr Large doesn’t like it too raw while it produces too much of smoke when I pan fry the steak, I therefore would only cook each side for around 5 mins. Then, I would put it in the oven to continue cooking. I would do either broil for 2-3 mins or bake for no more than 10 mins at 300F (150C). Add more butter at the end when it’s done
I have seen some recipes are to bake the steak first to the degree of the doneness you want and then pan fry the two sides at the end.
Lastly, please let the steak sit for 10 mins before you cut it. This is to make sure the meat juice won’t all come out when you cut it.
To be honest, I’m still a rookie at making steak. Still have a lot to learn and need practice. Meat is much cheaper here. I believe that I’ll have lot more chances to experiment!