/ck/ - Food & Cooking

/ck/ I've come to make a confession. Had a serious taste for a steak tonight and went to the store and selected a nice NY strip. Got the rest of the groceries put up and went out to the patio to fire up the grill only to realize that I was out of gas. Wasn't about to give up on the meal so I said fuck it and pulled out the cast iron skillet. Now mind you I've been firmly entrenched in the belief that an open flame was the only way to cook a steak and anything else was a waste of meat. Got some oil in there, got it nice and hot, threw some Montreal seasoning on both sides per usual, let it cook about 3 minutes on each side, pulled it off and let it rest for a couple minutes and then proceeded to HAVE THE BEST STEAK IN MY FUCKING LIFE! Wayyy more tender and juicy than anything I've been able to do on a grill, absolutely fucking perfect. I just don't know what to believe anymore.

How do you perfectly sear a steak?

>>9461221

>>8893037
Your steak looks soggy and under salted.

You also need to coat that steak with a generous amount of course pepper and sea salt. The salt is very important in helping to sear the steak. Sea salt is not very salty, so don't worry about putting a bit more on there.
Then, the other thing is your pan wasn't hot enough. The surface only looks to warmed and not seared at all!. You want the steak to be smoking like it was sitting on lava. you want that oil to burn, and let the steak sit and roll around in that max heat for at least a few minutes.

<- check image for reference. That's a proper sear.