How do you like your steak?

[keyboardlover]

Quality cut, rare.

Just like my choice in girls, quality in the raw.

Go raw, or go home.

[TheShining]

Well done baby.

[Input Nirvana]

Ping!

[TheQsanity]

Went to LV and headed over to the buffet... Saw people with Prime Rib... Looked good so I went to go get some for myself... it was brown... like bark on a tree.

Like come on! It's Prime Rib FFS, who roasts a steak to bark and call it prime rib...

[Magnusian]

What's your favorite cut of steak?
 - Filet Mignon
 - New York Strip Steak
 - Porterhouse
 - Prime Rib Steak
 - Rib-eye Steak
 - Sirloin Steak
 - T-Bone Steak

How do you like it cooked?
 - Grilled
 - Pan-fried

How well done do you like it?
 - Medium rare
 - Rare

Anything else is blasphemy.

Favorite side dish to go with it?
 - Mashed potatoes

Cook it yourself or go to a restaurant?
Either or.

Seasoning used?
 - Salt and pepper

Anything else is blasphemy.

[CPTBadAss]

Porterhouse, medium rare. Grilled in the summer; Pan-fried in the winter. Seasoned with salt and pepper. My favorite side-dishes are veggies like mushrooms and onions.

I like cooking a lot so I prefer cooking it myself but there's definitely nothing wrong with a good steakhouse haha.

Pretty simple but I always think steaks are amazing on their own and should be kept as simple as possible.

[razorsharpgears]

Prime Rib or Ribeye - medium rare - with lots of gelatinous fat.   Basically a Jello steak.

Jello steak you say?

That doesn't look very good... xD

[fuus]

Pan fried, medium rare with a salt and pepper rub. Mmm...

KodMid, you make me drool.

I am also a fan of medium rare nom-ey-ness

[rek55]

Porterhouse, grilled, medium-rare, with sauteed mushrooms and white basmati rice.

On the steak, I prefer to use a dry rub made of crushed dried chili peppers, fresh black pepper, a bit of cayenne pepper, and onion salt. It is delicious. And spicy.

Making me salivate just thinking about it. I made it for Thanksgiving last year...

I think I may need to grill a steak this weekend.

[esoomenona]

Porterhouse, grilled, medium-rare, with sauteed mushrooms and white basmati rice.

On the steak, I prefer to use a dry rub made of crushed dried chili peppers, fresh black pepper, a bit of cayenne pepper, and onion salt. It is delicious. And spicy.

Making me salivate just thinking about it. I made it for Thanksgiving last year...

I think I may need to grill a steak this weekend.

I think I may need to now as well!

[okooko]

Medium rare is my way to go =P

[inteli722]

Well then...I haven't tried everything up there. I really haven't had enough variety to determine what cut of steak or what sides I like. I like it Medium Rare off the grill preferably DIY.

[JPG]

What's your favorite cut of steak?
 - Filet Mignon

How do you like it cooked?
 - Grilled
 - Pan-fried (during winter when snow prevent me from using my bbq)

How well done do you like it?
 - Rare
 - Very rare or blue

Favorite side dish to go with it?
 - Sauteed mushrooms
 - Mashed potatoes

Cook it yourself or go to a restaurant?
Both, but cost so much in a restaurant that I prefer to do it myself

Seasoning used?
 - Salt and pepper rub
 - Marinade

[rek55]

I do pan-fried when I don't have a grill, but the grill is definitely the way to go.

For pan-fried, I tend to use the same dry rub, with macadamia oil in a cast iron pan. I've seen people recommend canola oil before, but macadamia oil tastes better, has a similarly high smoke point, and is actually healthier for you (canola oil always seemed to have too much flavor and would end up competing with the steak flavor).

[ekw808]

Medium Rare, 2 inch+  Marbled Dry aged Bone-in Ribyeye, cast iron sear with a little bit of oil initially, add minced garlic, shallots and butter before a quick broil in the oven, gotta salt at least 24 hours beforehand. Sauteed spinach, some garlic mash.

Lights out.

Edit: Gotta deglaze the pan afterwards with a nice Red, reduce till 1/2, serve as sauce

[rek55]

Medium Rare, 2 inch+  Marbled Dry aged Bone-in Ribyeye, cast iron sear with a little bit of oil initially, add minced garlic, shallots and butter before a quick broil in the oven, gotta salt at least 24 hours beforehand. Sauteed spinach, some garlic mash.

Lights out.

That sounds good. I'll take one.

[lazerpointer]

Montreal Steak Seasoning. Need I say more?

[missalaire]

Rib eye
Grilled
Medium rare
Buttered mashed potatoes
Restaurant cooked (I like Texas Roadhouse and Ruth's Chris)

[tjcaustin]

Rib eye
Grilled
Medium rare
Buttered mashed potatoes
Restaurant cooked (I like Texas Roadhouse and Ruth's Chris)

lady (making an assumption) after my own heart<3

[missalaire]

Rib eye
Grilled
Medium rare
Buttered mashed potatoes
Restaurant cooked (I like Texas Roadhouse and Ruth's Chris)

lady (making an assumption) after my own heart<3

Your assumption is correct. You have good taste

[esoomenona]

I prefer hamburgers. Take that steak and grind it up and throw some cheese and bacon on it!

[JPG]

Montreal Steak Seasoning. Need I say more?

Haha I just learned something here ... I live near Montreal and I had never heard of Montreal Steak Seasoning. So I googled it only to find that it's only some classic steak spices. No one specify it's from Montreal around here  so I never heard of it before!

[asura]

I don't know about the cheese and bacon, but yea, some nice burgers can be made - Charlotte and sun blanched tomato is nice!  Ohh and instead of cheese and bacon, try a poached duck egg.

[esoomenona]

And a fried egg too! Thanks for reminding me, asura. I've never had a poached egg or a duck egg.

[asura]

Easiest way to do a poached egg is to boil up a small pan of salty water - I like a drop of rice wine vinegar in there too - stir it up to a gentle whirlpool and crack your egg into the centre.

Duck eggs have a slightly stronger and (to my tastes) nicer flavour than chicken eggs, and they're a little larger too which is always nice.

[esoomenona]

How salty are we talking here? I will have to try to make some this weekend. I always buy jumbo eggs, so... Would they be bigger than that? I'll have to try some, but I'm not sure what to think about them being stronger in flavor. It would be nice if I could find two or three first.

[rek55]

Does the salt water make the egg hold together better while cooking, or is it just for taste?

[Alessandro]

[tjcaustin]

That seems doubly appropriate considering the tv restaurant that uses that picture...

[Alessandro]

Awesome!

[asura]

The salt just brings out the flavour a bit and (fractionally) raises the boiling point of water - not enough to matter, but it's a good excuse.  Boiling anything tends to take away from the flavour a bit - green tinted water after cooking broccoli?  There goes some flavour, the salt helps compensate for this loss, though it'll never replace the lost flavours...

[TheQsanity]

Tofu is way better! No need for jusgs of water! It's not salty!

[linkz]

I was cooking a steak today for lunch and was wondering what the rest of GH likes in there steak. So here's a simple poll

What's your favorite cut of steak?
 - Rib-eye Steak

How do you like it cooked?
 - Grilled

How well done do you like it?
 - Medium

Favorite side dish to go with it?
 - French fries

Cook it yourself or go to a restaurant?
-Restaurant!

Seasoning used?
 - Salt and pepper rub

Mushroom sauce seasoning is nice too.
I can't really appreciate those expensive wagyu quality steaks, taste kind of the same with the medium quality.

[iri]

Buttered mashed potatoes

milk added?

[durainello]

Could someone post some good secret recipe from method to marinate, grill and stuff to add etc.

[esoomenona]

So I made a T-bone steak the other day. I read through all of the ways in this thread, then decided to rub it with salt, pepper, and crushed red pepper. I pan seared it, then broiled it. It came out medium rare, which is the first time I've had a steak as such. Wow! Now I see what all the fuss is about with steaks. That was the best steak I've ever had. Will definitely look more into it.

A lot of smoke though... smoke detector beeping like crazy.

[Shadovved]

So I made a T-bone steak the other day. I read through all of the ways in this thread, then decided to rub it with salt, pepper, and crushed red pepper. I pan seared it, then broiled it. It came out medium rare, which is the first time I've had a steak as such. Wow! Now I see what all the fuss is about with steaks. That was the best steak I've ever had. Will definitely look more into it.

A lot of smoke though... smoke detector beeping like crazy.

Did the fire brigade drive by?

[rek55]

So I made a T-bone steak the other day. I read through all of the ways in this thread, then decided to rub it with salt, pepper, and crushed red pepper. I pan seared it, then broiled it. It came out medium rare, which is the first time I've had a steak as such. Wow! Now I see what all the fuss is about with steaks. That was the best steak I've ever had. Will definitely look more into it.

A lot of smoke though... smoke detector beeping like crazy.

Mm... I need to make a steak this weekend.

[linkz]

I do BBQ often with family and friends. But never thought of grilling my own steak before.
I shall give it a try!

[esoomenona]

Did the fire brigade drive by?

Luckily not. Or unluckily, had I actually been on fire? Hmm...

[uJalled]

I gotta say:

Filet Mignon
Pan fried, then finished in the oven
Rare-Medium Rare
No sauces, side dishes etc.
Salt, Pepper, Olive oil

Done Myself

[precarious]

bought a 17/lb local farm-raised ribeye cut today, pan seared that business on high on a gas stove for ~10 minutes

pink on the inside and i don't really like it that way, but it was delicious and i couldn't stop eating it

it's all about the quality black pepper & salt

[The_Beast]

bought a 17/lb local farm-raised ribeye cut today, pan seared that business on high on a gas stove for ~10 minutes

pink on the inside and i don't really like it that way, but it was delicious and i couldn't stop eating it

it's all about the quality black pepper & salt

How much per pound? My brother and some friends get half a cow every once and a while and have it butchered how they like. They say it's a bit more expensive but the beef is way better

[precarious]

bought a 17/lb local farm-raised ribeye cut today, pan seared that business on high on a gas stove for ~10 minutes

pink on the inside and i don't really like it that way, but it was delicious and i couldn't stop eating it

it's all about the quality black pepper & salt

How much per pound? My brother and some friends get half a cow every once and a while and have it butchered how they like. They say it's a bit more expensive but the beef is way better

I think it was ~17/lb, but they don't really sell it that way.  I wasn't really going to ask since an actual butcher around here is kind of a rarity.

I fried an egg in the remnants of the steak, and the entire plate afterwards just smelled like something you'd only catch walking into some kind of world-renowned steakhouse.  I'm not going to necessarily say it was worth every penny, unless you're habitually flush with cash, but it was definitely leaps and bounds beyond what I've picked up at any run-of-the-mill grocery store in recent memory.

[link_tree]

still attached to the poor animal it was so brutally taken from.

[jdcarpe]

While very fresh beef is good, many restaurants age their beef to allow the enzymes to break down the fibers of the meat. This gives it a much better flavor than you get with fresh beef.

P.S. If you're a vegetarian/vegan/animal rights activist who hates the thought of eating meat, why not make another thread called "How do you like your vegetables?" or whatever, and leave us carnivores to this steak thread??

P.P.S. I love animals...they're delicious!

[esoomenona]

P.S. If you're a vegetarian/vegan/animal rights activist who hates the thought of eating meat, why not make another thread called "How do you like your vegetables?" or whatever, and leave us carnivores to this steak thread??

Did you take the comment above you as being against eating meat? I took it as a joke.

Q: How do you like your steak?
A: Still attached to the animal.

[precarious]

P.S. If you're a vegetarian/vegan/animal rights activist who hates the thought of eating meat, why not make another thread called "How do you like your vegetables?" or whatever, and leave us carnivores to this steak thread??

Did you take the comment above you as being against eating meat? I took it as a joke.

Q: How do you like your steak?
A: Still attached to the animal.

animal rights activists are pretty funny since if you follow them around for even a few hours they almost invariably treat human beings worse than any other average person does

i also employ telepathic communication with most varieties of fruit & vegetable and would also like to tell you that they scream in agony every time they are eaten.  the only solution for total empathy is to starve to death.

----HUMANIST STARVATIONIST

[jdcarpe]

Soylent Green is ...

(spoiler)

... people! It's people!

[Dreadwyrm]

I've never eaten a steak before, I guess this is an american thing.

I live in Hungary btw, I prefer chicken/turkey breasts to everything.