Steaks are known as one of the easiest meals to cook, however, one of the most difficult meals to please. There are plenty of ways out there to make your steak taste great and in this article, we will share some helpful tips and ideas so you can do the same at home.
The issue that most people have when cooking a steak for someone else is that lots of people have their own personal preference when it comes to how they like theirs cooked. That’s the reason why these pieces of meat when cooked are hard to please. What you might think is medium rare, others might think it is rare. If you are a frequent traveler and you enjoy eating steaks out, you will notice that from country to country that rare, medium, and well done are completely different. The lack of consistency can be frustrating, not only because it is not the way you ordered your meal, but also because steaks tend to be the most expensive meal on the menu.
How to Check your Steak
There is a really easy trick that chefs use to help determine how a steak is cooked.
- Rare Steak: If you are cooking a steak that needs to be rare, put both your thumb and your index finger together. You must then touch the bass of your palm with your other index finger, approximately an inch down from where it connects to the palm. If the steak feels the same as your palm, your rare steak is ready to be served.
- Medium Steak: Instead of touching your index finger against your thumb, use your ring finger instead. Again, touch your finger about an inch from the base of your palm and feel the steak to see if they are the same.
- Well done steak: The exact same method as the two above apart from you use your baby finger to press against your thumb.
This method of cooking steaks has been around for many years, and top chefs still use it to this day.
Best Way to Cook a Steak Indoors
If you consider yourself a home chef, perhaps a nice investment worth buying would be a sous vide cooker to help you out. These machines easily help you cook like a pro, without needing to put much effort in. Check out this review to see the best sous vide machines on the market today. To cook a steak a mouth-watering steak follow these steps:
- Season the Steak: Sprinkle a generous amount of salt and pepper. After, add butter and herbs of your choice.
- Seal the steak with the vacuum sealer. Sealing will help keep the moisture in the steak. By using other methods, you will notice that you will lose lots of the flavors and juices, however this way it won’t.
- Set the device to what temperature you would like it at. Steak depends on how you will like it cooked so for a boneless steak cook it at 130F for rare. If you want your steak medium cook it at 140F, and for well done 155F.
- Sear the steak: With some foods, you can take it straight out of the sealed vacuum bag, but with others, you may want to sear them. Although you can eat straight away, most people prefer their steaks seared on the outside. All you need is to put a small bit of oil or butter in the pan, remove the meat from the pouch, and place it on the pan. Sear both sides for about 30 seconds and your delicious steak is ready to be served.
Sous vide machines may sound complicated, but in actual fact, they are very easy to use.
How to Cook a Steak on a BBQ?
For many of us, nothing beats a summer day in the garden, enjoying nice weather, and eating a steak that’s just come off the BBQ. Following these simple BBQ steak steps you can cook a great tasting meal:
- Prep the steak: Put your steak on a paper towel and pat it dry. Leave the steak in the kitchen for around 30 minutes to let it come to room temperature.
- Prep the BBQ: Clean the grill down with a grill brush, and coat it win olive oil with a kitchen towel.
- Season the steak: Sprinkle salt and pepper over your steak
- Open up the lid of the BBQ and place your steak on the hottest section of the grill.
- Keep the lid open while you are cooking and flip the steak after 3 minutes.
- Take your steaks off when they are cooked and serve.
After your meal is done, to help maintain your BBQ, wiping down the grill while it is warm is much easier to do in comparison to when it has cooled down.
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