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Pan-fried Beef Steak

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Cooking a great steak entirely depends on preparation and choice of meat. Here is a simple recipe for pan-frying and broiling a steak. This method involves stove-cooking (pan frying to sear and brown the outside), followed by oven-cooking to ensure even cooking, both at high heat. One can omit the oven, but this results in less even cooking, particularly for thicker cuts.

Ingredients

  • A cut of steak (see notes)
  • Rock salt or coarse sea salt
  • Peppercorns
  • Olive oil or other oil of choice

Instructions

  1. 1
    The frying phase can result in quite a bit of smokiness, so plan ahead by opening windows or otherwise ventilating the kitchen.
  2. 2
    Bring the steak to room temperature.
  3. 3
    Rinse the meat with cold water and dry it with a paper towel.
  4. 4
    Coat it very lightly with olive oil.
  5. 5
    Grind the salt and peppercorns into a small bowl (use your judgement as to how much to use), mix them together, and rub this onto the meat, coating both sides. The more salt and pepper you use, the more crust will be formed once cooked. However, you may also cover up the natural flavor of the beef.
Category
Entree/Main
Method
Frying

Recipe Attribution

Wikibooks Cookbook
en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Pan-fried_Beef_Steak