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Seared Steak
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Seared Steak

A cut of beef oiled and seasoned with coarse salt and pepper (or soaked in a soy-honey marinade), seared in a smoking-hot cast-iron pan a few minutes per side and rested; sliced against the grain, with cream sauce, chimichurri or stir-fried vegetables on the side.

⏱ 15 min
🥩 Meat🌾 Gluten-free

👨‍🍳 Method

  1. 1
    Heat a cast-iron pan over very high heat and grease lightly.
    ⚙ Greased Flat PanStoveCast-iron pan
    💡A very thin layer of fat, with the excess wiped off with paper towel: too much fat gives spots and fried edges.
  2. 2
    Sear the steak 3–4 minutes per side.
    Stove
    💡Don't move the meat until the underside is browned: it releases from the pan on its own, and the crust stays on it.
  3. 3
    Let rest 5 minutes and slice against the grain.
    KnifeCutting board
    💡Flank and other fibrous cuts are sliced thinly against the grain: that way each slice is short and tender, not chewy like rubber.
375calories
39 gprotein
0 gcarbs
22 gfat
● protein 44%● carbs 0%● fat 56%

Per serving (150 g), of 4 servings

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (4) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

  • Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
  • Cast-iron pan · Also works: Grill pan (None) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Frying pan (Holds less heat, weaker sear)
  • Cutting board · Also works: Plate (Large plate, dulls the knife)
  • Knife · Also works: Food processor (Fast, less control over size) · Kitchen shears (For herbs/dough)

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🧩 Parts

⚙️ What you can change

  • Possible additions: At room temperature before searing (30 minutes) · Marinating (1 hour) · Olive oil on the meat · Coarse salt · Fine salt · black pepper · Paprika in the seasoning · Garlic in the seasoning · Parsley in the oil · butter · garlic · Thyme · Rosemary · Salt in the herb butter · Doneness (medium-rare) · Served on the side (with mashed potatoes) · Pan-seared pepper strips · Green onion for garnish · Finishing in the oven (minutes) (6) · Onion in the marinade · Serve on (over rice) · Toasted sesame · Mushroom and red wine sauce · Shallot for the sauce · Red wine for the sauce · Stock for the sauce · Lemon for squeezing · Searing the fat edge (2 minutes) · Side arranged around it on the plate (the potatoes) · Parsley on the side dish · Resting in the spice mix (30 minutes) · Searing the bone side (2 minutes) · Lemon juice in the herb butter · Butter rolled and frozen (minutes) (30) · Salt and pepper
  • Searing the peppers before the meat (minutes): 3
  • Oven temperature: 200
  • Frying the mushrooms (minutes): 5

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🔗 Used in

Mujadara · Cooked rice · Leaf Salad

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