Anyone have any luck making a "Chicago" style rib eye? Look for any recipes or tips to make a nice steak this way. Would prefer sticking with just my BBQ but if anyone has any experience with these please share how you made them and what kind of rub you used.
Thanks!
From my experience you need to do a Chicago blackened ribeye in a cast iron frying pan at a SMOKING hot temperature and finish in the oven to get it to where you want it. If you like the steak rare you can probably do away with the oven but it will be quite rare.
Anyone have any luck making a "Chicago" style rib eye? Look for any recipes or tips to make a nice steak this way. Would prefer sticking with just my BBQ but if anyone has any experience with these please share how you made them and what kind of rub you used.
Thanks!
I would say brush oil all over the steak and put it on the BBQ at a very high heat. To get the char on the outside you are going to need some flare up so the flames can burn the outside, I'm not sure how you could go about that without throwing some grease or fat to get the flare. Maybe you could skip the oil and put a knob of butter ontop of the steak and let it melt? The butter could drip down and cause the flare up you want.
I recommend the oil because I brush my steaks with oil and after a couple mins at a high heat I get beautiful grill marks.
Not a cooking steak question - but an ordering one: I'm going to Vintage on Thursday. An particular recommendations? Quite looking forward to this - never been there.
I would say brush oil all over the steak and put it on the BBQ at a very high heat. To get the char on the outside you are going to need some flare up so the flames can burn the outside, I'm not sure how you could go about that without throwing some grease or fat to get the flare. Maybe you could skip the oil and put a knob of butter ontop of the steak and let it melt? The butter could drip down and cause the flare up you want.
I recommend the oil because I brush my steaks with oil and after a couple mins at a high heat I get beautiful grill marks.
Instead of using oil, brush the steak with melted butter.. the milk solids in butter char and burn easier, giving it a blackened tasty crust. This would give a similar effect of finishing off a steak in a cast iron pan in the oven.
Disagree, never should you put a steak in an oven to cook.
Many professional restaurants, chefs, and even celebrity chefs encourage searing steaks in a pan and then finishing in the oven. It's definitely one way to do it.
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Not a cooking steak question - but an ordering one: I'm going to Vintage on Thursday. An particular recommendations? Quite looking forward to this - never been there.
Sorry I didn't see this earlier, but I was at Vintage on Friday.
The ribeye was great, especially the large size. The special of the night was a bone in veal chop. although smaller than the ribeyes, the flavour and tenderness was fantastic.
i always thought the idea of butter on steak (is delicious but) is a twisted thought.
you take the milk that should be used to feed the cows babies, churn it until you get just the fattiest part of the milk, originally intended for a baby cow to grow.
then butcher the cow, then spread it on the butchered piece of meat you just took the butter from.
i always thought the idea of butter on steak (is delicious but) is a twisted thought.
you take the milk that should be used to feed the cows babies, churn it until you get just the fattiest part of the milk, originally intended for a baby cow to grow.
then butcher the cow, then spread it on the butchered piece of meat you just took the butter from.
Except dairy cattle isn't going to have good meat for steak, so maybe that will help you think it's less twisted.
i always thought the idea of butter on steak (is delicious but) is a twisted thought.
you take the milk that should be used to feed the cows babies, churn it until you get just the fattiest part of the milk, originally intended for a baby cow to grow.
then butcher the cow, then spread it on the butchered piece of meat you just took the butter from.
What's more twisted is you let the mama cow have her calf first. Then you have steak, veal, and butter with a glass of milk.
i always thought the idea of butter on steak (is delicious but) is a twisted thought.
you take the milk that should be used to feed the cows babies, churn it until you get just the fattiest part of the milk, originally intended for a baby cow to grow.
then butcher the cow, then spread it on the butchered piece of meat you just took the butter from.
No different than putting cheese on a burger. The idea of a cheese burger isn't twisted, its frakin' delicious! Butter on a steak just as good.
And of course, there is always bacon wrapped butter on your steak...
I find pan frying to work especially well... My bbq is decent, but doesnt provide a sear like a hot cast iron pan.
Thick sliced beef tenderloin sprinkled in sea salt, pepper and garlic powder then seared off in a hot cast iron and tossed in the oven for a few mins for a perfect med rare. For the last couple mins in the oven, i usually toss a blob of finishing butter on top consisting of butter, red pepper flakes, garlic, lemon, worcestershire and parsley... Best steak ever.
Oh, and always let your steak rest AT LEAST 5 mins covered/tented in foil before slicing...
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