THE AMERICANS STEAK IN 5 EASY WAYS.

 

1. Buy from a butcher instead of a grocery store.

The key to any good meal is to use the best ingredients available. When it comes to meat, that means skipping the supermarket and going to a butcher shop instead. There you’ll typically find the highest quality meat available in your area, including grass-fed, hormone-free and ethically-raised options.

2. Try the ribeye steak.

Most people tend to choose very lean cuts of beef for steak. But leaner cuts generally yield drier, blander steaks. A cut with a little extra fat and marbling, on the other hand, will simply taste better, and often with very little preparation.

Nutritionally, a little saturated fat, like that found in beef, is fine. (Beef contains over 40% monounsaturated fat anyway).  You just don’t want too much of it, so trim the extra fat after cooking if you’re trying to cut back.  Also, instead of going for a leaner cut, you can always just eat a smaller portion of a better tasting one.

So don’t be afraid of the fat; in fact, for a perfect steak with very little marinating, you need a cut with a little fat. Personally, I’ve found the ribeye to be the perfect cut for a great, easy-to-prepare steak.

3. Rub with a clove of fresh garlic.

Fresh garlic makes for a quick and delicious steak rub. Slice a clove of garlic in half, and with the cut side, rub the entire steak, sides and edges.

(Bonus tip: to remove the garlic smell from your hands, wash them and rub them against the sides of your stainless steel kitchen sink.)

Don’t stop there, though. There’s more seasoning to be done.

4. Season with plenty of sea salt.

If you don’t have one already, get yourself a salt mill and a pepper

mill, and fill them with sea salt crystals and whole peppercorns.

Grind out a generous amount of sea salt and fresh pepper onto both sides of the steak, enough to form a sort of light crust. Use just a little more than you think is necessary.

5. Right before cooking, freeze the steak for 45 minutes.