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submitted 10 months ago by Ejh3k@lemmy.world to c/castiron@lemmy.world

You are already getting the pan hot enough to sear, just leave it there a little while longer and it's cooked!

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[-] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago

Cooking steak is about accurately applying heat. Getting a good quality internal cook without drying out or overcooking the outside is a challenge and nearly impossible with a single pan unless it's a long, low heat with a high heat sear at the end for the Maillard reaction. Because of the need to have such different heats, it takes a long time OR requires 2 pans.

Neither is your approach, which wouldmake a fine steak. But I want a great steak and one pan is not capable of a great steak.

[-] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

one pan is not capable of a great steak.

Sous vide says one pan for perfect steak.

[-] jeeva@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I'd argue that you're massively stretching "one pan" and perfect steak, here... But as said, to each their own (perfect steak).

For me, the crust formed after a reverse sear is way better than that after a sous vide, without more effort.

[-] littlebluespark@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

To each their own.

[-] DredPyr8Roberts@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago

For a thin steak, I agree. However, a thick cut of meat requires a longer cook time and the crust applied at the beginning of the cook tends to lose its integrity. Cooking longer and slower first allows one to apply the desired temp evenly throughout a thick cut, then searing last reduces and even eliminates the tough grey outer layer.

[-] Drusas@kbin.social 11 points 10 months ago

Cook sous vide then sear. Perfectly done steak.

[-] verdantbanana@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago
  1. preheat oven to the lowest temperature it will allow trying not to go above 225 degrees Fahrenheit

  2. season steaks your way in a glass bakeware dish and leave uncovered sitting on the counter

  3. place cast iron or carbon steel on stovetop and preheat on 1 until the steaks in the oven are done making sure to keep the cookware wet with preferred oil at a very thin layer

  4. cook steaks in oven still leaving uncovered until center internal temperature reaches 125 for rare or 135 for medium and 140 for well this may take thirty minutes up to an hour

  5. set the burner the cast iron or carbon steel is on to two

  6. after a few minutes cook steak on the cast iron or carbon steel for thirty seconds on each side

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

What is 1 and 2 burner setting? Idk if you mean low and medium low, or high and medium high.

[-] verdantbanana@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

all the way low and just above low

[-] aodhsishaj@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

How do I reversensear a steak? Is that a Dutch technique only applicable to the ovens?

[-] bitwaba@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago
[-] GBU_28@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago
[-] DScratch@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago

It’s very difficult to get a steak medium-rare with a good char outside by just frying it.

[-] RBWells@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago

Reverse sear is great. When I cook steak only in the skillet, two of them (I have a family) one always overcooks and one undercooks and it's fine because my penultimate daughter and I like rare, husband and youngest like them overcooked by my standards, somewhere around medium, medium well.

But if you want it perfect, reverse sear.

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