With pan searing you can achieve restaurant quality results. This recipe is easy to make as long as you have a heavy pan, cast iron is preferred and can learn to leave your food alone. With good meat, a nice pan and some salt and pepper, you will achieve steak perfection.
Perfect Pan Seared Steak
Servings
4 Servings
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon canola oil or grapeseed oil
- 1 boneless rib-eye 1 1/2 to 2 pounds and 2 1/2 inches thick, room temperature
- Coarse salt and black pepper
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400. Heat oil in a large cast-iron skillet over medium-high until it begins to smoke. Pat steak dry with paper towels. Season each side with 1/2 teaspoon coarse salt and 1 teaspoon cracked pepper.
- Cook steak in skillet over medium-high heat until a dark crust has formed, 5 to 7 minutes per side (reduce heat if meat is browning too quickly). Make sure not to turn the steak before the crust has formed. Hold the steak with tongs and quickly brown the edges before turning over completely.
- Transfer skillet to oven. Roast until an instant-read thermometer inserted in the thickest part of steak registers desired doneness, 5 to 15 minutes. Transfer to a plate. Cover loosely with aluminum foil, and let rest 5 to 10 minutes (temperature will then rise another 5 to 10 degrees). Slice across the grain; serve with your favorite steak sauce. Cover and refrigerate any leftovers, up to 2 days.
Please advise? What do i do if local stores in the community don't seem to carry cube steak (rather minute steak and sirloin).
I want cube steak, as that's supposed to be already tenderized, so it would be easier for me. Why should it be so hard to find cube steak?
Also – i don't have a cast iron fry-pan, as i'm weak and those are heavy. Must it be cast iron? As for cooking in oven, my oven is full of pans, so it's difficult to always remove them every time i want to cook anything. I don't have convenient storage space elsewhere.