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Friday, February 13, 2015

So You Want to Grill Steak - Pt.4

NOW . . . . we are ready to finally grill a steak. Before grilling a steak, you need a few things.

A snazzy t-shirt

A cool apron (make sure you don't cover up the snazzy logo on the t-shirt)

A "motivator" :-D

22oz of Porterhouse steak!! Along with other stuff . . .

Since I'm using a charcoal grill . . . I use a chimney to start and get my charcoal right before grilling.

Few brickets of MatchLight

Fire starter

SHAZAM!

A swig of "motivator" :-D

Hardwood Lump Charcoal

Montreal is an AWEsome seasoning . . . but for this exercise, we will only use sea salt and cracked black pepper.

Season both side of the steak with your sea salt and pepper
Place it on a separate plate

MAKE SURE YOU WASH YER DAMN HANDS AND CUTTING BOARD BEFORE THE NEXT STEP!!!

A little more "motivator" :-D
Hopefully you have some music going . . .

Get the grass ready on a freshly washed cutting board

Trim the end off the grass

Season with olive oil, sea salt, and black pepper

SWEEEEET peppers

Meet my knife . . .

More "motivator" :-D

Charcoal looking good . . .

The Green Onion

BLAMMO!!

Almost there . . .

Fresh cilantro

HeeeeeeeeYA!!

Gettin' low on "motivator" :-D

AHHHHHH YEA!!!

The temperature is ~hellº

Note the hot side and warm side

Maters . . .

Quarter maters

New "motivator" :-D

To the grill, Robin!!

Yea . . . I know, I need a new grill table . . .

Cast iron pan getting ready . . . 

STEAK IS ON THE GRILL!! About damn time . . .
Note the placement directly over the hot side

2 minute sear and flip

Peppers chillin' out in olive oil

Steak pulled and probed
125º-127º was the range (rare to almost medium-rare)

Added quarter maters, The Green Onion, and cilantro
Moved the pan to hot side

"Motivator" :-D

Moved the pan back to the warm side
Added grass to the hot side

Added some sugar to cut the acidity of the quarter maters

Error! Grass not in focus . . .

Final sear to 130º
Pulled and plated for 7 minutes

DINNER IS SERVED!!

What the hell yer waiting for?? DIG IN!! (Make sure you said your Grace)

Now for the gratuitous cut shots :-)

Some key points:
  1. Aim to achieve the level of doneness you desire
  2. Go talk to a butcher
  3. Plan your meal by staging ingredients and level of preparation needed
    1. DO NOT TRY TO COOK IN THE KITCHEN AND AT THE GRILL (unless you have a grill in your kitchen)
  4. Have a "motivator" :-D, but not too much if it alcohol based
  5. Turn on the music
  6. Experiment once you can achieve #1 consistantly
  7. Most of all HAVE FUN!!
    1. And flaunt your perfectly grilled steak to the world
Enjoy!!



-=PJ