Learn about defrosting steaks,easy steak recipes,grilled steak recipes and steak dinner recipes !

Meat you choose depends on 3 things ;

The country you live in.
Your preference.
Money.


HOW YOU BUY ?

Check the date on the steak pack.

Bright red steak is not necessarily sign of freshness, though smell is important if it smells ammonia, don't buy it.

If packing is torn up don't buy prepacked steaks.

Make sure silver skin has been removed before buying a fillet of steak.

How to cook perfect steak?

Remove the packaging of a prepacked steak and thaw it in a fridge, cover it with a food paper rather than plastic wrap.

Experts suggest to take it out from fridge about 15 minutes before.

Don't stuff in pan too many steaks at once as they will stew rather than get fried,  brush oil onto meat rather than putting meat directly into oil.

Once cooked, allow the meat to rest for few minutes and allow the juices to settle in.


Does age matters?

Age plays important role in tenderness of meat .Scientists suggest that taste and texture is different if meat is aged whether the meat is packed or exposed to air.

 Grilling guide


To cook steak perfectly use a frying pan, griddle pan or barbecue , once you dishout steaks you should eat within 15 minutes.

60 minutes before you cook steak- salt your steak and brush both sides of meat with oil, don't worry salt won't drain out any juice from the meat.
If you allow salt on for long, juice shall be reabsorbed and steaks when cooked will develop perfect crust.

Place the steaks in fridge, 15 minutes before cooking take your steaks out of frigde and and allow steaks to come to room temperature.
If you planning a charcoal barbecue, than your coals should already be smoking.
Heat the oil in a frying pan for about 8 minutes, do not attempt to put too many steaks at once.
Moderate - high heat is best to cook perfect steaks.

Cooking timing 

Rare meat is soft when touched , medium feels springy and well done is quite hard.
These cooking times are for 2 cm thick (3/4 inch ) sirloin or rib eye steak using moderate heat.

Rare - 2 minutes per side, 5 minutes in total for 7 minutes.

Medium to rare- 3 to 3 1/2  minutes per side - 7 to 8 minutes total time.

Medium- 5 minutes per side for  5 minutes  , 10 minutes total.

Well done - 6 minutes per side for 12 minutes.

Rest steaks for 5 minutes before eat.