Steak. God’s gift to man. What is steak you ask? A juicy, tender, thick piece of perfectly cooked meat from a cow. No matter the cut of the cow, a perfectly cooked steak can never go wrong. Whether it’s just your classic Rib-eye, or a perfect slice of a Cowboy, steak is the key to my heart. After a long day, when I come home and my mom tells me that tonights dinner is steak, my eyes instantly light up, and I get a whole new wave of energy and excitement. Every year, when my parents ask what I want for my birthday dinner, they always already know the answer. My most fond memory with steak was before my grandparents moved away, they took me out for a nice steak dinner as a goodbye. Not only was it one of the best steaks i’ve ever had, the memories that came with it made it all the more meaningful. However, while I know this sounds all good and easy, the true happiness that comes from a big, juicy steak is all about how it’s made. So today I will be teaching you all how to cook the perfect steak. For this demonstration we’ll be keeping it simple, and will be making a classic Rib-Eye steak. First, here are our Ingredients:
- 1 Rib-Eye steak (Size is up to you)
- Olive Oil
- Salt
- Pepper
- A BBQ
- A meat thermometer
Once we get all those ingredients were going to preheat our grill to somewhere between a medium and high flame.
Now let’s get cooking. First were going to take our steak and put on our meat board, or any clean surface. Then we’ll rub some olive oil on both sides of our steak to make sure our seasoning doesn’t fall off when we throw it onto the grill. Were going to then grab our salt grinder and put a generous amount of salt on both sides of our steak. The salt is super important because it creates a brine that then gets reabsorbed back into the steak, which creates all those juices were looking for. Then we’ll grab our pepper grinder and do the same we did for the salt on both sides. Once were done with that we’ll throw our steak onto our already pre-heated grill and let it cook for about 12 minutes. About a minute before that halfway mark were going to flip our steak. Once our 12 minutes are up we want to use our meat thermometer to see if our steak is at a good temperature. It should be about 130 degrees. Once it’s ready we’ll take it off and let it sit for about 5 minutes. Letting it rest allows for all those juices to reabsorb into the meat. Now after our mouths have been salivating for way too long, grab a plate and some utensils and get to eating. Savor each bite because you never know when that next steak is going to come around. I hope you enjoyed this lesson on how to cook the perfect steak, and I hope this steak made you as happy as it made me.
