Posted: 1/22/2011 4:04:00 PM EDT
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Lost my BBQ in the divorce. Don't want to spend money on a grill at the moment since I will be moving soon. I do miss a good steak. What crazy recipes do ya'll have for alternative ways of cooking a steak? Oven...stove...car engine...bic lighter? Much appreciated. |
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Quoted: disposable grill http://www.walmart.com/ip/EZ-Grill-Tailgate-Size-3-Disposable-Grill/14099071?sourceid=1500000000000003260350&ci_src=14110944&ci_sku=14099071 I tried one of those once, doesn't get hot enough for long enough to cook well with, really bad air flow. |
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Nah. That is old school. Try this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5tytP4Do-A&feature=player_embedded |
| I have gotten steakhouse or better results from my oven broiler. Place the steak on the rack, put something below to catch the drippings. Put the rack on the highest or second highest setting, and prop the door open a little. Depending on the steak, your times will be a little different, but with an inch and a quarter porterhouse, I cook mine 5 minutes, then flip, and cook another 4 to 5. Leave on for an extra minuite or two for well done depending on your oven. I eat my steak with a little blood in the middle, no sauce, nothing. If I pay $10 for a piece of meat, I want it to taste like meat! |
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First post and all that. |
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disposable grill http://www.walmart.com/ip/EZ-Grill-Tailgate-Size-3-Disposable-Grill/14099071?sourceid=1500000000000003260350&ci_src=14110944&ci_sku=14099071 fuck that, it will never get hot enough |
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A steak cannot be cooked on anything but a BBQ and still be edible. Roy Sorry Roy, but you couldn't be more wrong. I worked in the cattle industry for some number of years. Ate thousands of steaks. And some of the absolute best I've ever had have been broiled. I know...sacrilege. I've had some New Yorks lately drizzled with olive oil and salt and peppered and then cooked on a pan in a broiler that have been fantastic. It can be done. 
ETA: Beat by eastshane and MillerSHO! A tip of the cap to you, sirs! |
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Learning your broiler in your oven is a lost art. I've learned to master it. This may be the case. Proper cooking of a good steak requires no marinade, no steak sauce, nothing. Learn to use the broiler and you will respect your "female cooking appliance" in a way that you never thought possible. And no, I am not being sexist, but some men just wont touch a stove. It will do you right if you know how to use it. |
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Quoted: TRY IT AU POIVRE... CAST IRON SKILLET, HOT. BUTTER AND OLIVE OIL. COATING OF COARSE CRACKED PEPPER. 3 TO 4 MINS ON EACH SIDE. YOU CAN MAKE A SAUCE OUT OF THE DRIPPINGS, COGNAC AND HEAVY CREAM. GODDAMN I CAN BARELY HEAR YOU. TURN UP THAT VOLUME A LITTLE. YOU'RE RIGHT THOUGH, CAST IRON IS FUCKING GREAT. |
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Quoted: Quoted: TRY IT AU POIVRE... CAST IRON SKILLET, HOT. BUTTER AND OLIVE OIL. COATING OF COARSE CRACKED PEPPER. 3 TO 4 MINS ON EACH SIDE. YOU CAN MAKE A SAUCE OUT OF THE DRIPPINGS, COGNAC AND HEAVY CREAM. GODDAMN I CAN BARELY HEAR YOU. TURN UP THAT VOLUME A LITTLE. YOU'RE RIGHT THOUGH, CAST IRON IS FUCKING GREAT. WHAT?? |
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DB is on the right track for cooking a steak indoors. I like that recipe and another I cook often in the cast iron pan. Steak with shallots and cream sherry.
Pan fry your steak in a damned hot pan to color up both sides well. Remove and set aside. Reduce heat in pan to medium, use about a 1/3 to a 1/2 a cup of chopped shallots and toss in pan with a pat or two of butter, soften them a bit, and then add some sweet cream sherry and turn up the heat to reduce the sherry to a thicker sauce. You can also thicken with flour or corn starch. Return steak before sauce is almost done to bring it back up to serving temp. One of my favorites. |
Microwave it!
Seriously though...back when I lived in an apartment and was poor with limited resources, I had great success doing steaks in cast iron ala Alton Brown method (notice a reoccurring answer in this thread?) Worked like a charm, although more than once I had to crack the windows because of the smoke! 
Come to think of it, I know I did some dinner pics back in the day via that method. Hmm. |
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Quoted: here's a dinner pic from a few years ago done via the Alton method when I was a poor college student. http://www.dufordmodelworks.com/dinnerpic/steakdinnera.jpg Enjoy! Nice. I see you are cultured and keep the Jack out of the Coke. Great job on the steak too! |
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Quoted: here's a dinner pic from a few years ago done via the Alton method when I was a poor college student. http://www.dufordmodelworks.com/dinnerpic/steakdinnera.jpg Enjoy! That looks delicious! Thanks for all the replies guys. I will research the Alton method and I think a new cast iron skillet is in order. I need one for camping this year to go along with my dutch oven. |
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Pan sear w/ olive oil, sea salt, cracked pepper. Grill it & you lose the juices, drying it out. I'll never grill a steak again after learning how to cook a steak in a pan. Can't match the flavor. Olive oil is not for searing steak. Too low of a smoke point. It should not be used at the high temps needed to sear steak. |
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Pan sear w/ olive oil, sea salt, cracked pepper. Grill it & you lose the juices, drying it out. I'll never grill a steak again after learning how to cook a steak in a pan. Can't match the flavor. Olive oil is not for searing steak. Too low of a smoke point. It should not be used at the high temps needed to sear steak. That's why their smoke detectors go off. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Pan sear w/ olive oil, sea salt, cracked pepper. Grill it & you lose the juices, drying it out. I'll never grill a steak again after learning how to cook a steak in a pan. Can't match the flavor. Olive oil is not for searing steak. Too low of a smoke point. It should not be used at the high temps needed to sear steak. That's why their smoke detectors go off. I use safflower oil and I still set that shit off every damn time. The neighbors must love me. |
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This, only way without a grill............ |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Pan sear w/ olive oil, sea salt, cracked pepper. Grill it & you lose the juices, drying it out. I'll never grill a steak again after learning how to cook a steak in a pan. Can't match the flavor. Olive oil is not for searing steak. Too low of a smoke point. It should not be used at the high temps needed to sear steak. That's why their smoke detectors go off. I have a Jennaire stove with a grill on top. I swear it is a bachelors best friend but when I get to grilling steaks on it my smoke detectors always go off. It does an amazingly good job of sucking off the smoke but I still can't get it to where it won't set off my detectors. The house always smells great though and I don't have to go outside to the real grill in winter time. |