Thread 21467797

Salt
Pepper
Butter
Olive oil
Rosemary

These are all you need for a perfect steak.

>>21467797 (OP)
About a week ago I bought a really nice tbone and ended up ruining it on my grill.

At this point in my life I'm middle aged and really just prefer the steak house experience. But hey bro some of my best memories were barbecuing for my friends at the beach in my 20s

>>21467797 (OP)
What if you took the steak, and you coated it in something flammable, and then you just lit it on fire? Or if you put it on a stick and hung it in a campfire like a big marshmallow?

Anyways, the stuff other than the steak just seems like bloat to cover the taste of low quality steak with a bunch of exotic flavors that steak doesn't actually need to be good.

>>21467797 (OP)
All you need for a perfect steak is tallow or ghee (for cooking) and a bit of coarse salt, applied a few seconds before throwing it on the griddle . Everything else is bloat

>>21467797 (OP)
>olive oil
no. not for cooking any type of meat.

Use canola for high heat for a better sear. The fuck do you want to taste olives on your steak? Canola is neutral. If you want at the end put some butter on top.

>>21467797 (OP)
Just the salt and a good amount of coal or wood.

>>21467894
No, no.
>>21467930
No, no.
As I'd say to my cat "a-noh-noh meowson a-noh"

>>21467942
That's incredibly inefficient and increases your carbon footprint considerably. Learn how to cook a great steak on induction and (modern) advanced non stick cookware. It takes some time and quality equipment, but it's worth it. Don't be like one of those Larpers that still cooks with thousands of years old tech like cast Iron.

>>21467953
this is so incredibly stupid I don't even know where to begin

>>21467955
>can't refute

That's OK. I don't mind. I just value quality, ease of cooking and cleanup and hate waste of all types. It's common for those like you to spit venom as a knee-jerk reaction to new ideas before you give it honest critical thought. I forgive you.

>>21467959
>reaction to new ideas
none of what you said was any of that. it was the most mainstream brainwashed bullshit I would only expect from someone who still watches old media and reads the paper. you probably think global warming is going to kill half the population in ten years

>>21467953
>larpers
Please don't insult my culture and traditions chud. Yes the meat comes out better on an open fire if you have patience and know what you are doing every single time.

You wouldn't grill something every day (though I would if I could) but OP did ask for the perfect steak, that's all you need.

>>21467894
>ghee
Fuck off you little third world faggot

>>21467797 (OP)
Remove the olive oil and rosemary unless you want to ruin it on purpose.

>>21467797 (OP)
>Salt
yes
>Pepper
Only after it's cooked

>Memegredients
No

>>21467953
grill makes everything taste better you pussy

>>21467797 (OP)
Swap out rosemary for garlic. Then you'd have something, OP.

Rosemary has a vile taste that overpowers anything it's on.

But here's how I do it:
If you want a real GOAT steak. Cover generously in Montreal seasoning and let it sit uncovered in the fridge for 2 days (flipping after 24 hours). It will look crusty and disgusting and you'll think you fucked it up, but it will grill up to be the best steak you've ever had.

Also, while on the grill, wait until it's almost finished then douse it in Worchestershire.

That's the best approach to steak seasoning.

>>21467990
plus it's fun

>>21467797 (OP)
Steak is the easiest protein to cook. Which is why cooklets can't stop talking about it.

>>21467797 (OP)
>Rosemary
are you retarded or just br*t*sh

>>21467797 (OP)
a cut like that has so much fat, you don't need butter or OO

>>21467997
Next time try blending up the mont steak spice and do that
You get way better coverage and a proper sear compared to using it whole

>>21467797 (OP)
>Rosemary
>Not thyme

>>21467965
>you probably think global warming is going to kill half the population in ten years
I get that conservatism requires severe retardation but has anyone of value ever sincerely argued that?
Or is it something you were taught to pretend liberals say, to keep you from thinking a single, Dangerous, coherent thought?

>>21468015
There's a low threshold, but a high skill ceiling, when it comes to cooking slabs of meat. You can really go far with a steak, reverse sear, sous vide, wine sauce, au poivre sauce, bearnaise. Although none of this is as good as salt and pepper, cooked on a PROPANE grill.

>>21468026
Brother, if things have gotten to the point where we can't fire a grill (the most basic and primal activity since man became man is roasting meat) then we might as well proclaim the Human race dead and stop caring.

I will gladly start riding my bike every day or stop using electricity altogether but don't tell me to stop grilling meat, why live at that point?

>>21468015
Chicken thighs are desu senpai
>>21467797 (OP)
You forgot garlic

>>21468040
>PROPANE grill
Charcoal is better if you know what you are doing.

Which isn't that tricky, you just need to learn how to take into account the wind if any, how to distribute the embers properly (follow the 6 seconds rule to know if you are applying the proper amount of heat) and know when to flip the meat it's not like a hard science either.

>>21468059
Charcoal is better, period. If you can fuck it up on a charcoal grill, you'll fuck it up on propane, too.

>>21468059
>Charcoal is better

>>21468070
I prefer the taste of charcoal no doubt.

But do I really want to bust out all my grill equipment and use 7 ish dollars of charcoal just to cook my already overpriced 20 dollar a pound steak?

At this point I only grill on holidays and I smoke like 20 pounds of meat when I do it.

>>21467797 (OP)
Needs shrimp and corn

>>21468026
>I get that conservatism requires severe retardation but has anyone of value ever sincerely argued that?
the problem is that most rightoids, being the simpletons they are, get all their leftist talking points from cherrypicked clickbait headlines that get spammed on /pol/. and there's no doubt there's been a ridiculous amount of climate alarmism ("all glaciers melted by 2020", etc) and unfortunately they don't really have the mental capacity to argue beyond said headlines. is our climate changing? yes it is. there is mounds of incontrovertible proof of this (exxon a fucking oil company did loads of research in the 70s on this confirming it ffs). is it changing as fast as the sleazy clickbait headlines suggest? of course not. but things are changing.

it's funny because there's one parallel belief they hold that follows the same strain of logic: the "collapse" of society. rightoids love going on how we're in our decline phase and how that's been happening for decades now. sound familiar? you'd think you'd be able to get them on board by pointing this out, but it's like their brains short-circuit and the cognitive dissonance digs them in even harder on being against it. critical thinking just isn't in their repertoire of tools.

>>21468089
"Stop grilling meat" is not the hill you want to die on. On the cooking board, on top of that.
As if the emissions came from firing the barby every sunday and not from pic related.

I will never eat ze bugs.

>>21468094
>"Stop grilling meat" is not the hill you want to die on.
that's ok because i never said that.

>I will never eat ze bugs.
like i said, they can only argue in clickbait headlines. their IQ won't allow anything more nuanced.

>>21467797 (OP)
Duck fat, salt, pepper, dash of dried lemon peel, finish with flaked hickory smoked salt.

>>21468015
>protein
It's called meat, you dystopian bugman.

>>21468405
>cooklet doesn't understand culinary terms
now tell us about how good you can sear a piece of meat

salt
butter
sometimes i also include a hefty bushel of
s a g e
:^)

>>21467797 (OP)
Steak is a D tier meat if its not sous vide, elsewise S tier.

>>21468094
Retards will look at this and say
>yeah, doing this 24/7 for hundreds of years all across the globe could NEVER have any consequences

>>21467797 (OP)
thyme instead of rosemary, and add garlic

>electric
>gas
>coal
wood fire or shut up

>>21467797 (OP)
>Olive oil
Fuck no. The smoke point of olive oil is highly variable over a wide range: 350-410° F (averaging around 375-80°) for virgin oils and 390-470° for refined ones. For searing steak we really want 450°+, and even "light" olive oil can't do that consistently without smoking; extra virgin oil smokes too low in any case.

Clarified butter (or ghee, if you prefer), beef tallow (if you can find it), and avocado oil (nutritionally similar to olive oil, but with a *much* higher smoke point) are the best options. All of these can go to at least 480° (avocado oil allegedly has a smoke point around 520°).

>Rosemary
>>21468025
>>21469674
>thyme
Tarragon. Fresh tarragon in the form of tarragon butter (beurre d'estragon), dolloped on top of the cooked steak while it's resting. Beurre d'échalotes (with shallots) and beurre Maître d'hôtel (parsley and lemon juice) work well, too.

Alternatively, sauce béarnaise, sauce Roquefort, sauce marchand de vin (brown sauce with red wine reduction and shallots), and sauce aux champignons (mushroom sauce, with or without cream) are all excellent and classic with steak, and also simple enough to prepare at home.

>>21468358
Save the duck fat for the potatoes, IMO. Like lard, duck fat has a smoke point around 375°, which is higher than non-clarified butter (around 325°) and the lower end of the range for olive oil, but while that is plenty hot for most pan-frying or sautéing, it's not hot enough to put the ideal crust on a steak.

>>21467806
>Exotic flavors
Nigga it's just salt & pepper & butter.

>>21467894
Nop. I like salting my meat for a good hour ahead of time while it's coming up to room temperature. Adding seasonings and pepper at this time will also draw those flavors deeper into the meat as the salt does its job.

>griddle

I don't think so.

>>21467797 (OP)
I use salt and pepper. Then after cooking a bit of butter and touch of garlic powder. Yummy wummy

>>21468408
This isnt a faggot kitchen. Im not going to talk like it is. Go count calories

>>21468079
SURF & TERF IS THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME

>>21468015
It's true. It's easy to cook, but it's also easy to fuck up.

>>21467797 (OP)
>You need to add two additional types of fat to make this meat tastes good
Yeah no

>>21467805
>At this point in my life

don't die a fag
fire up the grill

>>21467806
>you coated it in something flammable, and then you just lit it on fire?

your exotic flavor would be kerosene

>>21467806
would probably taste like shit if you did. if you grill a steak and some coals catch fire again, leaving it too long like that will give a bad taste. same if you sous vide and the burn it with a torch. if you have the burner too close it will taste like shit

>>21467797 (OP)
thyme

>>21467797 (OP)
you also need a steak