Who Cooks?

[over the mountain]

Originally Posted by mredskins

Here is the best way I have learned to cook steaks fro man Executive chef from one of the Marriott's I use to work at.

Take your hand and make a lose fist. touch the muscle right below your thumb, the bulge. Feel how lose it is? That is rare on a steak. Now slowly tighten it about have power that is medium; then squeeze as hard as you can that is well done.

Now using that method depending what you want cook your steak and poke it with your finger or spatula to get it to the same feeling as your fist. NEVER CUT A STEAK TO SEE IF IT IS DONE; you let all the blood out and make it a dry.

I would try putting your oven on broil place the steaks in a broiling pan on the meduim rack and use the method above flipping them once.

this was the method explained to me by an exec chef as well. pretty much make a loose fist for rare, squeeze hard for well. the area you want to poke is where you would put snuff. that area/divot on top of your hand between your thumb and fingers.

the method he and others suggest is to pan sear the steaks on the stove top for aobut a 1 min or 2 on each side at a real real hot temperature in an all metal or iron pan. then put the pan (with the steaks) in your oven on broil or real high heat for 6-8 minuntes.

this only works if you have an all metal or iron pan which is a must have for meat lovin folk. usually pans have a wooden handle, etc.