You Can Cook Restaurant-quality Steak at Home Every Time with JIMUTO

 

"Well preparation makes you yield twice the result with half the effort." 

Ingredients to get prepared before cooking:

• olive oil;
• sea salt;
• black pepper;
• clean pan;
• garlic clove;
• butter;
• thyme or rosemary;
• clean plate;
• carving knife;
• JIMUTO INSTANT READ THERMOMETER;
• JIMUTO KITCHEN TIMER;

 

Basic tips for steak selecting:

“Look for steaks with plenty of small white specks and stripes. The more solid red a steak appears, the less marbling it has and the tougher and less flavorful it’s likely to be. Unlike large bands of fat, which tend to be chewy and cause flare-ups on the grill, smaller flecks of fat throughout a steak will melt while it’s cooking, creating a bite that is — to put it in technical terms — pure heaven.”

Rub the steak evenly all over with a good lug of olive oil and a good pinch of sea salt and black pepper;

Notice to be taken: please take care with the sea salt and black pepper dosage, do not make the steak too salty and too spicy to damage the texture;

Add the steak to a hot pan, then cook for 6 minutes for medium-rare, or to your liking, turning every minute;

Notice to be taken:

1. The pan should be clean first and make sure the pan is hot enough;
2. Do pay attention to the cooking time seriously and make sure that do not over cook or under cook the steak. You can take JIMUTO kitchen timers to help you count the cooking time easily;
3. DO USE A THERMOMETER SUCH AS JIMUTO INSTANT READ THERMOMETER TO MONITOR THE INSIDE TEMPERATURE OF THE COOKED STEAK THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE COOKING TIME. Notice that it is the inside temperature of the steak of cooking, not the temperature of the pan or the ambient;

Inside temperatures of every doneness level:

1. Rare (120-125°F): A rare steak sports a cool red center that's soft to the touch and offers only slight resistance when poked. With substantial internal moisture, it tends to be juicier than its more cooked counterparts.
2. Medium-Rare (130-135°F): Often touted as the ideal point of doneness by many chefs, a medium-rare steak balances tenderness and juiciness with a warm, steak-red center.
3. Medium (140-145°F): A medium-cooked steak gives some resistance when poked and boasts a hot center that's turned from red to pink. It retains some of its juiciness while offering a firmer texture.
4. Medium-Well (150-155°F): A medium-well steak stands on the brink of losing its juiciness yet still has a hint of pink in the center.
5. Well-Done (160-165°F and above): At this point, the steak is considerably firm and holds hardly any juice. The steak is entirely brown or gray throughout.

For more flavor, try one or a combination of the following;

Notice to be taken: if you have specific and different flavor, please do prepare all the dosages of all the ingredients first and do not cook the steak with over dosage of the ingredients;

Halve a garlic clove and rub it over the steak every time you turn it;

Notice to be taken: get the garlic clove at hand first and do not mess up with the cooking and preparing garlic, especially for beginners;

Rub the steak with a knob of butter – the sweetness from the butter will make it taste divine and keep bathing the steak with the butter;

Notice to be taken: pay attention to the butter dosage and make sure you won’t make the steak too sweet or do not make the butter sweet over the steak flavor;

Create a herb brush by tying woody herbs like thyme or rosemary to the handle of a wooden spoon and brush it over the steak every minute or so;

Notice to be taken: we do not recommend to brush the steak by taking the herb with hands, if you do not want to make an herb brush, just put the herb into the pan directly;

Once cooked to your liking, rest the steak on a plate that can collect all the lovely juices for 2 minutes;

Notice to be taken: please do take the resting time serious;

All in all, you need to:

• Know the steak;
• Well prepare before cooking;
• Master the cooking temperature;
• Master the cooking time;
• Know your steak flavor;
• Be patient and keep practicing;

These can help you cook perfect steaks at home easily

• JIMUTO instant read thermometer;
• JIMUTO digital timer

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