Unglamorous Steak Recipe
You've probably already cooked this.
Ingredients
- 4 eye fillet of steak, or equivalent rump steak pieces, trimmed of fat (big eaters may need more)
Spice Mix
- pre-mixed spice mix from supermarket eg a steak mix, a mix of dried herbs (rosemary, thyme, parsley) or Italian mix; also anything smoky/pepper/capsicum or
- season with salt and pepper (soy sauce works great too) or
- make your own eg 2 tbsp each cumin & coriander: 2 tsp each salt, turmeric, allspice: 1tsp each ground ginger, garlic powder, black pepper; 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil (which is an adaptation from Luke Hines' excellent cookbook "Barbecue This!")
Instructions
- Prepare & trim steaks (thickness approx 1" or 2.5cm, if not as thick then looking at 3 or 3.5 mins a side). Drizzle a very little olive oil across both sides of steak (some people don't recommend this but I like it) and flavour liberally on both sides with spices. Leave to marinade in the fridge for several hours at least.
- Half an hour before cooking, take out of fridge to allow meat to come to room temperature.
- Pan-sear 4 minutes a side for a medium steak, flip halfway through. Rest under foil for five minutes before slicing.