What do YOU marinate a steak with overnight before cooking?

[habib89]

i like marinades.. not for quality steaks like rib eyes or filets.. but for lesser steaks, a marinade really goes a long way... i don't have any particular recipe.. usually some garlic.. some pepper corns.. some bbq sauce, and some water to water down the bbq sauce.. just kinda throw in whatever i find that'll be good with a steak.. i'll do this in the morning, and it's done marinating by dinner time.. but i'm sure you can do it over night too if you wanted.. stick this all into a ziplock bag.. try to get the air out so that the meat is surrounded by the marinade, and that's all.. the problem with bbq sauce is that there's a lot of sugar in it, and it tends to burn in the pan.. worcheshire sauce is good.. i love that stuff..

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: J Heartless Slick

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
Going down to the butcher shop to get some custom cut steaks to cook up for my dads birthday. Was going to pick up some ribeyes or filet mignon(depends on the price), was wondering what is a good sauce to soak them in overnight prior to cooking. I have heard that italian dressing was the way to go, but i have never tried it. Advice on a superior marinate?

Ignore the purists

Try this:

4 large garlic cloves, minced
4 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
4 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
3 tablespoons Dijon mustard
1 1/2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 teaspoon dried oregano, crumbled
1 teaspoon dried basil, crumbled
1 teaspoon dried thyme, crumbled
1/2 teaspoon dried hot red pepper flakes
2/3 cup olive oil

To make marinade: In a bowl, whisk together marinade ingredients until combined well. Put the steaks in a large resealable plastic bag and pour marinade over it. Seal bag, pressing out excess air, and set in a shallow dish. Marinate meat, chilled, turning bag once or twice, for 8 hours.
Remove meat from the marinade, discarded the marinade, and pat the meat dry.

Why do all that when you can enjoy a fine steak with bare minimum?

 

[Squisher]

Italian Dressing.

 

[gsaldivar]

Originally posted by: Howard
Why do all that when you can enjoy a fine steak with bare minimum?

Variety is the spice of life.

 

[HumblePie]

Here's how to cook meat 101:

take your piece of meat, whatever it is.

Put it in a bag

Take some Marie Sharps Jerk Sauce, you get this only from Belize or over the internet.

Rub it all over nice and good and continue working it in and messaging the meat through the bag for half an hour at the shortest. Do an hour at the max. This tenderizes the meat some too.

Let it sit in the fridge over night.

Take it out, and warm it up to room temp the next day while rubbing it some more and get the grill out back going. Also start pre-heating the oven to 200F.

Once at room temp and the grill it good to go, take it out to the grill and plop it down.

Sear each side until "rare"... basically a couple minutes on each side tops. If you don't know how to test meat without cutting into it, just press down with a pair of tongs and compare it to the skin between your thump and forefinger as you make a fist. A loosely held fist in terms of pressure it gives back is what rare meat feels like. A tightly held fist that skin will be taunt and that's what well done feels like.

Anyhow, after you sear each side, take it inside and put it in a covered pan lined with foil. Add a TINY bit of water to the bottom of the pan and cover the pan. When I say tiny, I meant like a mouthful of water.

Stick it in the oven which should be at 200F.

Come back in 5 hours.

That meat will be so tender, juicy, spicy, and MMMMMMMMMMM gooooooooooooodddddddddd!

If you don't like spicy, then grab whatever barbeque sauce you like and use a tiny bit of COKE. Yes Coke. The phosphoric acid tenderizes the meat and makes it melt in your mouth. When you do ribs this way, the meat falls clean off the bone with just a tap of pressure.

Note, with fish and chicken, there's different ways to cook that, this was assuming pork or beef.

 

[Quasmo]

I marinate with mash potatoes

 

[UNCjigga]

Bourbon and some spices

 

[alkemyst]

repost...

I posted something last week or the week before on this...got a few hits, so search there....maybe under fajita

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: gsaldivar

Originally posted by: Howard
Why do all that when you can enjoy a fine steak with bare minimum?

Variety is the spice of life.

Doesn't sound like they eat steak a lot.

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: Wapp
Best steak recipe ever... WITH PICTURES!

that looks great.

in the winter i do the something near that. But havent tried the butter yet. have to do it next time i do steaks inside. hmm even on the Webber it should be good.

cooking steaks on a Wok?

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: alkemyst

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: Wapp
Best steak recipe ever... WITH PICTURES!

that looks great.

in the winter i do the something near that. But havent tried the butter yet. have to do it next time i do steaks inside. hmm even on the Webber it should be good.

cooking steaks on a Wok?

hmm yeah i didnt notice that a Wok? i guess if it works.

I use a cast iron pan myself.

 

[DivideBYZero]

Piss.

 

[RaDragon]

Originally posted by: franksta
Salt and pepper immediately prior to grilling. Don't ruin good steaks with sauces.

^^ Yup. Marinating meats is for thin cuts of beef, not hearty rib eyes or filets.

 

[Wapp]

Originally posted by: alkemyst

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: Wapp
Best steak recipe ever... WITH PICTURES!

that looks great.

in the winter i do the something near that. But havent tried the butter yet. have to do it next time i do steaks inside. hmm even on the Webber it should be good.

cooking steaks on a Wok?

Ignore the wok, use a well-seasoned cast iron pan.

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: Wapp

Originally posted by: alkemyst

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: Wapp
Best steak recipe ever... WITH PICTURES!

that looks great.

in the winter i do the something near that. But havent tried the butter yet. have to do it next time i do steaks inside. hmm even on the Webber it should be good.

cooking steaks on a Wok?

Ignore the wok, use a well-seasoned cast iron pan.

grilled or broiled is the way a steak should be made...if one is going to bish about sause and seasonings and then slap salt, pepper, and butter on a steak and work it like fried rice...they aren't eating steak.

Now eating a steak off a red hot skillet is a great way to keep it nice and hot. Plus the aroma of the steak, plus onions, mushrooms, peppers and the like is great.

 

[LS20]

pan searing is such a FAD

what happened to the good ole grill with a dash of salt? ovens are for muffins....

 

[vienna]

Woody's cook in sauce and lemon pepper :beer:

 

[blurredvision]

Originally posted by: LS20
pan searing is such a FAD

People like the word.

Glad I'm not anal about my steaks. Although I thoroughly enjoy a well-cooked rib-eye any day of the week.

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: LS20
pan searing is such a FAD

what happened to the good ole grill with a dash of salt? ovens are for muffins....

I don't know if your are replying to me or not...but I throw skillets on a grill as I cook sometimes or under a broiler.

I cook grill or broil only.

but just salt on any steak ain't for me. I like spice and I eat steak and fish weekly in-house and out and about.

 

[EmperorIQ]

Originally posted by: franksta
Salt and pepper immediately prior to grilling. Don't ruin good steaks with sauces.

leave the steaks in the fridge, an hour before cooking, take them out and let them reach room temp. put seasoning salt & pepper on both sides right before you're about to cook it. If you dont' have seasoning salt, you can go ahead and purchase lawry's steak seasoning, which is just seasoning salt and pepper, those are good too!

 

[stan394]

Some Tone's Canadian Steak seasoning spices... donno why it's canadian though...

 

[EmperorIQ]

Originally posted by: TGS

Originally posted by: rudder

Originally posted by: Wapp
Best steak recipe ever... WITH PICTURES!

WTF? he is cooking his steaks in a pan.

All high quality steaks are cooked in this fashion. Any restaurant steak you get, will 10-1 be cooked in this fashion.

It is by far the BEST cooking method for steak that I have eaten. Grilling is good, but nothing taste like a pan seared steak. I get kinda mad for buying a grill sometimes when I think about it. Though YMMV. If you go to any fine dining establishment, ask how the steak is prepared. You may be suprised.

IMO sauces are for masking the taste of a bad steak.

Don't get me started on how my wife uses... *hangs head* Ketchup on steaks... Some steaks that are *really* good (read, the ones I don't make ) she will eat without performance enchancing condiments.

have you tried mortons or ruth's chris? oh man! they have ovens that go up to and over 1500 degrees!! its not pan seared too, its just a huge flaming oven with a grill right at the center! I was able to sit right by the freaking kitchen one time man, that was awesome. . . . i want steak now, I just went this sunday too.

 

[LS20]

Originally posted by: alkemyst


I don't know if your are replying to me or not...but I throw skillets on a grill as I cook sometimes or under a broiler.

I cook grill or broil only.

but just salt on any steak ain't for me. I like spice and I eat steak and fish weekly in-house and out and about.

no, i was not responding to anyone in particular

i just noticed crazy steak threads appearing in the last few months with people praising the pan-searing method for the best steak they've had.. just makes me wonder if they had steak from the traditional outdoor grill before...

 

[Tbirdkid]

Cut meat = bye bye, natural juices.

Your crazy, if he is marinating it... its going to take all of the taste of the marinade, and put it in the steak. Obviously he wants to marinade it to add a different taste. That is the best way to get it in the beef.

Now, i marinade when i want a different taste than just salt and pepper. I also eat it sometimes just browned over and bleeding on the inside without anything on it. It just depends.

Now, i use this marinade called peppercorn from Mc Cormick which is just basically a powder and you add some vinegar and some oil to liquify it and put the steaks in a bag and let them sit for an hour. Then i take them out and throw them on the grill.

The slits is something, i watched emiril do on his show, so i know im not wrong. It just depends on how you like your steak.

 

[mi xiao]

Originally posted by: Wapp
Best steak recipe ever... WITH PICTURES!

holy crapola.

i bbqd steak at work using this recipe (minus the oven/pan part).

OMG.
sooo good.

we had a great lunch today!


thank you!!!