Cast Iron Grill Skillet Steak
Light the grill or oven and preheat to 500 degrees f.
Cast iron grill skillet steak. Place the cast iron skillet on the burner or inside the grill if you don t have a side burner. Bring steak s to room temperature. Heat skillet and prep steak. Bring the steak to room temperature.
The best way to cook a steak is not on a grill. Let the steak cook for 2 minutes. The other key to a delicious steak is heat. And since that signature sear comes from a sizzling hot pan a cast iron skillet is the way to go.
Then flip the steak. This hearty pan gets extremely hot and also retains heat for a long time making it the perfect vessel for steak. Remove steaks from the fridge and season both sides with coarse sea salt or kosher salt and coarsely ground black pepper to taste. Season both sides with salt pepper garlic powder and cayenne pepper.
All the oil you need is already on the surface of the steak. Place cast iron skillet in oven and heat oven to 500 degrees. Pre heat the oven to 450 degrees. Place a 10 to 12 inch cast iron skillet in the oven and heat the oven to 500 degrees f.
Heat a grill pan or skillet over medium high heat. To test if the pan is hot enough place a single drop of water on the pan. Preheat a cast iron skillet over high heat until extremely hot 4 5 minutes. Sprinkle remaining 1 teaspoon salt in bottom of skillet.
Pat beef dry with paper towels. Place the cast iron skillet on the burner set to high heat and allow to heat up. The best way to cook a steak is in a cast iron pan. Flip placing steak in a different section of the skillet.
Ideally the skillet should be preheated to a temperature as high as 700 degrees f. When oven reaches temperature remove pan and place on range over high heat. This is going to make some people deeply upset i understand. The pan also needs to be clean and without any oil other than what a good cast iron skillet is seasoned with or cooking spray.
Once the butter just starts to brown add the steak. Melt 1 tablespoon of butter. Place steak into skillet and cook until steak is easily moved 1 2 minutes. Then rotate it degrees and let cook for another 2 minutes in theory this creates criss crossing grill marks.
Immediately place steak in the middle of hot dry pan.