EPTand someone plz DO NOT post how to make good pork chops plz
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The6357
United States1268 Posts
and someone plz DO NOT post how to make good pork chops plz | ||
Chill
Calgary25980 Posts
On November 06 2010 04:09 The6357 wrote: ok..i suck at cooking steak...i'll just stick with pork-chops from now on... and someone plz DO NOT post how to make good pork chops plz I've had success with brine lately. Been experimenting with the recipes. | ||
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fOrQQ
Hong Kong321 Posts
On November 06 2010 00:26 Golden Ghost wrote: Close but no cigar. The best way to cook a steak is like this: Defrost it first and put some salt on it. This will help holding all the juices inside, resulting in a more tender steak. Pepper you should add afterwards when the steak makes it to your plate. Heat up the pan with olive oil so it's really hot. Use olive oil for this as it won't burn on a high temperature like butter does. If you use butter it will give a bit of a bitter taste to your meat. Now you want to sear the steak. Put it in the pan and turn after 5 or 6 seconds. Turn the steak over and do the same. After both sides are seared turn the heat very low and add some butter to the pan. The butter will give the meat that nice brown color (with only olive oil it will stay a bit grayish) and will help forming that nice texture of the outside of the steak. Leave it in the pan for about 3 or 4 minutes (depending on how thick the meat is) and turn it over for another 3 or 4 minutes. BTW don't ever put a cover on the pan in any step of this process please. This will only harm your meat. You now have the perfect steak. Bon appetit. +1 This is exactly how I do it. Sometimes I rub salt and cracked peppercorn on the steak before the pan though :D After you take it out to rest you can deglaze the pan with red wine -> it makes a great sauce (which btw is a whole 'nother story)! I only flip once: Sear side A, flip to side B, done. | ||
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jon arbuckle
Canada443 Posts
On November 06 2010 04:10 Chill wrote: I've had success with brine lately. Been experimenting with the recipes. Theoretically, pork chops vary according to cut in terms of connective tissue, fat content, and meat, so some cuts will braise better whereas others take well to grilling or searing. All pork should be brined, though. | ||
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MacroNcheesE
United States508 Posts
On November 06 2010 00:52 Chill wrote: In my experience, in our generation, the average man can cook better than the average woman. That fucking sucks. I like to cook a lot, but there's something really romantic about a woman who can cook better than me and enjoys it. Where are these lost women?  LOL something romantic about a woman who cooks? If by romantic you mean mandatory, then I agree! Jokes. I guess this is really funny to me because I was born and raised in the south, so there's nothing odd about women my age (25) cooking (and well, at that) & cleaning etc. It's definitely waaaay more romantic for the man to be able to cook better & for the woman. But I digress. And yeah, you're going to see far more men as chefs than women, especially in the restaurant business. I still digress. Fausty Wausty: Marinate yo steaks homie! Stab the steak repeatedly with a fork. Then put Honey/BBQ Sauce/Salt/Pepper/(I've also added cinnamon before and it was... pretty decent actually) on one side of the steak, and massage it with both hands using your finger tips (jesus christ this is quasi perverted). Repeat on other side. Put it in a ziplock bag and throw it in the refrigerator for atleast 4 hours. (I usually marinate 12-24). Then look up how to cook the steak @ whatever temp you want it to be, and enjoy! no steak sauce needed. Add some Jack Daniels in the pan while the steak is cooking. I never really taste it, but I definitely feel like a badass when I do it. | ||
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ShadowWolf
United States197 Posts
At any rate, I like the following for a 1/2 inch Top Sirloin steak cooked on the rare side of medium-rare. Worcestershire Sauce Minced Garlic or Garlic Powder Kosher Salt Fresh Ground Black Pepper Canola Oil ( you can't use Olive Oil - the Canola Oil will already be way above the smoke point, olive oil would probably be ruined ) Prepare a cast-iron pan by heating the oven to 500 degrees with the pan in the oven. If you have an eletric stove ( Grrrr... ), heat the burner to high. For a gas stove, you can wait to turn it on 'till the Pan is in place. For the following steps, do for each side of the steak you wish to prepare moments before cooking it. Apply a generous amount of Worcestershire Sauce to the steak and spread using a spoon Subsequently apply a fair amount of canola oil directly to the steak and spread evenly ensuring there are no bare edges of the steak Add enough garlic to cover then add salt, and pepper to taste Remove cast-iron pan from the oven and place on the stove. Turn on the burner to high if you're on gas ( it's already hot for Electric I hope! ). Cook the Steak for approximately 1 minute on each side - you know you've cooked it long enough because it won't stick. Put the Pan back in the oven for about 5 minutes, turn to prevent it from charing and cook for another 5 minutes or so. It's gonna smoke a lot here, so opening a window may be in your best interests  Put on a plate and let sit for 1.5 - 2 minutes. Serve. Much of the flavor you add is lost, so don't worry about putting on what feels like too much. If you overload the salt, chances are the steak will taste just a wee bit salty. Similarly so with anything else. The canola oil imparts virtually no flavor, but the Worcestershire sauce should compensate for what would normally be olive oil. | ||
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Savio
United States1850 Posts
![[image loading]](http://weblogs.cltv.com/entertainment/tv/metromix/grilled_steak.jpg) I bought a $20 grill from Walmart and it makes my steaks taste like $25 dollar restaurant steaks and I barely know what I am doing. Granted, I start with really good meat because my parents raise their own beef and my father-in-law hunts everything in season and hooks us up. So my meat is actually free. I love my life. | ||
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koreasilver
9109 Posts
On November 06 2010 02:44 Happy.fairytail wrote: Haha, I love how angry people get over cooking a steak. Like it's a serious travesty to cook a steak the wrong way. (I feel like Chill is upset enough to start banning people lol) Ruining a perfectly good piece of steak is seriously one of the greatest sins a man could commit. | ||
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lixlix
United States482 Posts
http://forums.egullet.org/index.php?/topic/119838-the-best-way-to-cook-a-thick-steak/ If you get some prime aged beef and you use this method, it will taste better than 90% of steak places. | ||
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Disregard
China10252 Posts
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Coagulation
United States9633 Posts
what do you think about that chill? | ||
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PhuxPro
United States294 Posts
On November 06 2010 16:12 Coagulation wrote: i cook my steak in the microwave what do you think about that chill? are you for rela? | ||
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Slithe
United States985 Posts
No disrespect to the grill, btw. That is a fine instrument. | ||
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iPlaY.NettleS
Australia4332 Posts
On November 06 2010 00:52 Chill wrote: In my experience, in our generation, the average man can cook better than the average woman. That fucking sucks. I like to cook a lot, but there's something really romantic about a woman who can cook better than me and enjoys it. Where are these lost women? feminism killed them off there's a whole generation of women out there who want to be like blokes | ||
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lac29
United States1485 Posts
On November 06 2010 18:36 Slithe wrote: All the people who are hating on the pan-fry method don't know their shit. As long as you're working with a decent cast iron skillet, you can easily be pumping out delicious, restaurant-quality steaks. Plenty of steakhouses also do their cooking in the pan, and not a grill. No disrespect to the grill, btw. That is a fine instrument. You can go ahead and cook it in a toilet and as long as you like it great, more power to you. It's just how internet arguments become so much about how you, the poster are always right (not referring to you you, but the general you). Why get pissed off because someone likes to cook with poop on their steak? You're not the one eating poop steak. | ||
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Impervious
Canada4200 Posts
On November 06 2010 18:36 Slithe wrote: All the people who are hating on the pan-fry method don't know their shit. As long as you're working with a decent cast iron skillet, you can easily be pumping out delicious, restaurant-quality steaks. Plenty of steakhouses also do their cooking in the pan, and not a grill. No disrespect to the grill, btw. That is a fine instrument. Oh, a good cast-iron skillet is a key part of anyone's kitchen set. It is completely necessary to cook some foods. No disrespect to pan frying methods. However, there's something about cooking it directly over a real fire (wood or charcoal) which gives it a flavour and overall texture that pan frying methods can't duplicate. For a steak, pork chops, chicken, even fish, etc, it makes it soooooooo good. For anyone who likes their steaks, get a wood or charcoal barbeque (not a propane or natural gas one). They may be smaller in size, and usually more expensive, but they are soooooo worth it. | ||
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Fear_Chaos
United States101 Posts
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mlee
United States116 Posts
On November 06 2010 00:13 The6357 wrote: defrost steak first -> sprinkle salt/pepper -> heat up the pan with some (u can use alot) butter -> when butter starts to sizzle put steak on it -> cover up with lid (just cover up with anything) -> cook until the bottom side has a bit of burn on it -> flip the steak and cook it until the same thing heppens -> enjoy with some rice remember : when u put steak on the pan, make sure the stove is on medium/medium high (don't cook on high). You don't want medium rare steak..u want it medium well done...the cooking process should take you about 13-15 minutes. someone probably already covered this.. but yeah.. this is NOT how you cook a steak.. unless you're buying the worst quality possible and trying to mask the flavor of the meat. First, you let the steak defrost.. season with salt/pepper to your liking.. make sure your non-stick pan is on super high heat... put some olive oil on the pan.. and sear your steak for 2-3 minutes on both sides.. finish in the oven for another couple minutes to you're liking.. medium-rare tends to be the best tasting and the crowd favorite.. if you do medium well done(quoted post)... you're destroying all the flavors/juices in the steak and you might as well douse your steak with nasty A1 sauce as well.. High quality steaks should always be eaten at medium-rare and only seasoned with salt/pepper.. someone people like to butter the pan as well.. but I feel that takes away from the flavor of the steak. When you go to restaurants and order any kind of steak/prime rib.. anything over medium, you're throwing away your money.. On November 06 2010 03:25 CharlieMurphy wrote: pan fried steak is generally the worst way to cook it. Best way: BBQ/Open Flame Oven/Broiler Stovetop/Pan Microwave (lol?) One of the biggest problem with pan fry is that the juices (which are essentially water/blood) can steam or boil the meat making it chewy and gross. Sorry, but you are completely wrong on that. Pan frying and finishing it in the oven is actually the best way to cook a steak.. This is because when you pan fry a steak.. you seal in the juices.. whereas BBQing doesnt do that.. all the juices leak out due to the lack of intense heat.. You are cooking steak completely wrong if the juices are "steaming or boiling and making it chewy and gross" | ||
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SCC-Faust
United States3736 Posts
Is there any chain restaurants that can make a decent one? I live in northeast USA. | ||
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Cambium
United States16368 Posts
On November 06 2010 12:04 Savio wrote: Granted, I start with really good meat because my parents raise their own beef [lol] and my father-in-law hunts everything in season and hooks us up. wow, this is awesome acquiring a quality piece of meat is half of the battle | ||
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