How do you like your steak prepared?

[MonkeyDragon]

I adore Alton Brown. He's my favorite host. I find that his mantra of the most tender meat being the furthest from the horn and the hoof to be easy to remember.

I used to like my steak well done, as I didn't fancy the thought of eating undercooked meat. Had a rare steak in France and thought "Well, this tastes pretty good...but...but...raw!"

Now I like them medium well, with just a touch of char on the outside. For me, thats the perfect balance of still tender, can still taste the meat, but fewer worries about ickies. Anything that's ground, though, must be well done.

Whenever I have leftover steak, I like to saute onions and garlic in a load of butter, toss with angel hair pasta, and add the thinly sliced steak to warm through. Top with parmesean, feel the love.

 

[Mixmaster]

Me?

First: I love "Good Eats" and Alton Brown.

Second: Nice Sear on the outside, medium to medium well on the inside, depending on cut.

 

[Tetsubo]

Medium Rare. I want to actually taste the meat, not the method of cooking.

 

[Pierce_Inverarity]

Rare. There really is no better way to enjoy meat. Seriously. Also, none of this lean no fat crap. Give a well marbled NY Strip and just sear the outside.

 

[Mixmaster]

Rare. There really is no better way to enjoy meat. Seriously. Also, none of this lean no fat crap. Give a well marbled NY Strip and just sear the outside.

Ah, a "Black and Blue" kind of guy.

 

[the Lorax]

Medium rare for me thanks. My better half prefers to have hers flamed until there is no red even vaguely visible.

No pink what-so-ever for me thanks, I try to avoid ordering beef when eating out as it is all too often undercooked for my taste.

It is a poor cook indeed that cannot cook a piece of meat so that it is both juicy AND fully cooked.

Squishy pink beef will make me gag, I cant get it down.

 

[Chorn]

It is a poor cook indeed that cannot cook a piece of meat so that it is both juicy AND fully cooked.

Careful there. Many cooks take it as an insult to the meat and themselves if you ask them for something beyond medium. It's also a matter of time spent because a well done steak naturally takes longer on the grill and hence throws off the queue. As a result the kitchen staff's timing is thrown off.

 

[devilbat]

As far as I'm concerned, rare is the only way to cook steak. Throw it on high heat for twenty-five seconds, to sear the outside, turn the heat down, and cook it for roughly three minutes, and you've got yourself a great piece of steak.

 

[Angel Tarragon]

As far as I'm concerned, rare is the only way to cook steak. Throw it on high heat for twenty-five seconds, to sear the outside, turn the heat down, and cook it for roughly three minutes, and you've got yourself a great piece of steak.

That is almost exactly the way my best friend prepares his!

 

[Ferret]

Rare.

My dad used to work in a kitchin, the chef in there went bad when someone orded the steak well done, slammed it againsted the stove, swore blindly.......