Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Cooking A Tasty Steak

By Claire Fong


Steak, although a grill favorite, will be cooked in several different ways. They are often pan-fried, braised, broiled, baked, etc. Deciding on the proper method for cooking steak will largely depend on its tenderness. There are dry heat strategies and moist methods. Dry heat methods are generally utilized for more tender steaks such as filet mignon and sirloin, while moist heat methods are more suitable for tougher cuts of beef. The water helps in tenderizing the steak.

The tenderness of cooked steak is affected by how much it's 'carried out'. Relying on the time for which the steak is cooked, it may be well-done, medium well-done, medium, medium rare, rare, very rare and rare. Rare steaks are uncovered to the flame for a really brief time. They still keep their rawness and are very pink in color. Rarely done steaks maintain their authentic beefy flavors, but they don't seem to be very healthy as they still contain microorganisms. As the cooking time will increase, the pinkness of steak will get converted to brownness and its juiciness also reduces. Properly-finished steaks are brown all through and also tough to chew. For most palates, medium rare steaks are the way to go.

One of the simplest ways to prepare dinner a steak is unquestionably grilling it. All the things issues whereas grilling a steak - the tenderness of steak, the marinade, the quality of the coal and lighter fluid and even the focus of the particular person cooking. Most steaks need about eight-10 minutes on the barbeque. The time will depend upon the degree of doneness that is requested.

Tender cuts can also be broiled. Broiling is finished in the oven with no liquids used. It gives a unique flavor from grilling as in an oven the warmth surrounds the meat from all sides. Less tender cuts can be broiled offered they're marinated earlier.

Tender and thin cuts of steak like T-Bone, sirloin and rib-eye taste extremely good when they're pan-fried. Steaks are fried in an open pan placed over a flame. You do not need to add any oil. The steak will cook in their own fat.

For cuts of beef that are larger, then it's perfect for roasting. Roasting is also a dry heat cooking methodology that makes use of no liquid and no cover. Tender cuts roast better and they are to be sliced before serving.

Tough cuts of beef equivalent to chuck, round, briskets and blade are usually braised. Braising is a moist-heat cooking methodology accomplished with slightly quantity of liquid in an oven with a closed lid. It's a gradual process as it slowly permits the meat to tenderize.

One other method for tough cuts is stewing. Beef is totally coated in water and cooked slowly over a medium flame. Stewing shouldn't be a extremely popular methodology for steaks; but when the reduce is large enough and hard, then it better be put into the stew pot.

In all the methods of cooking steak, the degree of doneness can be measured by a meat thermometer. However, by practice, one can also judge the doneness by merely touching the steak externally.




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