Steak advice?

[malvolio]

Yeah, all a bit too much American for my taste as well.

Lightly fried onions (or battered onion rings if you're feeling brave) and some proper triple cooked chips or a slow baked potato (two hours at 160 fan) are all you need. The steak has to be the best thing on the plate, after all.

And if you really have to have a sauce, it would be a real béarnaise, of course.

[jamesbrown]

Japanese Wagyu, obviously. Aren't you a contractor?

Make sure it reaches room temp before cooking and leave to stand on wood for at least 5 mins afterwards.

[vetran]

don't knock it until you tried it

[DealorNoDeal]

Echo the points above about finding a decent place to buy it from...

This is key.

No amount of cooking technique will make much difference if you start with mediocre meat.

I will mention Asda Extra Special Aberdeen Angus again. It really is good, and it's quite forgiving when it comes to cooking. Plus it's cheap at around £5 for an 8 ounce rump, sirloin or ribeye steak. You won't go far wrong with this.

[SimonMac]

Go for tomahawk steaks, looks impressive and you can’t **** them up as they are impossibly to cook properly so will always be burnt on the outside and raw in the middle

[SimonMac]

Also a tip I always use when cooking.

if you touch your thumb and each finger together the muscles on your palm will “toughen up” as you move from your index finger to little finger and this will feel the same as a rare, medium rare, medium, well done steak.

[Whorty]

A bunch of us have been playing lockdown poker online the last year and a half and are planning an in person steak & poker night once we can actually meet.
As I head the winnings leaderboard I'm planning to procure the steaks but I've never had much luck preparing them in the past (probably because we buy cheaper ones and then complain they're no good!) I make a rule only to order steak in proper steak houses when we eat out for similar reasons, it can be so hit & miss at a pub or mid-range restaurant.

So any advice from you lot on what to get, how big they should be, how much they should cost, how they should be prepared? I am hoping another chap will do the cooking (BBQ I imagine) but I want to get some decent meat we'll all enjoy especially as I imagine 10 steaks is not going to be a trivial cost!

Ta.

You can't go wrong with M&S/Waitrose fillet steak. Costs about £6-9 a piece. Just needs a few minutes each side in the skillet pan (bit of salt and lightly olive oil that's all I add) for a rare.

Melts in your mouth, can't beat it.

Never BBQ'd it.

[Whorty]

Make sure the pan is very hot, you want to sear the steak not cook it gently. BBQ grills are great but a heavy skillet or pan is also great. Don't forget the salt and pepper seasoning while it cooks. The other thing to remember is let the steak breath (if vacuum sealed) and come up to room temp before searing it.

This too

[malvolio]

This too

IMHO "Hot pan" and "Olive oil" don't really mix, the oil will burn (and release some nasty compounds in the process). Better to use canola (rapeseed for the less woke among us... ). After all, the idea is to caramelise the fats in the steak, not create charcoal.

[malvolio]

Also a tip I always use when cooking.

if you touch your thumb and each finger together the muscles on your palm will “toughen up” as you move from your index finger to little finger and this will feel the same as a rare, medium rare, medium, well done steak.

KUATB...