Reverse Sear Ribeye

Mar 2, 2014 1:56 PM

sprestileo

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Picked up a beautiful ribeye from the butcher. 16 ounces, two inches thick.

Season well with salt and pepper. Place on a baking rack and throw it in the oven at 250 degrees Fahrenheit (120 degrees Celsius).

Take the steak out of the oven when the center reaches 120-130 degrees Fahrenheit (48-54 degrees Celsius), depending upon your desired doneness. Mine took an hour and 15 minutes.

Throw the steak in a piping hot cast iron skillet with a high temperature oil. I used canola. I seared each side for about a minute.

Don't forget to sear the fatty edges. Those glorious fatty edges.

I let her rest for five minutes.

Paired her up with some brussel sprouts and an IPA. This cooking method is by far my favorite. It guarantees an evenly cooked steak, with a nice brown crust on the outside. Enjoy!

But but fire, grill, manly grunting

12 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Marry me

12 years ago | Likes 32 Dislikes 1

1) Call for Deano. 2) Tell him to make you a fuckin' steak. 3) Drink his IPA.

12 years ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 1

Thank you for not swearing at me.

12 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

I know, right?

12 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Cold Ramen. Gas costs money.

11 years ago | Likes 54 Dislikes 0

Thank you, Alton Brown.

12 years ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 0

I could never put a steak that nice in the oven. It is so much better on a grill.

12 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

is it award winning though?

12 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 1

It looks award winning!

12 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

This is the first cooking tutorial without overly passionate cursing.

12 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 1

Thanks to imgur, I no longer understand cooking instructions unless they degrade me and personify the food as a dirty whore.

12 years ago | Likes 172 Dislikes 1

...and end with a pic of the food next to a handgun.

12 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Is it Award Winning

12 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

You sear a steak in a skillet before you pop it into the oven. That way you lock in the flavours. Trust me, I cook like a fucking god.

12 years ago | Likes 23 Dislikes 7

Finally someone swearing at me when talking about the proper way to cook! I needed that.

12 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Searing doesn't keep the juices in.

12 years ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 0

This is actually a cooking myth. Searing beef performs what's called the Maillard Process which is a form of caramelization. Look it up.

12 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 0

Well, well. The more you know. Thank you and @hoopyhoop for the info.

12 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Those are two different things. Caramelization is pyrolysis of sugars, Maillard is a reaction between amino acids & sugars. (1/2)

12 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Both produce 'browning', and depending on what you're cooking, you might be producing both.

12 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I believe it has to do with temperature as well. I gues caramelization is a bit laymans term here. Wikipedia explains it better than me.

12 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Uha. Apparently the actual sear we create in a griddle isn't even good enough. You need temps of over 700 F, like a blast furnace. 1/2

12 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

I do believe you cook wicked steak though. I believe cooking is more art than chemistry, though understanding both helps.

12 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Thank you for believing in me :D.

12 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Canola? Try BUTTER next time!

12 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 1

Not rare enough.

12 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

overcooked.

12 years ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 4

Thank you. He cooked it for HOW long? Shit, son, 16 minutes in the oven is more than enough to get it to medium rare.

12 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

if god didn't want us to eat animals, he wouldn't have made them out of food.

12 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

I don't know I just enjoy being talked down to and sworn at when I'm reading a recipe.

12 years ago | Likes 222 Dislikes 5

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12 years ago (deleted Mar 4, 2014 5:12 PM) | Likes 0 Dislikes 0

Thanks, i thought i was the only one not liking that new trend.

12 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

I agree - this looks good and all but it could be a bit more aggressive @progunil.

12 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

I also like to be treated to a nice display of firearms at the end.

12 years ago | Likes 20 Dislikes 0

I first said that too, c'mon kick me in the nuts a little.

12 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

gross.

12 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

go rare or go home

12 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Instructions unclear: Seared my own fatty edges.

12 years ago | Likes 16 Dislikes 1

PS: I have two ribeyes in my fridge. One of them will experience this tonight.

12 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I came here to say that I too had fatty edges, but you beat me to it!

12 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

were they delicious?

12 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Get in mah belly.

12 years ago | Likes 25 Dislikes 4

Nice browning on the sprouts, mate. So many people don't understand the importance of proper caramelization. Steak looks great too. +1

12 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 0

I've yet to encounter a vegetable that's not incredible when roasted in the oven.

12 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

How with the browning? Same as the steak?

12 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Don't know how OP did the sprouts - could have been in an oven or a saute pan. Either way - the key is some kind of fat 1/2

12 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

2/2 oil or butter or both - and to not move them (if sauteing) until the desired color is achieved. Then you can move them about...

12 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I put them on for 20 minutes at 400*F. Cut them in half, tossed them with oil and salt, and laid them out on a pan. Delicious!

12 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Thanks!

12 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

THE KINFE AND FORK ARE THE WRONG WAY ROUND IT'S SO ANNOYING

12 years ago | Likes 61 Dislikes 7

Wait people don't always set their table like that?

12 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

Makes my CDO tingling

12 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

*The fork and knife.

12 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I'm right handed and I eat in this manner.

12 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I'm right handed and I hold the knife with my left hand.

12 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I'm right handed (aka; not the spawn of satan) but I've always held my knife in my left hand. in the right hand just feels wrong.

12 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 2

Took pics with left hand also ,...

12 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Not if you're left handed

12 years ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 1

I'm left handed and the knife and fork are placed the same as a righty, at least for me. I don't swap the fork to my right to eat though

12 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

As a left handed person, I actually eat fork/knife left/right respectively. And I don't have to switch hands to cut it up.

12 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

the drink is on the wrong side too, so (s)he's probably left-handed...

12 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 1

Bingo

12 years ago | Likes 0 Dislikes 1

I'm left-handed and don't do that heretical shit.

12 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Or an engineer... wouldn't explain the knife and a fork... but the drink it would.

12 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I'm a righty and I think it's weird that people hold the knife in their right hand and fork in the left.

12 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I always get annoyed because I have to swap the utensils in place settings. For years I thought it was just reversed because of tradition.

12 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I think it's more annoying that they didn't pour their beer, especially an IPA, in a fucking glass.

12 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Lost it at Canola oil... Eurgh! Use butter!!

12 years ago | Likes 19 Dislikes 3

butter's good for the crust, but it gets bitter when burnt (like me)

12 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Then use peanut oil. DON'T ruin a good steak with canola oil.

12 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 4

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12 years ago (deleted Apr 27, 2014 2:36 PM) | Likes 0 Dislikes 0

what oil isn't 'processed'? Canola oil is just pressed rapeseed oil. they changed the name for market cuz, ya know: 'rapeseed'. it's natural

12 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

rapeseed sounds like perv-sperm

12 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I think i love you?

12 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I can smell it

12 years ago | Likes 93 Dislikes 6

BUT CAN YOU TASTE THE MAGIC?

12 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 2

What the Rock is cooking?

12 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

12 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I would have chosen asparagus, but this looks amazing.

12 years ago | Likes 314 Dislikes 6

half related

12 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

Asparagus is top notch!

12 years ago | Likes 25 Dislikes 1

my pee smells funny now

12 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Brussels sprouts are awesome. And they don't make my pee smell funny (although the machinegun farts are--well--impressive).

12 years ago | Likes 24 Dislikes 3

I LOVE BRUSSEL SPROUTS! But everyone else hates it - it makes me sad. #1 for little cabbages!

12 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 1

+1 to you, too! I love your enthusiasm. Sorry somebody downvoted your comment, thats lame.

12 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

asparagus baked at 350 for 10 minutes with an olive oil drizzle and some salt and pepper. perfection

12 years ago | Likes 14 Dislikes 1

I think he tossed on the steak drippings and seared them as well, though yours must taste awesome too.

12 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Agree completely. F brussel sprouts

12 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 4

Asparagus is for pork, brusselsprouts are perfect for steak in my book. I love those little suckers.

12 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 2

You act as though I have the money to buy steak.

12 years ago | Likes 1023 Dislikes 10

OP acts as if I have that kind of time to cook my steak

12 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

We can make award winning reverse seared ramen

12 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

And a cast iron pan

12 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 1

I got mine at a thrift shop! Steak, however, is another story...

12 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I buy 1 steak a week and cut thin slices off and fry them with my eggs as a bacon substitute. I eat steak every day.

12 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 1

you can get a london broil steak for about $3-4 that would feed one very hungry person or two relatively hungry people.

12 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 1

Who has 3$ for a meal? Everything over 1.5$ is too much.

12 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

well, find a friend and split it!

12 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

My school has a butchering class and farm store so we can buy steaks with meal points :D but not eat the rest of the quarter... WIN!!!!

12 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

You find steak for 5$/lb, good one for 10$/lb. 1lb is enough for 2 ppl if you add a side, bread, 2 eggs. Cooking is cheaper than order pizza

12 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 1

As someone that grew up on a farm: Mmm steak

12 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

As someone who has had steak before in their life: Mmm steak.

12 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Soon I will be able to afford such juicy meat!

12 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I buy marinating steaks (but don't marinate them) for between $2 and $4 each. They are still very tasty.

12 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

As a college student, if you find a good sale, you can get steak at a decent price as long as you don't go for the organic/free range lol

12 years ago | Likes 17 Dislikes 0

Lifehack: glue together corrugated cardboard and soak in ketchup marinade as a suitable steak replacement. You can't tell it's not steak!

12 years ago | Likes 30 Dislikes 1

That sounds delicious but I don't have ketchup

12 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 0

Also I can't afford to eat my home

12 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Lifehack: free ketchup in convenient packages can be acquired at various reputable fast food establishments.

12 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

IS EVERYONE POOR HERE!?!!?!? Sorry for yelling.

12 years ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 0

yes, we're all poor. where else would we get our lolz? the cinema?

12 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

yes.

12 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I live in Sweden. I'm not sure we HAVE steak here. God, this country fucking sucks sweaty balls.

12 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

As a student: What is a steak?

12 years ago | Likes 100 Dislikes 0

A dream. Nothing but a dream.

12 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

This is the closest thing to steak you may recognize:

12 years ago | Likes 15 Dislikes 0

Baby don't hurt me

12 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

As a student: What is?

12 years ago | Likes 37 Dislikes 2

*as a philosophy student

12 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

I was going to write that, but then I would be lying, and everyone knows that lying is impossible over the internet.

12 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

As lil'jon: What?

12 years ago | Likes 44 Dislikes 0

as a student:?

12 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

YEAAAAAAH

12 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

i just lost it. +1 for unexpected as fk

12 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

OK!

12 years ago | Likes 14 Dislikes 0

As a college student, I'm gonna reverse sear ramen and cry in the shower

12 years ago | Likes 1548 Dislikes 11

with a side of frozen peas! yum...

12 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Can we watch?

12 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

former student here: i once lived 2 months from pretzels only. benefits of working at a bakery, because i get 40% discount on everything :D

12 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Your poops must have been ruthless.

12 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

xD

12 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

As a college student you can cook a decent meal for less than five dollars. Never again will I suffer through weeks of Ramen

12 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

To college students: invest in a rice cooker and live happily ever after

12 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I miss steak more than my family I think. Actually I think the reason I miss my family at all is they provided me with steak.

12 years ago | Likes 43 Dislikes 1

Well look at you with your fancy shower

12 years ago | Likes 13 Dislikes 0

This comment caused me to do an evil villain laugh it was so funny.

12 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

As a college student, I'm currently at my moms and she's cooking up steak!

12 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

don't waste your tears, that's good for poor college student salt

12 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

just eat them out of the bag like chips... crunch the sorrow away

12 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Cold shower, heating the water costs money.

12 years ago | Likes 150 Dislikes 0

NOT IN NYC!!!! but my rent is abso-fucking-lutely ridiculous....

12 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

No shower, water costs money.*

12 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Depends on the place you're staying. I pay nothing for water, but I don't know of many places that have free electricity.

12 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Just wait till you get out and start paying off loans... It's all potatoes, all the time.

12 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Ramen has culinary potential. I stir fry mine with chopped up vegetables and a few eggs, it's really good.

12 years ago | Likes 22 Dislikes 0

I add 3 tablespoons of salsa to my Ramen

12 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Cooked chicken flavored Ramen, pat of butter, cheese slice and a few dashes of hawt sawce!!! Glorious !

12 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 2

A friend of mine did this once, I almost died. It was so strange!

12 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Ramen, garlic powder, chili flakes, salty parmesan. *drools*

12 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I do a similar thing. Cooked with hot chili oil and sesame oil. Chopped frozen broccoli, peas, and frozen fish. Its actually quite good!

12 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

I'm a wuss when it comes to spice but that sounds amazing

12 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Luckily you can control completely the "hotness" by putting in more or less hot chili oil! (First attempt was painful...)

12 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Add sriracha and this is what I do. So good.

12 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Always upvote Sriracha

12 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

You had me until brussel sprouts

12 years ago | Likes 121 Dislikes 21

Try tossing them in olive oil, sea salt and pepper and roasting them (halved) for 20-25 min at 400* F. Add pecans or bacon 2. Amazing.

12 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Roasted sprouts are fucking awesome.

12 years ago | Likes 29 Dislikes 1

Instead, serve with salad leaves with a dressing made from garlic, lemon juice, olive oil and some of the residual beef juice in the pan.

12 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Deep fry those fuckers and they're tit-squeezingly amazing. And I hate vegetables.

12 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

brussel sprouts rock.

12 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 1

You're crazy. Brussel sprouts sauteed in garlic and olive oil and sprinkled with salt are fucking delicious.

12 years ago | Likes 23 Dislikes 2

I wish I could favourite your comment.

12 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Top 3 veggie along with kale and chard.

12 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 2

don't talk shit about brussels sprouts.

12 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 1

swap for asparagus?

12 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 4

What is wrong with you people?

12 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 1

are you kidding? asparagus is amazing! but fine, go with potatoes if you really can't eat anything green.

12 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

Or cauliflower with roasted garlic. Mmmmmm. That's a quality side.

12 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Finally, someone sane!

12 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

If you really know how to cook brussel sprouts they are delicious.

12 years ago | Likes 52 Dislikes 2

Nope. They are pellets from Satan's butthole. I have had them all kinds of ways, none of them justifying their presence on a dinner plate.

12 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

THIS. YES! Too many people I know hate brussel sprouts because they've only had them boiled or steamed. uhghghghg

12 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Yes! Especially when you cook them just right so the outside caramelizes. They're so good with roast chestnuts too. Drooling now.

12 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Truth. I hated them for most of my life until I finally had them sauteed instead of steamed.

12 years ago | Likes 15 Dislikes 0

Cooking them using dry methods (sautee, roasting) is the way to go. Brings out a good amount of sweetness in them.

12 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

I hate it every time time somebody says, "that's because you haven't had mine" or "that's because you haven't had them cooked right." 1/2

12 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 5

2/2 Could it possibly be that I don't fucking like brussel sprouts?

12 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 5

That is a distinct possibility, but quite often people's only experience with brussels sprouts is when they're prepared poorly.

12 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

No, It is simply because you have not had mine

12 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

I mark the distinction at if they've ever had cabbage they liked. BS are a lot like cabbage so if you like one you should like the other.

12 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Most people have only experienced steamed brussel sprouts which are fucking nasty. Grilled or stir fried sprouts are fucking amazing.

12 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 1

I've had Brussels sprouts cooked in almost every way imaginable, and they always taste disgusting. Worse than Durian to my palate.

12 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I used to hate them as a kid. I tried them again (this time grilled) a few months ago and fell in love.

12 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

You had me AT Brussel sprouts

12 years ago | Likes 32 Dislikes 1

Cook 'em in bacon.

12 years ago | Likes 15 Dislikes 2

Why ruin perfectly good bacon?

12 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 8

Cook them with bacon and diced apples, dress with a drizzle of cider vinegar. You can thank me later.

12 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Winner

12 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0