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The next best thing to having hand-cut prime steaks in our house is having them in yours.
Cooking instructions for your hand-cut prime steaks
Remove your hand-cut steaks from the refrigerator 30 minutes before cooking. Pat the steaks dry with a paper towel, brush with olive oil, and rub both sides with coarse kosher or sea salt and fresh ground pepper.
When cooking is complete, let steaks rest 5 minutes before slicing or serving.
INDOOR COOKING
Pan Searing
- Heat a seasoned cast iron skillet or saute pan to smoking hot on the stovetop.
- Add a small amount of oil to the hot pan and swirl to coat the bottom.
- Add seasoned steaks to the hot pan, stepping back to avoid any hot oil splatter.
- After 2 minutes, flip the steaks with tongs, being careful not to pierce the steaks. Allow the steak to cook for 2 more minutes.
- After searing each side, reduce heat to medium. Continue cooking by flipping steaks evenly every 1-3 minutes until reaching desired temperature in the timing suggestions on the chart below.
Pan Roasting
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
- Heat a seasoned cast iron skillet or saute pan to smoking hot on the stovetop.
- Add a small amount of oil to the hot pan and swirl to coat the bottom.
- After searing steaks for 2 minutes on each side, transfer the pan with steaks to the middle rack in a preheated oven and cook to desired temperature using the timing suggestions in the chart below.
OUTDOOR GRILLING
- Sear the steaks on a hot grill without turning for 2 to 3 minutes on each side.
- After seraing both sides, reduce heat to medium/ Continue to cook by flipping steaks evenly with tongs every 3-4 minutes until reaching desired temperature in the timing suggestions on the chart provided.
Cooking Time & Temperatures
Thickness and Temperature | 1 Inch | 1.25 Inch | 1.75 Inch |
Rare (120-130ºF) Cool red center |
8 min | 10 min | 12 min |
Medium Rare (130-140ºF) Hot red center |
10 min | 12 min | 14 min |
Medium Well (150-160ºF) Hot pink center |
18 min | 20 min | 22 min |
Well (over 160ºF) No pink center |
20 min | 23 min | 26 min |