How do you like your steak cooked?

Preferred steak doneness? 🥩

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The Lunch Legend

The Lunch Legend

GAF's Nicest Lunch Thief and Nosiest Dildo Archeologist
Hi guys.

In terms of favorite foods, I've noticed that many people very much like steak, and steak is also an interesting food in that people like it cooked differently.

Some like their steak very rare, with blood oozing out of it, while others like it well done, with not a hint of rawness about it.

So my question to you today is; how do you like steak cooked, if you eat it? From what I can tell, there are 5 widely accepted ways of cooking steak (rare, medium rare, medium, medium well and well done), but if there's another one I haven't mentioned, then I'd love to know!

As for how I like it cooked, it depends on the steak.
I like Ribeye best, which I usually have medium.

However, if I'm having fillet I'll go rare or medium rare. :)
 
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Medium

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Generally I like my steaks well done although medium done it's not too bad either.

Either way I usually drown my steaks in A1 or any other steak sauce.
 
The Lunch Legend said:
Hi guys.

In terms of favorite foods, I've noticed that many people very much like steak, and steak is also an interesting food in that people like it cooked differently.

Some like their steak very rare, with blood oozing out of it, while others like it well done, with not a hint of rawness about it.

So my question to you today is; how do you like steak cooked, if you eat it? From what I can tell, there are 5 widely accepted ways of cooking steak (rare, medium rare, medium, medium well and well done), but if there's another one I haven't mentioned, then I'd love to know!

As for how I like it cooked, it depends on the steak.
I like Ribeye best, which I usually have medium.

However, if I'm having fillet I'll go rare or medium rare. :)
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Stop making me hungry with all these food threads punk 👀

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Medium rare, although I have enjoyed a few rare steaks recently.


My steak journey has been:
Childhood/Teen years no steak as I am sikh and it is taboo to eat beef.
Late teen: well done
20s: medium
30s: medium rare
Now mid 30s and rare sometimes.

I'm firmly in the camp of medium and above being a sin.
 
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ill eat bleu, as long as its got a char/crust and its hot.

anything past medium, youve basically ruined it, why ill never understand the fad of steak servered on a hot rock......so the first few bits are fine, and the rest is still being cooked, by the end its completely ruined
 
I like medium rare, but my wife and kids won't eat steak if there's any pink. They're borderline vegetarians. I've tried to figure out a way to make it work so they can get the protein. Here's what I've settled on:

I buy New York Strips that are about 1.25" (~32mm) thick, and around 1-1.25 lbs (.45 to .56 kg). I always use a sharp knife to cut off the rind of fat around the outside edge. I will trim out the little tender bit (I call it the "eye") on the outside edge and cook it along with the main piece. I typically try to buy grass fed as none of my family likes the fat in grain fed.

Depending on who I'm cooking for, I go two ways with it:

If it's for me, I will apply a lite dusting of popcorn salt, then a medium dusting of 2 GRINGOS CHUPACABRA® STEAK SEASONING. I bring a medium sized non-stick skillet up to medium heat (gas range) and add 3 pats of regular salted butter. Once it's melted, the meat goes in and I turn it over a few times to get all surface area covered in butter. I cook it for a few minutes on each side until I've got a nice crust and some bits have started to char. I also stand the steak up on it's sides to get a crust on the whole surface area. I take the eye off first since it cooks faster and set it on the cutting board, then the steak. I typically let it sit for 5 minutes or so before I slice and eat immediately. This gives me a medium rare steak consistently.

If I'm making steak for my wife or kids, I will use the flat side of a meat mallet to flatten the steak out to half it's normal thickness. I also cut the strip long ways so I have two thin and narrow strips. My wife and daughter prefer Canadian Steak Seasoning. I cook it like mentioned above, but on Low-Medium heat, and for longer. Once the crust is in a good spot, I pull it off slice immediately into bite sized pieces, then put it right back in the pan for less than a minute, stirring constantly. My goal here is to make the inside of the steak look well done, but without cooking it so long that it dries the meat out. That also means the inside of the steak is getting coated in the butter and seasoning from the pan, so it acts almost like a sauce. I realize this is sacrilegious to steak enthusiasts, but it's the only way I can get them to eat beef outside of a restaurant burger.
 
I used to be a medium ~ medium rare guy when I was younger, but only because I was afraid of raw food. Once I realized that rare steak is totally fine, I've been eating it that way ever since. Rare ~ blue is where I like it. The only time I really enjoy medium anymore is if it's a very tender and fatty piece of meat.
 
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There are certain non negotiables in life. 2 of my favorite posters are going on ignore. It won't be the same around here anymore.

Make that 3
Oops make that 4.
5
 
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I prefer medium-rare for sure but I don't get the whole "well-done steaks are ruined" mentality. A well-done steak isn't as juicy or tender but it still isn't going to taste any worse than, like, a well-done burger. Which is still quite tasty.

My point is, medium-rare steak >>>>> well-done steak >>>>> most other food.
 
I wish I could see who voted well done just so I know who to harshly judge from now on.

Edit: Cunt, NOOOOOOOOO!!! 😭😭😭
 
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I answered medium rare but it really does depend on the cut. I like a hard sear on my steaks so thinner cuts tend to lean more medium than medium rare.

I generally only get steaks at legit steak houses and I often just ask for whatever the chef considers the right temp for the given cut.
 
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