Got some cheap steaks in the freezer I need to use up, and a new grill, so time to knock out some steak with a nice sauce in case I fuck them up.
Pic related: defrosted and seasoned
This was a 3 pack, so I'm going to take one and chop it up to use for the sauce, and reserve the meat for later use in a soup.
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Steak chopped up and added to a cold pan in order to render some fat as it heats up. I added some butter to help it along as the meat was pretty lean, and it would probably just burn without a bit of additional fats.
The meat's getting some color, and there's a nice fond developing on the bottom of the pan. Probably should have used the cast iron for this...
Next comes some red onion. The recipe I'm stealing from calls for shallots, which I don't have on hand. I'll cook these until they get a little bit of color.
Once the onions are done the red wine goes in and will cook until reduced.
I wonder if you should've aged your steaks in the fridge.
>you should've aged your steaks in the fridge.
Probably.
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The wine's reduced, and all the fond is scraped up from the bottom of the pan.
In goes the stock. I'm using a chicken stock, as that's what the recipe called for, but I think a veal or beef stock would probably be preferred. I'll bring this up to a boil, then reduce, and let it simmer away and reduce for an hour and a half.
I'm still trying to figure out the right amount of charcoal I need to use in this smokey joe grill. The last time I did steaks it wasn't hot enough.
I'll be using some royal oak charcoal I have left over after making some chicken jerky in the smoker.
Honestly, as an amerilard I haven't figured out how this in any way has a relationship to steak. What are you cooking? I'm following.
hes making the sauce ya dope
looks like he diced up a little bit of one of the steaks. a bit overkill for me, the fond from just frying the two steaks would have been okay enough for me, but he'll probably get a great flavor
Alright, here's where I called it reduced.
From there I ran it through a strainer, and set the meat aside for use in another dish.
The sauce collected and ready to be used. I think I got about a little less than 2 cups. I used half tonight, and will use the other half later.
Sauce in the pan to be further reduced to top the steak.
I fucked up the steaks and cooked them too long, and the damn grill didn't get hot enough to give me a decent char.
Sides are some white rice, and a ratatouille dish made with zuchinni and yellow squash I had in the fridge that needed to get used, topped with tomato and green onion.
The sauce is reduced in the pan, and in goes some butter to top it off, as per the recipe.
With the butter mixed in, all that's left is to test for seasoning, and then top the steak.
Here's the end result.
I topped the steaks with the sauce French style. The sauce was very rich, almost too rich, and I think I could have left out the final bit of butter, or at least used less, but I wanted to try to make it as close as possible to the recipe just to see how it turned out. I've still got half to use, and will add some water or stock to tone down the intensity a bit.
The steaks, and the grill both, kicked my ass and they turned out damn near well done, which is unacceptable, but the sauce helped make them more palatable. Next time I'm using 2 whole chimneys of charcoal.
Live and learn.
Nice steak you fucking pleb. Get the fuck out of here you useless faggot. Christ can no one on this board cook?
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Thanks for sharing user.
Looks good, user. I'd eat the fuck out of it
Thanks, anons.
The sauce is delicious, and a little goes a long way.
Not really reading, just browsing the pictures.
Dunno what you did to the steak but it's fucked.
Additionally, you never pour sauce OVER a meat for presentation. You always put it on the plate, and the meat on top.
It should not even take 10 minutes to grill that steak. 2 chimneys of coals is a very extreme amount. I don't know what you're doing wrong but it's something. If I'm grilling a NY strip for myself, just a single one, normal size like 1 inch thick, I use like maybe 1/4 of what you used and that would be plenty for 2 steaks also. You may be letting the charcoal rest too long until it gets cold or something.
>You may be letting the charcoal rest too long
Yea, you're probably right.
I have problems getting this thing hot too. If you cover it, the temp goes down fast. Try just searing over the chimney instead.
That's an option I'll keep on the table as well. Hell, I've got a grate I can slap right on top of the thing too.
good tip, ive never thought about doing that
to OP- good posts, thanks for sharing
It's okay, OP. When I first started grilling, I can't tell you how many times I've fucked up steaks.
That looks good but it really needs bone marrow for you to call it a bordelaise. I get that most people don't have demi glace on hand so i don't really care so much about that part but marrow is a nig part of what makes that sauce what it is.
True bordelaise = demi glace + red wine + shallot + bone marrow.
Get some air moving through your coals too, you have no idea how much difference that makes in terms of how hot your grill is.
can you post a link to the recipe?
It's this dudes: youtube.com
thanks
i almost thought that was fish based on color and texture
looks real good though, I'd love to try it
Need to get that grill or pan hotter