Salting Steak
This post is, again, more of a method that an actual recipe.
I was on Pinterest and saw (very briefly) a post about steak. It was about making the best steak you'd ever put in your mouth or something so, of course, I didn't repin it and it's gone forever.
HOWEVER! I did catch one part of the pin. Which was salting the steak while waiting for it to come to room temperature.
That night, I visited my grocery store and picked out some top sirloin steaks. Mostly because I don't know anything really about steak and they were cheap so I figured this is a good opportunity to test the method.
After I tried it the first time, I was so intrigued by how it worked I did some research and found this.
I mean, this girl looks like she knows what she's talking about so I decided to try this a second time. This time, I took pictures to show you doll faces how exactly it looks and how it works.
SO! All you need is steak and salt. Sea salt specifically. Don't use table salt at any cost, you will regret it and I will tell you I told you so.
First, I trimmed the fat off the sides of my steak.
Then I put them onto a baking sheet I had lined with foil. I poured salt on one side then flipped them and poured salt onto the second side.
I crushed a few (lots) of garlic and added those on top as the flavour gets carried into the meat (as you read in the link I posted)
This part is crucial. Let the meat sit. For best results, let it sit for at least 40 minutes. I left mine out for about 2 hours because I was on Skype and got distracted.
Now, you will notice the steak looks like it's bled out. Do not fret. This is water. The salt has done some complicated chemical reaction and basically broken down the meat fibres and so this is water leaching out, leaving more flavour in the meat.
Rince the steaks off and dry them out VERY WELL with paper towel.
Ok once you have done all this, you are ready to cook the steaks.
Now you can see on the package that the 4 steaks cost me around 8 dollars. So this is 2 bucks a pop. Honestly, you cannot find a better deal for protein. Chicken breast is like 30 a pack here and I just can't afford that. So now, I can get cheap steaks and make them taste like a much more expensive cut. I'm ok with that.
What are your favourite ways to make you feel like you're eating expensive while sticking to a budget?
