Beef Steak

Serves: 1 steak per person

Preparation time: 20 mins

Cooking time: 5 mins

It's what you've all been waiting for, yes its time to reveal the secret to cooking a perfect steak. The secret is...there is no secret. Just stick to the guidelines and you'll be be enjoying a delicious juicy steak in no time. Where are these guidelines you're wondering? Just look below.

These are the cooking times for a steak approximately 2.5cm thick, thicker steaks will require a longer cooking time and less time for thinner steaks. The resting time is very important, leaving your steak to rest away from the pan allows the meat to become warm, moist and tender all the way through. Don't forget it is still continues to cook even if its not in the pan.

	Cooking time (per side)	Resting time
Rare	1-2 mins	6-8 mins
Medium rare	2-2.5 mins	5 mins
Medium	3 mins	4 mins
Well done	4.5 mins	1 min

If you've kept your steak in the fridge leave it out at room temperature for about 20 minutes before cooking. Cook the steaks in a hot pan, not too hot otherwise you will burn the outside (if its smoking its too hot.) Lightly brush the steaks with vegetable oil and put a splash in the pan and cook to your liking. Lightly season the steaks with salt and pepper serve on a hot plates with chips and salad. Enjoy :)

Tips

Use a griddle pan, it will give the steak the nice chargrilled lines across it.

Peppercorn sauce goes very well with any steak

It hasn't got 4 difficulty spoons for nothing, this can be a tricky dish to do, its all just a case of practice.

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