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Recipe File: Grilled Porterhouse or T-Bone Steak
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brammy
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 12:29 pm    Post subject: Seasoning and Handling Reply with quote

Great blog, lots of tips. Here's another: Nobody has mentioned that when barbecuing steak, other than inserting a thin temperature probe into the side (if you really must), NEVER stab the meat with a fork or other sharp object, or you will lose juices. Only use tongs for turning.

Top quality beef should only ever require coarse salt and freshly ground black pepper. Why try and change the flavour of finest beef?

Salt is used for drawing moisture out of raw meat and vegetables, e.g. when making biltong or jerky, and pickles. For that reason, I prefer to add it fairly liberally when cooking, not before. (You can scrape off any excess with the tongs, if you need to.)

Searing definitely does seal in the juices (if you don't stab the meat with a fork!), and turning only once is best. However, this does require a bit of skill to ensure the correct cooking time. The suggestion to cook until juices start to appear on the top side, then turn and repeat, works very well.

If the steak is of lower quality, rub a bit of vinegar and dry mustard powder into it, and stand for half an hour. I always use vinegar for other cuts of beef as well, i.e. roasts, sausages (South African boerewors) or cubed stewing steak. It enhances flavour, tenderises, and removes any 'off' taste from meat that's been standing around too long. The mustard is also an excellent beef flavour enhancer. If the steak really isn't great, you can add a bit of soy sauce, beef flavour enhancer (e.g. Maggi seasoning or Oxo liquid) and oil, when rubbing.

To those who fry the steak in a pan, make sure the pan is very hot and do not put too much meat in at one time - a single steak is best. Otherwise, moisture is sucked out of the meat and it starts to boil instead of fry, and it will not get a crust. Disaster! That could explain some of the mishaps described.
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 02, 2010 8:54 pm    Post subject: You are wrong Reply with quote

Your webpage says that the Portherhouse steak is less tender than the T-Bone steak; this is an incorrect statement. In actuality the T-Bone Steak is more tender because it is found on the rib side of the short loin, which means that it is closer to the middle of the animal. The closer the portioned cut of meat is to the center of the animal the more tender it is.
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 02, 2010 9:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

>>the Portherhouse steak is less tender than the T-Bone steak;

>>the T-Bone Steak is more tender

perhaps time re-phrase the contention?

something like less is less
or
more is more
and less of
"less is more"?
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 24, 2011 11:54 pm    Post subject: I have an AMAZING tweak to this recipe! Reply with quote

This is an awesome recipe and here's a little twist. REALLY SIMPLE BUT AMAZING!

In addition to the mushrooms add some bacon and once its browned remove some of the fat, add a thin layer of Jack Daniels and ignite. Then add the broth and simmer for a bit. Then pour that over your grilled steak and you will freak out on how good it is! My husband got tears the first time I made it!

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Mothra
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 11:54 pm    Post subject: Poterhouse is for pussies Reply with quote

Everyone knows that the ribeye is the king of all steaks. Pan fried for maximum crustiness. Write that down, you little mathematician.
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 12:05 am    Post subject: Re: Seasoning and Handling Reply with quote

brammy wrote:
Great blog, lots of tips. Here's another: Nobody has mentioned that when barbecuing steak, other than inserting a thin temperature probe into the side (if you really must), NEVER stab the meat with a fork or other sharp object, or you will lose juices. Only use tongs for turning.

Top quality beef should only ever require coarse salt and freshly ground black pepper. Why try and change the flavour of finest beef?

Salt is used for drawing moisture out of raw meat and vegetables, e.g. when making biltong or jerky, and pickles. For that reason, I prefer to add it fairly liberally when cooking, not before. (You can scrape off any excess with the tongs, if you need to.)

Searing definitely does seal in the juices (if you don't stab the meat with a fork!), and turning only once is best. However, this does require a bit of skill to ensure the correct cooking time. The suggestion to cook until juices start to appear on the top side, then turn and repeat, works very well.

If the steak is of lower quality, rub a bit of vinegar and dry mustard powder into it, and stand for half an hour. I always use vinegar for other cuts of beef as well, i.e. roasts, sausages (South African boerewors) or cubed stewing steak. It enhances flavour, tenderises, and removes any 'off' taste from meat that's been standing around too long. The mustard is also an excellent beef flavour enhancer. If the steak really isn't great, you can add a bit of soy sauce, beef flavour enhancer (e.g. Maggi seasoning or Oxo liquid) and oil, when rubbing.

To those who fry the steak in a pan, make sure the pan is very hot and do not put too much meat in at one time - a single steak is best. Otherwise, moisture is sucked out of the meat and it starts to boil instead of fry, and it will not get a crust. Disaster! That could explain some of the mishaps described.
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Also, if you have to use a temperature probe cooking a steak, you should probably go back to counting beans.
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 24, 2013 3:18 am    Post subject: Re: The AMAZING tweak above Reply with quote

I love the step by step instructions on this post! I'm not a master at the grill and somethings things will go awry - not fun with expensive cuts of meat!

However - I am completely repulsed by 'shrooms so I'm a bit turned off by that part. But in reading the comments I saw Misty's post above about the bacon. I think I'm going to try this WITH the bacon, but withOUT the mushrooms. Now that sounds like a grilling match made in heaven!

I realize this is an old post, but just discovered the site and see some amazing recipes to try. Wanted to add my two cents.

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PostPosted: Fri Mar 27, 2015 2:03 am    Post subject: Charcoal Reply with quote Delete this post

I have a friend who used to cook steaks for me all the time. First, we would start drinking beer. A lot of beer. Then, we would build the charcoal fire. My friend would have already purchased some lesser cuts of sirloin that were on sale. The cuts of beef would be in a pan, waiting to be grilled. After consuming many beers, we would drench the charcoal briquets with way too much lighter fluid, then we would drink more beer. Once the fire had died down, we would add more charcoal and more lighter fluid, almost causing an explosion before drinking more beer. Once we were good and hungry, we would drink more beer, add some more lighter fluid and charcoal and then immediately place those lesser cuts of sirloin on the grill before the charcoal crumbs remaining in the bag had even gotten the chance to ash over. Lifting the lid on the grill would create a vacuum and a nice crust of lighter fluid vapors combined with ash and charcoal dust would adhere to the outside of those cheap cuts of sirloin. After consuming the various cuts along with some various sausages, we would maybe eat a baked potato and chase that down with more beers. The next morning, I would suffer from a horrendous case of diarearuh. It would spray. I'm talking activated charcoal spray with hydrocarbons essence. Don't try this at home kids. It causes a terrible headache.
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