There are many different steaks, and in America they have become a fashionable culinary trend. Cooking steaks is a science. Make no mistake with the sauce, properly fry the meat so as not to spoil it. Naturally, each type of steak requires special cooking technology. Take, for example, a steak porterhouse. This is the most tender piece of meat from the lumbar back.
It costs a lot, but the taste is simply amazing! Someone thinks that a steak is just fried meat in a pan. But this is not at all true. To properly prepare this magnificent piece of meat, you need to adhere to some rules. This is the only way to experience the whole taste of this amazing dish. So how to cook this steak? Consider the porterhouse steak recipe in this article!
What is a porterhouse
As mentioned above, a porterhouse is a cutout from the back. It costs a lot, for example, the Miratorg steak porterhouse costs an average of 2,000 rubles per kilogram! In general, this is a "relative" of t-bon steak. Therefore, their preparation and sauce are the same. This piece of meat is very tender, and at the same time huge! Porterhouse is almost not found less than 0.5 kg! One person is unlikely to master this steak alone. But this does not prevent us from deliciously preparing this delicious dish.
Cooking
Initially, meat is sold frozen and should be thawed. You should not get the product out of the package, as this results in the loss of juices, which are very important. It is also not recommended to very sharply defrost a steak, for example using a microwave. Just leave a piece in the refrigerator for a day.
Thawed meat should be carefully removed from the packaging and allowed to lie down at room temperature for about half an hour. Now you need to carefully salt the meat with coarse salt. You don’t have to worry about over-salting, because it’s simply impossible! Do not spare the salts. However, if you notice cracks in the piece, it is better to cover them with your hand.
Fried steak
Porterhouse steak, like in principle any other steak, is usually grilled. However, you can get by with an ordinary pan. If the house has a grill pan, it is better to use it so that beautiful strips remain.
So, you should heat the pan as much as possible. We wait until smoke comes from the surface. Then add a little olive oil. Steak marinades are usually not used, so as not to spoil the taste of meat, limited only to salt and pepper. As for pepper, there is a lot of controversy about this. Some argue that you need to pepper before frying, while others say that it is better in the process. Well, we will pepper during cooking.
So, the pan has warmed up, it's time to put the steak porterhouse. If you want beautiful stripes to remain, you can spread the steak yourself with olive oil. How much to fry is a matter of taste preference. Who likes what degree of cooking. We will cook meat for 2.5 minutes on each side. If there is a layer of fat - it needs to be melted.
During frying, meat can also be pepper. However, this is not enough. Our steak needs to get it. To do this, use the oven. Take a baking sheet and spread the garlic cloves there. This will give a special taste to our steak. Then we heat the oven to 200 degrees and send the meat there for literally 10 minutes.
It remains only to remove the meat from the oven, cut it nicely and serve. The steak is ready! Such meat just needs a tasty and fragrant sauce. Let's cook it.
Cooking sauce
There are many sauces that are served with steak. In order not to spoil the taste of meat, it is important to choose the “right” gravy. Some of them have a very complicated and sometimes even secret recipe.
Well, we will prepare a simple, but at the same time very tasty sauce for our steak Porterhouse. To do this, take a pan and melt butter there. Then very finely chop the onion and garlic and send it there. For a citrus flavor, you can add finely chopped orange zest.
After the onion has a golden hue, add barbecue sauce. After another couple of minutes, add the Worcester sauce. If you don’t have it, then soy is also suitable, but the taste will already be slightly different. In general, if you cook such a piece of meat, it is better not to save money and spend money on Worcester sauce. We wait another 5 minutes - and the sauce is ready. It remains only to mix everything thoroughly. Sprinkle with greens on top for piquancy. Steak served with sauce.
The Porterhouse steak recipe, the photo of which you saw above, is very simple. Prepare it under the force of not even a very experienced hostess. This is really a very tender and fragrant piece of meat, the taste of which will be remembered for a long time! Enjoy your meal!