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Secret Steak Ingredient

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  • SGH
    SGH Posts: 28,791
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    Interesting article for sure. Just shows that we all have different tastes and preferences. With that said, no thanks on the sugar for ribeyes and flat irons. Heavy salt, heavy pepper and if I'm feeling bold, maybe a dash of cayenne. Just doesn't get much better than that to me. But to each their own as it were.  

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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 32,776
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         im going to stick with salt on a good steak.  poorer cuts I do add sugar to a marinade, lots of sugar on brisket =)
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  • Darby_Crenshaw
    Darby_Crenshaw Posts: 2,657
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    it makes sense for browning, but as a tenderizer, nah.  so-called tenderizers sprinkled on meat only tenderize the outer surface. you can't "tenderize" an entire chunk of meat this way.

    if you left it overnight in pineapple juice or something similar, you'd see 'tenderizing' for sure, but that would only make for a mushy exterior.  not exactly what people think of as tender, but tenderized by definition. and you'd still have a core of untenderized meat anyway




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  • Cookbook_Chip
    Cookbook_Chip Posts: 1,299
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    The secret for me is finishing with butter!
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  • Toxarch
    Toxarch Posts: 1,900
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    Salt, pepper, fire is all I need for a great steak.
    Aledo, Texas
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  • Springram
    Springram Posts: 430
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    Cookbook_Chip said:
    The secret for me is finishing with butter!
    +1
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  • NPHuskerFL
    NPHuskerFL Posts: 17,629
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    Cooking advice from the Huffington Post that's just great... Secret ingredients for a great steak. Kosher Salt & cracked pepper, maybe some herbs, board sauce or a butter finish. Hold the Lib on my steak. 
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  • jimithing
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    NPHuskerFL said:
    Cooking advice from the Huffington Post that's just great... Secret ingredients for a great steak. Kosher Salt & cracked pepper, maybe some herbs, board sauce or a butter finish. Hold the Lib on my steak. 
    lol, that's funny right there.

    I think they (websites in general) just write crap to get people to click.  Who cares if what they're saying is actually correct or not.  I with the rest of you guys - I'll take a liberal amount of kosher salt and a little freshly cracked pepper on my steak and that's about it.  A good ribeye or NY strip shouldn't need much more.  You might make an argument for something like a little garlic powder or cayenne but I don't need sugar to get a nice crust on the steak.

    The only steaks I'm marinading are ones that are turning into fajitas.
    XL BGE
    Plano, TX
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  • Sardonicus
    Sardonicus Posts: 1,700
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    NPHuskerFL said:
    Cooking advice from the Huffington Post that's just great... . . . Hold the Lib on my steak. 
    Actually, that's just a re-post from
    "Epicurious" - political affiliation unknown. =)

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