Porterhouses and brussel sprouts

tarheelmatt

This is the first I have cooked dinner in a while (the butt I cooked last week was really for others).

Harris Teeter had porterhouse steaks on sale, so I snagged some along with some brussel sprouts.

Steaks were dry brined for around a day. Removed from fridge to get to room temp. More salt and pepper and cooked around 600° until 130° for me and 145° for the wife.

Sprouts were seasoned first with EVOO,salt,pepper,and garlic. Heated CI up on egg with butter and canola. Dropped sprouts when heated and cooked till tender. Then, had a mixture of balsamic vinegar and honey that I tossed them in, then back in the skillet. Oh, all little butter too.

Pictures below...

Legume

Dirty fork AND dirty spoon?! Bold move. Food looks great - nice dinner.

theyolksonyou

Glad to see you enjoying the egg again. Porterhouse is probably my favorite cut. Very nice.

tarheelmatt

Thanks @Legume‌ and @theyolksonyou‌. We haven't had a steak in a long time and this hit the spot.

blind99

Kiiiiilller! Great pictures, and the food look great, glad to see youre back cooking

UrbanForestTurnings

Looks great. Love sprouts easy to grow. If the bugs don't infest them

tarheelmatt

Thanks @blind99‌. Trying to take more pictures with my phone instead of pulling the camera out. It's a work in progress.

Thanks @UrbanForestTurnings‌. Never heard of anyone growing them in my area, but guess they could. Be lime cabbage I guess.

Jeepster47

Looks good ... real good.

Side question please ... what brand of grill expander is that and how much lift does it provide?

SGH

Looks like a winner to me brother Tar =D>

johnmitchell

Hey o Matt good to see you egging again..The pics are off the chart awesome and I bet that steak was magic..Have a great week.. :-c

piney

Looks good Matt I need to try some sprouts when I do I'll ask for details. Hope on is doing good.

MaskedMarvel

Great pics! Did you just put the steaks on, or go TRex? Also - is the skillet a Lodge? I'm thinking of buzzing the handle off of one of mine... We were in T-ville Friday for my buddy to pick up his new Liquorcycle. I waved at you as we drove by.

saluki2007

Awesome looking as usual.  How did you go about dry brining the steaks?  Is that bacon I see in there with the sprouts?  We love bacon in ours.  I have never used honey with ours though.  Do you heat the honey and vinegar together?

piney

piney said:

Looks good Matt I need to try some sprouts when I do I'll ask for details. Hope on is doing good.

Don't know what happened to text should have said : I hope Mom is doing good.

tarheelmatt

Jeepster47 said:

Looks good ... real good.

Side question please ... what brand of grill expander is that and how much lift does it provide?

It's called a grill dome extender. Got it from Amazon for around $30. I really like mine a lot.

http://www.amazon.com/Grill-Dome-GE-L-Discontinued-Manufacturer/dp/B004JF60DI

tarheelmatt

MaskedMarvel said:

Great pics! Did you just put the steaks on, or go TRex? Also - is the skillet a Lodge? I'm thinking of buzzing the handle off of one of mine...

We were in T-ville Friday for my buddy to pick up his new Liquorcycle. I waved at you as we drove by.

Just went straight on. Salt and pepper before hand.

CI pan is a pretty 1960 Wagner handed down to me from my mother. I do have a set of Lodges too, but I love cooking on the older pan.

Not a lot in Tville, lol... I think I saw you, lol. I didn't know anyone sold liquorcycles around here.

tarheelmatt

saluki2007 said:

Awesome looking as usual.  How did you go about dry brining the steaks?  Is that bacon I see in there with the sprouts?  We love bacon in ours.  I have never used honey with ours though.  Do you heat the honey and vinegar together?

Yeah, there is bacon and little smokies. Forgot to mention that.

I had a large bowl with the balsamic, honey, and butter sitting next to the egg. As soon as they were tender, I tossed into the bowl to toss (like doing chicken wings), then I put them right back in the skillet. Took that back into the house till the steaks were done.

henapple

Nice work

tarheelmatt

piney said:

piney said:

Looks good Matt I need to try some sprouts when I do I'll ask for details. Hope on is doing good.

Don't know what happened to text should have said : I hope Mom is doing good.

@piney‌ , thanks.

Mom is doing well. She will be coming home tomorrow! She's excited and so are we.

tarheelmatt

henapple said:

Nice work

Thanks @henapple‌.

piney

Good deal Matt glad to hear she's doing good

tarheelmatt

piney said:

Good deal Matt glad to hear she's doing good

Thanks buddy. It has been a crazy time for sure. She's on her third week of radiation as well. Her wound is healing nicely too.

I appreciate all the prayers, love, and support of everyone.

cook861

Nice looking meal 

tarheelmatt

Thanks @cook861‌

piney

No Matt if that was a white F-250 that waved at you it was me... I was on my way to see Doug @ Custom Embroidery he does my shirts and hats

MaskedMarvel

piney said:

No Matt if that was a white F-250 that waved at you it was me... I was on my way to see Doug @ Custom Embroidery he does my shirts and hats

Heh. I'm a red f-150. The scooter came out of the back of a used tire store... One of those guys had a pretty tricked out Chevy for sale. Glad to hear about mom Matt.

blind99

Great to hear she's headed home!

 

WRT cell phone pix -  what (if anything) do you use for photo editing on the phone? 

Dyal_SC

Nice!! =P~ Now I want steak.

tarheelmatt

blind99 said:

Great to hear she's headed home!

 

WRT cell phone pix -  what (if anything) do you use for photo editing on the phone? 

@blind99‌, started using Lightroom Mobile as I use Lightroom/Photoshop for photography. Before that I used Snapseed.

We're glad she's headed home too. It's been a tough climb, but she's fighting hard.

tarheelmatt

Dyal_SC said:

Nice!! =P~ Now I want steak.

I would love to have another!

tarheelmatt

saluki2007 said:

Awesome looking as usual.  How did you go about dry brining the steaks?  Is that bacon I see in there with the sprouts?  We love bacon in ours.  I have never used honey with ours though.  Do you heat the honey and vinegar together?

@saluki2007‌ I forgot to tell you about the dry brine. It's relatively simole.

Dry steaks well before with paper towels. I use a drying rack to raise steaks off a plate. Place on rack and sprinkle with kosher salt. Place in fridge for 24hours. This pulls most of the moisture out of the steak.

Then just a bit more salt and pepper to hit the grill.

Sorry I failed to answer this initially.