Steak on the Griddle

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As I've mentioned before, I have a Griddle Q for my gas grill and use it often for cooking breakfast. But I also have a Griddle Q for my Large Egg. For various reasons I haven't used the one on the Egg yet but plan to soon.

So today when I had this thawed sirloin steak that needed cooking I thought, what the heck... I'll try it on the griddle like the Japanese Steak House guy did the other night. Only I will use better tasting seasonings.

Heated the griddle to about 400° (dome) and added a little olive oil. The steak was liberally prepared with Dizzy Pig Red Eye Express.

Placed the steak on the hot griddle and immediately noticed the smell of burning Red Eye Express.



I waited for about four minutes and flipped it. As expected, the seasoning stuck to the griddle. Five minutes on the other side and the seasoning stuck again. The steak was rare, so another two minutes took it to medium rare.

I added some more salt and Red Eye Express to make up for what was lost to the griddle and the results were great, much better than the steak at the Japanese Steakhouse. Tender too. And a lot cheaper.



Anyway, now I have to try doing the same thing again but on the Egg. I can pretty much predict that it will turn out good. I'll let y'all know.

Just another day here at The Chicken Ranch.

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Big'un

Looks like a great steak! Now that you're cooking Japanese style, I'm sure it will be only a short time before you start Ninja Training so you can assist Rodney! :laugh: BTW, did you share any with Judy?

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What? No pics of the flaming volcano?

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Judy's on a diet but will sample some tonight when she gets home.

Ninja training sounds good. Do I have to watch kiddie shows on TV to learn how to kick butt and take names?

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If I start doing those kinds of tricks my prices for entertainment will have to go up.

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NibbleMeThis

Yeah, I was going to ask if you did a shrimp appetizer and flipped the tail up into your tall chef's hat:)

The pics look great! Nice idea to go hibachi style. We've done this on an electric flat top but I didn't realize you could get a griddle q that fits on an egg. You've got me wanting to try this now.

When we do ours, we take the steaks off at very rare, cut them up into bite size pieces and toss them back in for just another minute or two, like the chefs do at those teppanyaki steakhouses.

Here's our favorite side:

Sesame Onion & Zucchini
Ingredients
1 ea Onion sliced into 1/4 inch rings (keep together)
1 ea Zucchini see directions
1 tablespoon Rice wine vinegar
1 tablespoon Sesame seeds
1 tablespoon Sesame oil
1 tablespoon Butter

Instructions
Cut off both ends of the zucchini and then slice it in half, length-wise. Slice each half into 3 or 4 lengthwise pieces and then cut them in half, widthwise. (You should end up with the pieces of zucchini being 3" long and about 1/3" wide)

Coat veggies in a bowl with rice wine vinegar, sesame seeds, sesame oil, and salt and pepper to taste. Let sit for 10 minutes. (NOTE: If possible, keep the onion slices in whole pieces until the end. They should look like a cross section of a tree where you can count the rings)

In a hot wok or electric skillet, melt butter over medium heat and then add veggie mix. Cook for approximately 5 minutes or until lightly browned, turning onions once halfway through and the zucchini pieces twice (so both/all sides get browned).

Take off heat and serve.

A perfect side dish to hibachi style steak, sweet Jasmine rice, and golden shrimp sauce.

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Yea, I forgot to cut the steak into smaller pieces. Probably would have been even better than it was.

No 'flip' tricks this time. Maybe next time.

Thanks for the recipe.

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Mike in Abita

I like they way you eat. :woohoo: , and cook.

Frank from Houma

This explains the message Tom left on my phone earlier today. Said he was going next door to check on you. Thought you had gotten caught in your fan and were whirling around clanking stuff on the posts and hollering. Must have been all that fancy spatula and knife display along with the heeeaaahs. Don't get to close to the griddle - your komono might catch on fire. :laugh:

BTW - nice steak

I apologize ahead of time to Japanese steak house aficionados or owners. I have been to a couple Japanese steak houses and think they are over priced and over rated. Besides that eveything tastes the same because it is all drenched in soy sauce (which I like) and whatever it is in that shaker they keep hitting on the side of the table, but shrimp, steak, and veggies shouldn't all taste the same.

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Thanks but sometimes what I cook isn't quite what I wanted. Oft times it's worse than food in a not so good restaurant. When that happens I don't eat well.

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We were chuckling at the image your post presented us and decided we should alert Tom to take a look. I think he will smile.

I'll try again on the griddled steak. This one was pretty good, just not great.

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Unknown

Ok. I think I missed something. That picture is a gass grill. Not a green egg. I miss something?