Porterhouse ideas?

Wisconsinegghead

Fixing a nice porterhouse steak dinner for my wife tomorrow night. Never grilled porterhouse before. Anything that I should do tonight to prepare the steak? Picked up 2 nice cuts this afternoon.

Also, any ideas for a way to do potatoes along with the steaks? Thanks!

Little Chef

Hey WI Egg...With the porterhouse, no need to do anything special tonight. If you were to preseason, it barely penetrates the steak anyways, so just wait till tomorrow. Because of the inherant thickness of the Porterhouse, make sure you allow plenty of time for the meat to warm up prior to the cook. I am sure many would recommend the 'hot tub' method...placing the meat in a sealed bag, and allowing to set in warm water so the internal temp comes up faster. Hopefully somebody who uses hot tub method will contribute here to provide you with additional details. (I confess I still use the 'let it come to room temp on the counter' method...)

As far as the taters....my favorite has always been good old 'twice baked'. (bake the spuds until done, remove the flesh, mash it with butter, add cheese, put back into the skin, then finish in the Egg of course, until melty and bubbly)
Also, SSN makes what he calls smashed taters a lot. I made them for the first time last night, and they were quite good! (they just needed more time to crisp up...) His always look awesome! :laugh: I'll do my best to make sure you get his smashed tater idea for tomorrow.
Hope this helps a bit?? :blink: Good luck! Let us know how you do!

Little Chef

WI....here are the links for the smashed taters! Take a look at Jays....yummy! :woohoo: His post (thread) also contains the link to the recipe online in a later reply.

http://www.eggheadforum.com/index.php?option=com_simpleboard&func=view&id=629853&catid=1

Clay Q

Double baked, seasoned wedges or just baked whole comes to mind. RRP's Fancy Potatoes are impressive;
Slice almost all the way then bake with seasoned butter. Serve with a dollop of sour cream for a little extra goodness.


Have a great day.