Porterhouses and brussel sprouts

tarheelmatt · January 2015

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 · January 2015

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

theyolksonyou · January 2015

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

tarheelmatt · January 2015

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

blind99 · January 2015

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

UrbanForestTurnings · January 2015

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

tarheelmatt · January 2015

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 · January 2015

Looks good ... real good.

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

SGH · January 2015

Looks like a winner to me brother Tar =D>

johnmitchell · January 2015

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 · January 2015

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

MaskedMarvel · January 2015

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 · January 2015

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 · January 2015

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 · January 2015

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 · January 2015

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 · January 2015

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 · January 2015

Nice work

tarheelmatt · January 2015

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 · January 2015

henapple said:
Nice work

Thanks @henapple‌.

piney · January 2015

Good deal Matt glad to hear she's doing good

tarheelmatt · January 2015

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 · January 2015

Nice looking meal

tarheelmatt · January 2015

Thanks @cook861‌

piney · January 2015

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 · January 2015

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 · January 2015

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 · January 2015

Nice!! =P~ Now I want steak.

tarheelmatt · January 2015

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 · January 2015

Dyal_SC said:
Nice!! =P~ Now I want steak.

I would love to have another!

tarheelmatt · January 2015

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.

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