Fried Steak
Ingredients
Directions
Cook the steak
Heat a frying pan over medium-high heat.
Prepare the steak as you would for broiling.
Sprinkle coarse sea salt in the hot frying pan and add the steak.
Turn the steak often while cooking.
Finish and serve
Place the cooked steak on a hot platter with butter.
Add a small amount of hot water to the frying pan and pour it over the steak.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Steak
- The main protein; turning it often helps it brown evenly on the outside.
- Butter
- Adds richness and a rounded flavor to the cooked steak.
The step that matters
Sprinkle the salt into the hot pan and add the steak. The pan must already be hot so the steak sears quickly on contact. A hot surface drives browning, which builds flavor and a crust.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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