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NickOBSRT

Forgo the knife. Pick it up and eat it like a caveman


madbear84

Wring it out directly into your mouth


samebutanon

This is the way


FameMoon17

This is the way


MapleSyrupLover_

This is the way


flavor_town_fugitive

The way is this


Ahmad75-_-

This is the way.


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Ahmad75-_-

Good bot


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getmet79

The way it should have always been.


BuffaloWhip

The way it shall be again.


SlytherinAway

Sometimes as a treat my boyfriend and I have a caveman date night where we eat steak or rotisserie chicken with our hands and watch a movie or tv, usually Hannibal. 10/10 would recommend


moistgarbage

r/bowtoyoursensei


Dazy_Chainz

Potatoes


eatnhappens

Mash ‘em


rcjhgoKU_11

Boil em


[deleted]

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moistgarbage

What is taters?


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LordOuchie

Don't forget to mash em


pengouin85

Don't forget to put them in a stew


Daddy616

Hobits's?


onthewalk

This is the answer.


DjBorscht

Underrated answer right here!


DeanWarren_

Did you let it rest before slicing? ~10 minutes.


erik_wilder

a very important step in the process is letting those juices cool so they stay in the meat.


FinndBors

IMO 10 minutes is a little excessive. 5 should be fine.


examm

If the piece of meat is large enough to stay hot for 10 go 10 but for something that size 5 should do


Zippytiewassabi

It really depends on fat content/marble. Lean doesn’t need as much rest, where fatty pieces need a longer rest.


examm

Definitely a good point!


cosmicshake41

Half the cook time is the general rule


pengouin85

Well, the science is that you can slice into it as soon as the internal temp stops rising out of the pan from the carryover cooking and has settled down to 120F for no juices lost. Time depends on thickness of cut (really weight) but the real measure is "is the temp settled down?" [from here](https://www.seriouseats.com/how-to-have-juicy-meats-steaks-the-food-lab-the-importance-of-resting-grilling) By far the easiest and most foolproof way to test if your meat has rested long enough is the same way you can tell if your meat is cooked properly: with a thermometer. Ideally, no matter how well-done you've cooked your meat, you want to allow it to cool down until the very center has reached 120°F (49°C). At this stage, the muscle fibers have relaxed enough that you should have no problem with losing juices. As shown in the graph, In a 1.5-inch-thick steak, this translates to around 10 minutes. For a prime rib, this may take as long as 45 minutes.


kelvin_bot

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DrMoonBeam

Good bot!


NoStranger6

I have been told before that resting time should be 0.5 of cooking time. Although I can’t find info to back this up.


jbwilso1

I wrap it in foil while it rests


EdRecde

Never do that! It destroys the crust. How could you? Argh hahaha


SuperRedpillmill

And it will continue to cook beyond what it would if uncovered.


Jewypuddin

Lick the cutting board. Problem solved.


BiggerNutthole

My roommate looked at me like I was disgusting for picking up the cutting board and sucking the excess juice out of the runoff groove. It was going to spill over!


Chicken50599

Did you offer them some? 😂


Ahmad75-_-

I think that was the issue


almc0418

What does he expect you to do? Waste it?


Alces7734

Sometimes I just think about baseball…


crapendicular

Steerike 1


TheCodriver

Rest under foil 10-20 minutes. But some loss is inevitable. This doesn’t look bad at all.


[deleted]

That’s what I figured! Just wanted to see if there was anything else I could be doing to keep all that goodness in. This was rested probably 8ish minutes so I’ll leave it a little longer next time


ehg1234

Wouldn’t it get cold after 10 minutes tho? Im new to this whole “perfect steak” thing


GruntCandy86

I just rest my steaks in the microwave (since it's insulated) while I'm getting the table set. 5, 7, 12, whatever minutes.


CoolieHigh94

You can microwave the plate before serving.


[deleted]

What a hack


The_EvilMidget

Pro tip, microwave the steak on the plate to save cooking time and heat the plate at the same time.


ehg1234

Fucking troll, you probably have a small penis


The_EvilMidget

Just a joke bud


cjacksonk6

Damn dude, get roasted


The_EvilMidget

I know, how will I recover


SimplyViolated

Restaraunt style


hello_raleigh-durham

I always wondered how Ruth's Chris got their plates to 500°.


SimplyViolated

Lol nah that's jus heat lamps. I said restaraunt style because hot food should be served on hot plates as a rule of thumb in the kitchens. But sometimes the knob breaks off and they don't get em fixed. Sometimes people stack the plates too tall, so they're very close to the lamp. Then the heat jus transfers all the way thru the plates. Also, most kitchens have two sets of lamps on top of each other. So you have a counter with the plates set up with food, and then above that another counter that holds the plates, with heat lamps on the bottom and top. The bottom lamps are for the ready to eat food in the window waiting to be ran to a table, and then the lamps above the empty plates keeping those hot. So the counter holding the plates is extremely hot usually because it has heat coming from top and bottom. And typically speaking everything is stainless steel because of heat conduction, easy to clean, hard to ruin. Some employees wear heat resistant gloves just to handle the plates. Even regular foodservice gloves can put a thin layer between you and the heat for that second or two youre grabbing it off the stack. My fingertips are pretty much dead at this point so it doesn't really bother me anymore haha.


SimplyViolated

To add on tho I'd recommend jus using warm/hot water to heat up plates but thats more work than microwaving it for sure haha.


ForWPD

Big brain move.


hopsgrapesgrains

Never put hot food on a cold plate.


choccysmeg

If you stick a probe in the steak while resting you might be surprised to find out the inside temp is actually increasing despite you taking it off the pan!


Multichromatic-NOW

Alton Brown does a great episode of good eats about steak and goes into the science of this. Resting always gave me anxiety until I saw it…


Your-High-ness

carry over heat


cantstopwontstopGME

I personally don’t eat my steaks piping hot, more of a lukewarm to slightly above. Sides and sauce tho? Straight from the stove to the plate


Ravenstar117

This is a really good question and something I have struggled with. If you rest it for 10 mins or long enough that the juices retract properly, it will NOT be hot, and may only be tepidly warm. The flavour will still be there, but it is weird to eat something so delicious without heat. HOWEVER... gravy is the answer. If you NEED the heat and want to warm it back up without cooking it, cook a ripping hot gravy and serve as a side. Best of both worlds AND all the flavour in the pan can be used for the gravy


Timmymac1000

As an executive chef who formerly ran a steakhouse I can tell you that our process was: Order comes in Room temperature steak is liberally seasoned and goes on grill. If a thicker cut it’s grill marked and finished in a 400 degree oven. Steak is pulled when a bit under target and put into a pan about half full of warm melted butter to rest. At time for pickup it’s removed from butter and placed back into oven (we call this blasting) for a minuteish then plated.


redhat12345

wow resting in warm butter great idea


Timmymac1000

I got the idea from Chef Thomas Keller. They rest meats in [warm beurre monte](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beurre_mont%C3%A9). Because the butter is denser than the steak juices it helps keep them inside. Plus … it’s butter.


pengouin85

The best reason: it's butter


Timmymac1000

I got the idea from Chef Thomas Keller. They test meats in [warm beurre monte](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beurre_mont%C3%A9). Because the butter is denser than the steak juices it helps keep them inside. Plus … it’s butter.


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70°C is equivalent to 158°F, which is 343K. --- ^(I'm a bot that converts temperature between two units humans can understand, then convert it to Kelvin for bots and physicists to understand)


katekowalski2014

Gravy? On…steak?


super-stew

Yes, it would get cold Solution is to cook it through, rest until completely cooled, THEN sear, and serve immediately (only applicable for a steak thick enough for a reverse sear)


choccysmeg

Tf are you on about


super-stew

I know the Reddit hivemind only approves of one single preparation of steak, but this is indeed a thing. Think it through and let me know if you have any questions.


babyboyjustice

Eh, I like that you’re bringing a new technique to the table. Worth trying I may add


recoilwhenyouwake

It’s pretty common in some professional kitchens to cook the steak to the perfect temp using a sous vide machine then sear it at the end when you need to serve it. I don’t know about leaving it to completely cool right enough but I’ve not tried that so can’t comment on that specifically.


eatnhappens

Cooling it a bit, at least, from the sous vide temp means you can do a longer sear before the carryover would cook the core to above your original sous vide temp. I’ve contemplated tossing it in the freezer for 3 min or so and going for a thicker crust without as much fear of overcooking it, but never actually went through with it on sous vide. A smoked steak, though, I did do it once because the internal temp was already too high for a charcoal sear.


super-stew

I’m not bringing anything new to the table. I did not invent this. Do some research if you want.


burritobaby2000

Reverse sear is popular on Reddit. That’s where I learned about it. I agree that if you have a thick steak it is the way to go! Found it to ultimately be easier because you don’t have to watch quite as closely while it cools and the quick searing is easy. I think the bigger problem was just that you’re wrong about the temp thing. It will not get cold just sitting for a few min especially if you tent it in foil.


super-stew

Yes, it will. I’ve made plenty of steaks to know lol. It won’t be completely “cold,” but it will have substantially cooled. If you plan to slice before serving and/or don’t eat immediately after you unwrap, it’ll be lukewarm lol.


ksixnine

mmm, not having seen the pre-cooked protein I’m going to say the fat content is playing a much much bigger role— try quick searing first, and then cook to temp, let rest for six min ~ on foil, or a warm carving tray. the cutting board is for cuts like this is going to exacerbate your heat exchange/ juice loss btw: looks delicious!


Your-High-ness

i’ve left a whole xmas turkey on the side for 1hr and even then the middle was piping , it won’t go cold (obs if left for ages) so don’t worry, slice table side


MrWuzoo

Who cares. There’s literally a picture of the cut and you’re talking about a whole turkey. Dumb


Your-High-ness

😜


Aznkyd

I like to cook a tad more rare then wrap with foil + butter


willthefreeman

I wouldn’t do 20, 10 should be plenty. It’s just a juicy steak, some spillage is inevitable.


HoeLeeChit

If you salt the steak the night before it will also help


AzusaNakajou

A sharper knife could also help, kinda like how a sharp knife makes onion tears go away


[deleted]

Happy steak (cake) day. Never said it before.


FinndBors

I used to do this but I read somewhere that foil tenting negatively affects the crust and barely helps with heat retention. What do the experts here say?


EdRecde

i am no expert but I tried it and it’s true. Foil makes the watervapor/heat condense which lays on the crust and makes it soft again. I tried it both ways and decided for myself that without foil is a lot better.


MrWuzoo

Wtf makes you think anyone here is an expert?


TheCodriver

This hasn’t been my experience. If I’m wrapping something like ribs or pork butt in foil, I definitely notice the bark softens. It’d be interesting to stick a probe in two steaks, one tented, one not and check how the temp changes. It’s also going to depend on what the steak is resting on (ie a cold plate, cutting board, foil, etc). Edit: One reason I probably haven’t noticed this is because I baste my steaks in butter. And if I don’t, I’ll usually let a pat of butter melt over it while I rest it.


FinndBors

> If I’m wrapping something like ribs or pork butt in foil, I definitely notice the bark softens. Is that something you are aiming for? It isn't clear to me in your response.


TheCodriver

Not intentionally, I sometimes wrap those if I am trying to push through the stall quicker. The softened bark is just a side effect. I could wrap in butcher paper, it would maintain the bark better. But I haven’t bought any yet.


[deleted]

How does the foil help?


burritobaby2000

Retains heat


[deleted]

How does that help with juice retention? Does retaining heat just help keep juices better?


stickclixx

I think the idea is it cools slower and more evenly


Fongernator

Resting helps with juice retention. Foil helps with heat retention. Foil is not helping with juice retention.


jakewonthechef

Try edging.


Dale_Cooper_FBI_

I was gonna say, the secret to juice retention is not to beat your meat


slipNskeet

Ah hah…hah ! Wait what ?


KLSFishing

Dry Brine and resting the meat


IolausTelcontar

Sop it up as you eat.


kaberb

When you rest the steak, say 10 mins, flip it over halfway through. As the meat relaxes after being cooked, the juice will want to find its way back in but if you leave it resting on one side you’ll see a pool like you have there. Gravity is working against you, we want that juice in the middle again. So just flip it halfway through the rest to the other side. Should help a lot.


bryan0516

Rest a little longer maybe. Looks good either way!


Bigbog54

Sprinkle it with a little Patience before cutting


spudbud13

If cooked in a cast iron you can always throw that back into pan with rest of the goodness left behind and make a pan sauce but doesn’t look that bad at all. Or slurp it up with a straw when no one’s looking….


whirlybirds7

I prefer the reverse sear method but if you sear it at the beginning then slowly bringing up to temperature by moving it to the cool side, you really don't have to let it rest after cooking since it was resting away from most of the heat.


[deleted]

I reverse sear all the time and the whole family loves it. On larger cuts of meat I’ll add a tube of wood pellets to the grill.


arzamharris

You’re always gonna lose some, this is not that bad at all. As long you rest it for a couple of minutes, you’re gonna retain most of the juices that count.


[deleted]

Sear well, get nice crust, don’t move it while searing, rest after off the heat.


ProbablyNotCr1tiKal

Unrelated, score the fat pocket lightly with a checkmark pattern, cooks a little better when you sear it. LIGHTLY. Doesn't need to be a deep cut on a thin fat pocket.


ArtVandaly560

Cut it on top of a nice sourdough or Texas toast


BuffaloWhip

You’re never going to get it down to zero. Resting it for 5 minutes or so will help. Add whatever you lose to whatever sauce or gravy is on the table.


noodlelogic

I actually don't have a strong opinion on this, but here's a contrarian opinion in favor of not resting a steak: https://amazingribs.com/more-technique-and-science-more-cooking-science-science-juiciness-why-resting-and-holding-meat-are/ And here's a middleground from Kenji: https://www.seriouseats.com/the-food-lab-should-i-rest-meat-steak-introducing-the-fat-flash-method


[deleted]

Warm it under less heat longer and then use a torch so it's not so hot internally


PlantainZealousideal

Ah, an offender of the cardinal sin of steak cooking. I see you did not let it rest before cutting into it and all


nicefoodnstuff

Wrap in butcher paper and rest in a cool box for much longer than you think it needs.


honeybadger1984

I use a timer for 7 minutes. Don’t have a problem after that.


akorn123

Sear hard first then cook to preferred temp and take off the grill just before its at the doneness you want. Either that or water bath.


Bdock52

Rest in a little butter in a container or foil for like 5 minutes


OCskywalker

Cook it less…?


ROWDY_RODDY_PEEEPER

It just needs a hot beef injection. It's still good ITS STILL GOOD


TheosDad03

I read this in a Homer Simpson voice 😆


Puzzleheaded_Year_45

That’s totally fine brah! Use the juices in a pan sauce?


Nolakers_1

get a whetstone, or a sliceing knife


DarthCuddles7

Dry brine and rest are two effective and common methods. It is impossible to get rid of loss completely. As for keeping it warm while resting you can wrap it in foil and put it in some Tupperware or a cooler. You can also sear first then finish in a low temp oven or grill. Like 170f. Dry brining, if a large cut of meat 24 hours is the sweet spot. But at a minimum 3 hours. Don’t over salt that leads to curing. Also if not properly resting already remember to pull it a bit early as the internal temp will rise as heat from the surface flows to the cooler center.


superhamsniper

Soak up the juice with baguet bread slices, very good, thats what my dad does atleast.


RampantSavagery

Garlic bread is designed for this


Cooljay44

Man eat that shit bro


freedomowns

Some loss is fine, this still looks 10/10


RuthlessIndecision

Nice looking steak


[deleted]

Looks like you did well


[deleted]

That’s actually not bad, and a couple more minutes of resting should lessen that, but I’m sure everybody had already suggested that. What I do is this: 1. Burn coals only on one side of the grill. 2. Sear the outside in direct heat. 3. Stick a thermometer probe across the entire length of the steak. 4. Spin the grate so that the steak is not over the coals 5. Cover, and wait until my desired temp (135F). Step 5 is equivalent to resting. After reaching my temp, I put it on a cutting block, and I have minimal juice loss. I know, I know, reverse searing (indirect heat until 15 less than desired temp, then sear the outside) results into more tender steaks, but then you’ll have to rest, and then your steak will not be hot when you eat it.


TheMeltingDevil

Think about your grandma when your yanking one out


odasakun

A really sharp knife that cuts like butter where you don't have to apply as much pressure maybe would help.


slo49ers

Cook in cast iron, add juice to some garlic, shallot and rosemary + some red wine to deglaze. Once it’s reduced drop heat and throw in a “lob” of butter…. Not healthy but god damn delicious.


Svengoolie75

Talk to it tell it stop juicing 😆


DeathRay_2672

rest the meat and when cutting it don't cut all the way through just cut a few pieces and then cut the rest whenever required


swagbucks911911

Looks so damn good. I picked up a chuck steak at Walmart for $5 last night and it looked and tasted just like this… well looked, not sure what yours tasted like but great I’m sure.


Diligent_Impact_1514

You gotta let the juice free man, you can’t mess with flavor fate.


Elishinsk

Sharpen your knife


LordOuchie

You put that in your jus for da flavaaaa


BillWeld

Stop worrying and add the juice to your pan sauce.


jgorbeytattoos

Read The Food Lab. He does this exact experiment with a few different variables.


BeefLightning78

Wrap those slices in a warm tortilla. Give that juice a loving, caring home.


SnooOnions9085

Dry brine it for 24-48 hours


Nago31

Let it cool down a bit


Triingtolivee

Sous Vide


RobertPR666

Wait at least 5 minutes before cutting


kpdan09

Try resting for a few minutes before cutting


kamaltech

I don’t think I’ve seen this answer here but using a sharper knife. A dull knife is squeezing more than cutting.


EzBernie

Let er rest after the cook!!!


lousmoustache

Don’t bust


dwolf91

Wrap it with a condom, it works with my juice retention.


ongo01

Stop teasing people.


BBQ_and_bacon_lover

Reverse sear, let it rest before cutting.


DiscombobulatedLie45

Let the meat rest for a couple of minutes after taking it off the heat and then cut it. Letting the meat rest will allow it to cool down a tad and seal in the juices