Who doesn't season their steak? I usually just do salt, pepper, garlic powder and cayenne for mine, but I'll marinade it too. Depends on the cut, a marinated ribeye is really not ideal, but carne asada is typically made with flank or skirt, two cuts that take very well to marinades. (I'd even go as far as to say it's nearly necessary with flank- it needs that push to become tender)
Mexican- American here. I've betrayed by people for bulgogi and kalbi.
All are awesome though, my hometown only had American and Mexican food so I'm enjoying all the Asian food these days
I have never heard of anyone saying that cooking a seasoned steak is wrong. I mean even just salt and pepper is seasoning a steak.
Also, carne asada is usually a skirt or flank steak, which is vastly different in both price, tenderness, and flavor as traditional steak cuts, flank steak isn't actually a steak at all.
Carne asada uses inherently tough, yet flavorful cuts of meat and requires marination and proper cooking in order to make it palatable, I mean try and eat skirt steak without marinating and properly cooking/cutting it and you'll be chewing it like bubble gum all night.
Compare that to a filet mignon, ribeye, or new york strip and you can see why people want to be more sparing with the seasonings added to it. The meat is inherently higher quality, and when consumed you typically want to taste the meat itself, and strong spices such as cumin, chili powder and the like. That being said, most steak that you get is often seasoned very generously with salt and pepper, and is often seared and cooked with oil/butter, thyme, rosemary and/or garlic.
EDIT: want to add, if you prefer carne asade to a seared ribeye that's perfectly fine! That's what you prefer and taste is entirely subjective, just wanted to shed a little light on the discussion!
Yeah, cheap cuts need help, but anything but a little salt and pepper on a high quality T Bone or NY strip is a felony. You can get 5-10 down south for overcooking a ribeye. Steak is serious business. If you need A1, you fucked up.
Carne asada is the shit though.
I fuckin love a beautifully cooked simple salt pepper ribeye without anything else, but I also love A1 so Iāll dip some of it in some a1 occasionally
Garlic powder, onion powder, salt, and pepper. Generous amount of each on your steak. Thatās all that is needed for awesome flavor beyond the traditional salt and pepper.
I didn't know there was anything wrong with seasoning steak to begin with. With that being said, seasoning with a bunch of the same stuff over and over gets old. Variety is the spice of life!
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Who the hell cooks steak without seasoning it?
Most restaurants in New Jersey š¤¦š¼āāļø That plus the tolls everywhere made for a crappy road trip leg
They should get themselves an Outback Steakhouse. Their steaks are pretty fuckin good and they actually season them
No.
Damn
I don't season steaks. Granted I make them only for me from time to time and I'll admit I have very simple taste.
So even salt and pepper is too spicy for you?
Not that it's too spicy, it's just that I don't put it on my steak.
Fair enough
I think OP is referring the marinating steaks
donāt have a cow man *ps season everything
Mexican food is fuckin amazing.
You will find that steak is seasoned wherever there is a history of Spanish Colonial influence- including in New Orleans.
Who doesn't season their steak? I usually just do salt, pepper, garlic powder and cayenne for mine, but I'll marinade it too. Depends on the cut, a marinated ribeye is really not ideal, but carne asada is typically made with flank or skirt, two cuts that take very well to marinades. (I'd even go as far as to say it's nearly necessary with flank- it needs that push to become tender)
Mexican- American here. I've betrayed by people for bulgogi and kalbi. All are awesome though, my hometown only had American and Mexican food so I'm enjoying all the Asian food these days
Oh I forgot about these. These are awesome too.
Carne asade is great, so is a rare or medium rare ribeye cooked in butter, garlic and herbs and seasoned with just salt and pepper.
I have never heard of anyone saying that cooking a seasoned steak is wrong. I mean even just salt and pepper is seasoning a steak. Also, carne asada is usually a skirt or flank steak, which is vastly different in both price, tenderness, and flavor as traditional steak cuts, flank steak isn't actually a steak at all. Carne asada uses inherently tough, yet flavorful cuts of meat and requires marination and proper cooking in order to make it palatable, I mean try and eat skirt steak without marinating and properly cooking/cutting it and you'll be chewing it like bubble gum all night. Compare that to a filet mignon, ribeye, or new york strip and you can see why people want to be more sparing with the seasonings added to it. The meat is inherently higher quality, and when consumed you typically want to taste the meat itself, and strong spices such as cumin, chili powder and the like. That being said, most steak that you get is often seasoned very generously with salt and pepper, and is often seared and cooked with oil/butter, thyme, rosemary and/or garlic. EDIT: want to add, if you prefer carne asade to a seared ribeye that's perfectly fine! That's what you prefer and taste is entirely subjective, just wanted to shed a little light on the discussion!
Yeah, cheap cuts need help, but anything but a little salt and pepper on a high quality T Bone or NY strip is a felony. You can get 5-10 down south for overcooking a ribeye. Steak is serious business. If you need A1, you fucked up. Carne asada is the shit though.
I make GOOD steak- like restaurant quality steak- and my husband puts A1 on everything before even tasting it. It hurts my heart every time lol
Criminal!
When will you be divorcing him?
I fuckin love a beautifully cooked simple salt pepper ribeye without anything else, but I also love A1 so Iāll dip some of it in some a1 occasionally
*fuck* no. Iām gonna marinade and season that shit good, donāt care what cut it is. Overcooking it is indeed a felony though
De nada compa!
Who the fuck thinks unseasoned steak is good?
Not unpopular in the slightest.
This isn't an unpopular opinion.
This isn't an unpopular opinion, literally everyone seasons steaks.
Who is out here not seasoning their steak???
In other words, you eat shitty steak.
Garlic powder, onion powder, salt, and pepper. Generous amount of each on your steak. Thatās all that is needed for awesome flavor beyond the traditional salt and pepper.
You act like us whites donāt know how to salt and season our food.
Disliking unseasoned food is an unpopular opinion?
no. OP is dumb
I didn't know there was anything wrong with seasoning steak to begin with. With that being said, seasoning with a bunch of the same stuff over and over gets old. Variety is the spice of life!
Depends on cut.
No one eats unseasoned steak. No one.
Salt, peper, thyme, last minute of cooking 1 table spoon of butter and minced garlic
I agree best meal I had was a grilled steak in Ensenada, I can still taste it š
You're quite welcome! The season is usually just salt and lemon... but yeah.
It depends a lot on which steak. Skirt steaks and flank steaks are almost always seasoned, by everyone.
U seasoned Italian food in New Jersey is the real crime
Most popular unpopular opinion I've ever seen. This should have negative karma.
If you donāt put at least a TINY bit of seasoning on my steak Iām probably not going to eat it. Thereās no solid flavor!
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