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Old 11-14-2007, 08:49 PM  
rip raster
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I had steak for dinner every night last week, I guess you could say that I really enjoy a good steak.

The Safeway in our area recently added a "AAA" meat counter when they renovated and every week they have a different cut of steak on special. Last week it was the strip loin (New York cut) which along with the rib eye is my favorite cut. The marbling in those cuts is what gives them their flavour and tenderness.

I have several ways in which I tend to cook steak, they are all pretty basic. The great thing about steak is that it is very versatile and can be cooked many different ways, you really have to experiment to find out what your personal preference is.

These are a few of my favorite ways to prepare steak.

1. Traditional BBQ Sauce:

Rub the steak in olive oil, fresh ground black pepper, steak spice from a local meat store (Tenderland Meats, on Granville Island) it's their own blend basically just sea salt garlic and various herbs and spices with no MSG, any steak spice will do though, or none at all it's optional. Then slather the top of the steak in your favorite BBQ sauce I personally like "Cattleman's". Then top the steak with a few pats of butter and toss it on the BBQ. Grill on high heat for approx 3 min searing the bottom then flip it add some more BBQ sauce and cook for another 3 min or so depending on the thickness of the steak. This is for a med rare steak add roughly another 1 or 2 min for med, another 1 to 2 min for medium well to well done.

2. Minced Garlic:

Same as above but no BBQ sauce and add fresh minced garlic.

3. Spicy Hp Louisiana:

Rub the steak in olive oil, fresh ground black pepper, slather the top with HP Sauce and Louisiana hot sauce top it with a few pats of butter and cook the same as above.

MARINATION
You could also marinate the steaks in the above sauces for a bolder flavour. I tend to only marinate sirloins just because they are not as tender as a strip loin or the rib eye, and marinating the steak tenderizes the meat.

Hopefully this helps and you will enjoy these recipes Bon appetite
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