I love a good Ribeye. Pretty much my favorite cut of meat. No need to trim any fat off and I go for one with a good amount of marbling.



Be sure you bring your steaks to room temperature before doing anything. Take them out of the fridge 45 minutes to 1 hour before cooking.

For my marinade I pretty much eyeball the ingredients, so sorry I don't have exact measurements.

I start out with a base of Dr Pepper, about half of a 2 liter bottle. Some people use Coke, but for me Dr. Pepper is where it's at. When you're done, don't worry it doesn't taste like Dr. Pepper, it just has the faintest sweet taste, with a whiff of fruit.

Then I add a cup of olive oil, a cup of Dale's Steak marinade, few dashes of Lee & Perrin's, and a splash of lime juice and a few dashes of hot sauce.



On the steaks I rub in coarse fresh cracked black pepper, sea salt, and garlic powder (not garlic salt). I let it sit for about 10 minutes then drop them into the bowl of marinade and let them soak for 1.5 hours at room temp.

I take the steaks out and drain them good. Then I dust a little more salt, a lot of cracked pepper and something I found at Sam's Club called Steak Dust (awesome stuff).



I heat an oven to 475 degrees and an iron skillet on high. When the iron skillet is smoking hot, I drop the steaks on and quickly (45-60 seconds each) sear on both sides and on all edges. Transfer to glass casserole dish. Let the meat rest for about 5 minutes before placing it into the middle of the oven.

I usually cook mine for about 1 minute max per ounce (so about 11-13 minutes for that 12oz slab) for that med-rare/rare taste, and then pull steaks out of the oven, top it with a pat of soft butter, and place loose aluminum foil over the top of them and let them rest for 15 minutes to redistribute juices. It's very important to let them rest!



As an add-on, I usually roughly chop some vidalia and red onion and use the iron skillet I seared the steaks in to cook them.

Enjoy.

 

This is my contribution to you on this most special day, April 14th. Print this out, give it to your significant other, sit back, and enjoy.

 

It's March

 

Dr Pepper is an under-rated marinade base IMO. A native "Southerner" has put me on to this.

...and I have (for pork) put him onto my Bavarian beer vinegar and red currant jelly marinade base (with cinimon, ground clove and some white sugar) for a few hours, prior to another few hours of smoking.

Serve with home-made red cabbage and potoato cakes.

 

No kidding. Typo! March 14th, S&BJ Day!

 

Thanks for another good quality food write up.
Your the food "enthusiast" here a FitFreak haha.

Tyler

 

im all about filet mingon wrapped in bacon, slowly cooked over a grill, rubbed with my special blends of spices and seasonings, but to each their own.

 

Im with ya there, im not sure what filet mingon is, but what you described sounded really good!

Tyler

 

this thread is so not vegetarian friendly

 

hahaha sorry, i had to. meat is delicious!

 

just thought id say it sounds tasty...but eat tofu!! seriously. soy stuff aint bad. ;] no meat for me but those pics/descriptions make it quite tempting haha.

filet mingon is real good.

 

im gonna have to pass on this one-

 

i like my morningstar fake meats. they're actually pretty tasty.

 

hey you no eat meat either?
watch out tho some of those things have eggs in them

 

yeah, vegetarian here.

i do eat egg when it's a part of another item, like bread or dough and whatnot. i just don't eat eggs by themselves....eggs are always a touchy food item for vegetarians.

i'm not a vegan though, i could not live without cheese

 

hah cheese and ice cream are great no vegan here either =but no eggs for me- most breads have no eggs
also pretty pumped i just found out the other day oreos dont have 'em lol
and my shoes are leather and all that-
everyone has their own little tweaks on the matter

 

hahaha how the hell did this turn into vegan talk??

oh well. i like veggie loaf and tofutti cuties. some morningstar stuff is good but for the most part it tastes like poo.

i think everyone should eat everything or at least try anything once.

 

hahah yeah i'm bad with leather shoes, i have many and feel bad every time i buy another one...but they're so stylish!!!

VEGGIES FTW!!!!

 

i did eat meat until i was 15, but i usually got sick from meat, and them some severe food poisoning later, i decided it wasn't for me

i really can't stand the vegetarians/vegans that tell people to not eat meat, whatevs, i say. it's your choice to eat it and mine not to.

 

Im not a hradcore meat fan. But i like a good steak or cheeseburger on occasion!

Tyler