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the Reverse Sear

Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes
Total Time 1 hour

Ingredients
  

  • 1 high quality steak per person

Instructions
 

  • Preheat your oven to 250 degrees F.
  • I’d seen everything from 200-300 degrees in various web recipes - I did it at 250 as a compromise between time and a good slow cook and it worked fine.
  • Thoroughly pat your steaks dry on both sides.
  • Season your steaks generously with your desired seasoning blend.
  • Take a sheet pan, and cover it with foil for easy clean-up. Place a cooling rack on the sheet pan to elevate the steaks off the bottom.
  • Slow cook the steaks in the oven to your desired level of done, minus 5 degrees. So we cooked ours to 135 degrees internal temp. Plan on about 40 minutes for this.
  • While the steaks are in the oven, prep the rest of your meal, and prep your skillet for the sear.
  • When the steaks reach your desired temp, remove them from the oven and cover with a plate or foil.
  • Heat a cast iron skillet with a high temp oil to smoking - peanut oil is my favorite, but canola will also work; olive oil has too low of a smoke point to work for this.
  • Sear the steaks for 1 minute on each side.
  • If you only seasoned your steak with salt and pepper, you could also add 2 Tbsp butter and 2 cloves of minced garlic with a little thyme and rosemary to the skillet after the first flip and then baste the steak with the melted garlic butter.
  • Serve your steak with a salad and some crusty bread and life is good!