T-Bone/Dry Brining

[Detroitdad]

Dinner tonight was fantastic. 1.3 pound T-bone, Sweet potato fries with a horse radish sauce and a salad.

I picked up the T-bone with the intention to grill it. At below zero I decided to try something different. After some research I went with a dry brine method (or at least I think so lol).

2 hours before cooking the steak I patted it dry and covered it with a healthy dose of kosher salt and put it back in the fridge. 45 minutes before cooking it I removed it from the fridge and allowed it to get to room temp. When it was time to cook it I rinsed the salt off of the steak and patted it dry again. I heated up the cast iron skillet, added touch of oil and added the steak. Damn that sizzling sound is sexy.

I cooked the steak for 4 minutes. Flipped it, and and then put the entire skillet in the oven at 400 degrees for another 5 minutes. Then let it rest for about 7-10 minutes.

I didn't add any other seasoning to the steak. No pepper corn, not anymore salt, nothing. WOW.....it was damn good. Was it better using a dry brine method. I don't know. I do know that it was pretty good. I would recommend giving it a try.

Perfect medium rare.

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It was a great over all weekend. Hosted cards on SAT. night.

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My stack before losing half of it :(

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We had our grandson all weekend :) Which honestly was the most fun :)

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[Big Swole]

Looks great and like a good time!

[Springram]

Dry brining like you did is the way I do it. I do add Carne Crosta from Oakridge to the steak before adding the grill.

[Smoke on Badger Mountain]

Looks like it turned out great. Might have to give it a try.

[cowgirl]

The steak looks delicious!! Great way to spend the evening too. :grin: