Description
Succulent Garlic Butter Ribeye Bliss delivers robust steakhouse flavors with restaurant-quality technique. Perfectly seared and richly seasoned, this classic recipe promises a luxurious dining experience for serious meat enthusiasts.
Ingredients
- 2 ribeye steaks (11.5 in / 29.2 cm thick)
- 4 tablespoons (60 ml) unsalted butter
- 2 tablespoons (30 ml) olive oil
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tablespoon (15 ml) fresh rosemary, chopped (or 1 teaspoon / 5 ml dried rosemary)
- 1 tablespoon (15 ml) fresh thyme leaves (or 1 teaspoon / 5 ml dried thyme)
- Salt to taste
- Freshly ground black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Preparation Ritual: Extract ribeye steaks from refrigeration, allowing them to equilibrate to ambient temperature for half an hour, ensuring uniform cooking and peak tenderness.
- Surface Preparation: Meticulously eliminate moisture from steaks using paper towels, creating an optimal surface for achieving a magnificent caramelized exterior.
- Seasoning Symphony: Generously distribute kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper across both steak surfaces, establishing a profound flavor profile that will elevate the meat’s inherent richness.
- Skillet Transformation: Fire up a cast-iron skillet to scorching temperatures, cultivating an immaculate environment for developing a spectacular caramelized crust.
- Searing Performance: Delicately introduce seasoned steaks into the blazing skillet, allowing them to develop a golden-brown exterior without unnecessary manipulation, creating a seal that locks in succulent juices.
- Culinary Choreography: Execute a singular rotation during cooking, ensuring approximately 3-4 minutes per side to craft pronounced grill marks and maintain optimal moisture retention.
- Flavor Infusion: Simultaneously craft garlic butter by merging softened butter with minced garlic, incorporating fresh herbs like parsley or thyme to create a luxurious aromatic enhancement.
- Final Flourish: During the concluding cooking moments, cascade garlic butter across the steaks, repeatedly basting to impart a rich, complex flavor profile that transforms the meat into a gastronomic masterpiece.
- Resting Interlude: Transfer steaks to a pristine cutting surface, allowing a 5-7 minute respite that enables internal juice redistribution, guaranteeing maximum succulence and tenderness.
- Presentation Magic: Slice against the grain, garnishing with additional fresh herbs to create a visually stunning and flavor-intense culinary experience that tantalizes both eyes and palate.
Notes
Optimize Meat Temperature: Let steaks sit at room temperature for 30 minutes to ensure uniform cooking and prevent tough, uneven texture.
Control Moisture for Perfect Sear: Thoroughly dry steaks with paper towels to remove excess moisture, guaranteeing a crispy, golden-brown exterior that locks in juices.
Master Cast-Iron Technique: Heat skillet until smoking hot to create perfect caramelization, using high heat to develop a restaurant-quality crust without burning the meat.
Herb Butter Enhancement: Experiment with herb combinations like rosemary or chives in garlic butter to elevate flavor profile and add personal culinary flair.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Dinner, Snacks
- Method: Searing
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 3
- Calories: 610
- Sugar: 0 g
- Sodium: 450 mg
- Fat: 50 g
- Saturated Fat: 20 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 30 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 1 g
- Fiber: 0 g
- Protein: 42 g
- Cholesterol: 120 mg