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The weather has been pretty great over the long weekend here. Managed to get some time to bbq some nice 2 inch thick steaks for dinner yesterday. Did them reverse seared over the charcoal for a nice medium rare. I’d do it more often, except buying nice beef is getting expensive these days!
I don’t think I’ve heard of reverse seared before. If I understand correctly, you cook over low heat then end with high heat to brown it up? Normally I cook in high heat then a short stint in the oven. Does reverse searing result in nicer steak?
Yes literally just the reverse of what you do! Cook it to temp in the oven or bbq, then sear it on a hot pan or fire for a nice crust. Supposedly much more even doneness and no need to rest the steak after cooking. So I cooked them to an internal temp of 46c then took them out, built up the fire to get it really hot and seared them a couple mins to get a nice crust.
However my bbq was a bit too hot so it wasn’t as slow cooked in the first part. Usually if I want really perfect doneness, I would sous vide them then sear, but with cuts with a larger bits of fat, I find sous vide doesn’t render it as nicely.
Interesting, I’ll have to give this a go. Thanks for bringing it to my attention!
Yeah, Im a relatively recent convert to the reverse sear world, and it’s been getting me really consistently great results so far. As said, quite easy to get the doneness exact. Does take a bit of time though, so you do have to plan it ahead somewhat.
They do say it’s better for thick cut steaks, 1.5-2 inches ideally. I don’t know how well it would work for the thin ones supermarkets usually sell
I have a lovely supply of quality home kill so pretty much never buy beef 🙂
Lucky! I just try to buy big cuts when they’re on sale and slice them up myself so I get them to the size I like.