broil a perfect steak

🥘 Ingredients

• • steaks
• • kosher salt
• • fresh coarse ground black pepper
• • olive oil

📝 Instructions

1. 1 additional items - cast iron skillet , spatula or tongs
2. 2 bring your 1 to 2 inch steaks to room temperature and use a clean cloth to remove excess moisture
3. 3 move oven rack 6 inches from heating element
4. 4 pre-heat oven and skillet by setting the oven to broiler for 15 to 20 minutes
5. 5 rub steaks with olive oil , kosher salt and coarsely ground pepper
6. 6 once the skillet is pre-heated , pull out the oven rack and carefully lay steaks on the skillet
7. 7 close oven and sear the steaks for 3 minutes on one side , turn and sear the opposite side for 3 minutes
8. 8 do not use a fork to turn steaks !
9. 9 once seared , set the oven to 500f and cook using this time chart
10. 10 turn steaks half way through the remaining cooking time
11. 11 rare 1" 0-1 minute , 1 1 / 4" 2-3 minute , 1 3 / 4" 4-5 minute
12. 12 medium 1" 2-3 minute , 1 1 / 4" 4-5 minute , 1 3 / 4" 6-7 minute
13. 13 medium well 1" 4-5 minute , 1 1 / 4" 6-7 minute , 1 3 / 4" 8-9 minute
14. 14 remove steaks from the oven and let rest for 5 minutes
15. 15 serving on warm plates is recommended to maintain meat temperature
16. 16 i can not stress this
17. 17 never pierce the meat during cooking