How To Cook A Steak In A Cast Iron Skillet With Butter Oven
Remove the rib eye out of the refrigerator bring to room temperature.
How to cook a steak in a cast iron skillet with butter oven. Lightly coat steak with oil and season both sides with a large pinch of salt and black pepper. Drop a pat of butter on the top of the steak right in the middle. Cook for 30 seconds and then begin moving the steak around occasionally pressing slightly to ensure even contact with the skillet.
Place the steak into the skillet and cook until it s easily moved. If you want it more cooked than this transfer the skillet to the preheated grill or oven. This takes between one and two minutes.
For a rare finish sear for three minutes per side. Preheat your cast iron skillet over high heat. Continue basting in butter flipping occasionally so you are basting both sides until steak reaches an internal temperature of 130 135 for rare 135 140 for medium rare.
In the meantime add 2 tablespoons of butter into the skillet on the empty side of the skillet. Add more sea salt flakes if you. Cook steaks in the hot skillet until lightly browned on the bottom 2 1 2 minutes.
Serve the fillet mignon immediately with 1 tablespoon of unsalted butter on the top of the steak. For a medium rare sear aim for four minutes per side. Carefully flip the steak placing it in a different section of the skillet.
Once the oven reaches 500 f remove the skillet out of the oven and place it on the stove over high heat for 5 minutes. Add the garlic and rosemary. Heat a 10 to 12 inch cast iron skillet in 500 f oven.