Pat beef dry with paper towels.
Cast iron grill skillet steak.
Place a 10 to 12 inch cast iron skillet in the oven and heat the oven to 500 degrees f.
Pre heat the oven to 450 degrees.
Place steak into skillet and cook until steak is easily moved 1 2 minutes.
Bring the steak to room temperature.
Cook 30 seconds without moving.
The best way to cook a steak is not on a grill.
Then rotate it degrees and let cook for another 2 minutes in theory this creates criss crossing grill marks.
Once the butter just starts to brown add the steak.
Sprinkle remaining 1 teaspoon salt in bottom of skillet.
This is going to make some people deeply upset i understand.
Season both sides with salt pepper garlic powder and cayenne pepper.
The pan also needs to be clean and without any oil other than what a good cast iron skillet is seasoned with or cooking spray.
Place the cast iron skillet on the burner set to high heat and allow to heat up.
This hearty pan gets extremely hot and also retains heat for a long time making it the perfect vessel for steak.
Immediately place steak in the middle of hot dry pan.
Bring steak s to room temperature.
The other key to a delicious steak is heat.
Pan sear sirloin steak in a cast iron skillet after a quick 45 minute marinade then finish in the oven to make this flavor bomb of a steak.
All the oil you need is already on the surface of the steak.
Remove steaks from the fridge and season both sides with coarse sea salt or kosher salt and coarsely ground black pepper to taste.
Ideally the skillet should be preheated to a temperature as high as 700 degrees f.
The best way to cook a steak is in a cast iron pan.
To test if the pan is hot enough place a single drop of water on the pan.
Melt 1 tablespoon of butter.
Light the grill or oven and preheat to 500 degrees f.
Flip placing steak in a different section of the skillet.
Let the steak cook for 2 minutes.
Place cast iron skillet in oven and heat oven to 500 degrees.
And since that signature sear comes from a sizzling hot pan a cast iron skillet is the way to go.
Heat skillet and prep steak.
Then flip the steak.
Place the cast iron skillet on the burner or inside the grill if you don t have a side burner.
Preheat a cast iron skillet over high heat until extremely hot 4 5 minutes.