{"id":146,"date":"2010-01-14T15:23:26","date_gmt":"2010-01-14T23:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spice-guy.com\/kitchen\/?p=146"},"modified":"2016-06-19T15:44:20","modified_gmt":"2016-06-19T23:44:20","slug":"cast-iron-skillet-steak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spice-guy.com\/kitchen\/cast-iron-skillet-steak\/","title":{"rendered":"cast iron skillet steak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is with out a doubt my favorite way to cook a steak. The only seasoning used is the salt in the pan. The steak does the rest. I like to say, &#8220;the steak <em>is<\/em> the seasoning&#8221; \u00a0because all those juices that would normally go into the fire concentrate in the pan. Your steak will have a wonderful &#8220;crust&#8221; that you can only achieve with a cast iron skillet.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Directions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Get your BBQ red hot and\u00a0place your cast iron skillet on the cooking grate.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spice-guy.com\/kitchen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/cast-iron-steak-0011.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-166\" title=\"cast iron steak 001\" src=\"http:\/\/www.spice-guy.com\/kitchen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/cast-iron-steak-0011.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>When it starts smoking well, sprinkle about a tablespoon of kosher salt on the bottom of the skillet.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spice-guy.com\/kitchen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/cast-iron-steak-002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-168\" title=\"cast iron steak 002\" src=\"http:\/\/www.spice-guy.com\/kitchen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/cast-iron-steak-002.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As soon as the salt starts to turn brown lay your steak on the salt.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spice-guy.com\/kitchen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/cast-iron-steak-003.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-170\" title=\"cast iron steak 003\" src=\"http:\/\/www.spice-guy.com\/kitchen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/cast-iron-steak-003.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Turn after 4 or 5 minutes and cook for another 4 minutes for rare.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spice-guy.com\/kitchen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/cast-iron-steak-0041.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-172\" title=\"cast iron steak 004\" src=\"http:\/\/www.spice-guy.com\/kitchen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/cast-iron-steak-0041.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Remove from the skillet and allow to rest for a few minutes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is with out a doubt my favorite way to cook a steak. The only seasoning used is the salt in the pan. The steak does the rest. I like to say, &#8220;the steak is the seasoning&#8221; \u00a0because all those juices that would normally go into the fire concentrate in the pan. Your steak will <br \/><a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spice-guy.com\/kitchen\/cast-iron-skillet-steak\/\">Read more <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":171,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beef","category-recipes"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.spice-guy.com\/kitchen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/cast-iron-steak-004.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spice-guy.com\/kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spice-guy.com\/kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spice-guy.com\/kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spice-guy.com\/kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spice-guy.com\/kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/www.spice-guy.com\/kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":381,"href":"https:\/\/www.spice-guy.com\/kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146\/revisions\/381"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spice-guy.com\/kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spice-guy.com\/kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spice-guy.com\/kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spice-guy.com\/kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}