Best Way To Cook A Ribeye Steak

Ribeye steaks in my opinion are one of the best beef steaks available and have a distinctive taste and flavour like no other. But just what is the best way to cook a ribeye steak to perfection?

Without doubt the best method to cooking ribeye steaks is to fry them in a hot pan or skillet with a knob of butter and a small amount of oil. Adding the oil to the butter ensures that butter does not burn given the high temperature required to fry the steaks. Here is how I cook my ribeye steaks which never fails to give anything but perfect results.

The timings here will give you a medium done ribeye steak (around half an inch thick), if you like your steak cooked more simply extend the cooking times slightly to cater for your own taste.

1. Heat up a heavy based frying or skillet under a medium to high setting.

2. Add a knob of butter and around a teaspoon of olive oil and allow the oil to heat up fully (tilt the pan to coat and allow the bubbles from the butter to disappear).

3. Place the steaks into the pan with the fat side laying inwards (the higher heat in the middle crisps up the fat)

4. Cook the steaks for 3 minutes on the first side and then gently turn and cook for a further 3 minutes.

5. Most important step – remove from the pan and place on a warm plate and cover with foil leaving for 5 minutes (this allows the meat juices to redistribute into the steak giving it a mouth watering succulence). You will notice that I do not add any seasoning to the steak before cooking. Feel free to add some freshly ground pepper but leave out the salt. This just serves to help the juices escape from the meat, simply add some salt at the table if you wish.

If you like to have a simple jus to pour over your steak follow the instructions below (very tasty indeed!)

Ribeye Steak Jus Recipe

1. Turn up the pan/skillet to high.

2. Spoon in 2 tablespoons of beef stock (chicken also works well)

3. Spoon in 6 tablespoons of good quality balsamic vinegar

4. Stir in a knob (teaspoon) of unsalted butter.

5. Mix the mixture and bring to the boil tilting and mixing (be careful though given it is very hot) until the sauce starts to thicken. The sauce will combine and thicken once boiling in around 1 minute – as soon as it starts to thicken bring to the desired consistency and pour over your rested steaks and enjoy!

How Long Do You Broil Ribeye Steaks

Broiling is a cooking technique which requires the application of very high heat for a brief period of time. In addition to cooking ribeye steaks rapidly, broiling is additionally used for low fat cooking.

As a overall rule of thumb, narrower cuts of meat are more appropriate for broiling, to ensure that the meat is cooked thoughroughly.

There are two distinctive kinds of broiling. One requires cooking the steaks in an oven which is set to broil settings. The additional method is named pan broiling, and is cooked on the stovetop employing dry, high heat. Both cause somewhat distinctive end results, particularly pan broiling, which on occasions is likened to sauteeing than broiling.

As a consequence of the two differing types of broiling you will need to employ different timings to calculating how long do you broil ribeye steaks.

If you are using the stovetop method then depending on the thickness of the steaks you will need around 6 minutes each side to produce a medium ribeye steak cut at 1″ thick, if you are using the oven method to broil your ribeye steaks then you will need to preheat the broiling element and place the Ribeye steak onto a broiler pan 2 to 4″ from the heat source. Cook the steak for around 8 to 10 minutes, ensuring that you turn it half way through cooking.

How Long Do I Grill A Ribeye Steak

Ribeye steaks are succulent and full of flavour coming from the rib region and ordinarily have a distinctive marbling within the flesh effectively self basting the steak during cooking, but just how long do you grill a Ribeye Steak for?

Cooking times of steaks very much depend on the type of cut and thickness of the meat however, the best way to test if you steak is cooked is to emply a skewer into the meat and to check what clour the resulting juices are. Depending on how you like you steak cooked this can be either slightly pink (medium) dark pink (rare) or clear (medium to well done).

On average for a steak around 1″ thick you can expect to cook each side for around 6 minutes for a medium to well done steak and around 4 minutes each side for a medium steak both under a medium grill however, as above, simply check the juices half way through cooking to get a better idea of what is going within the steak itself.

Don’t forget to add some extra basting to the steak whilst grilling. Although Rib-eye steaks have the benefit of additional inbuilt fat content they can always benefit from additional basting during cooking. This is especially so with grilling given the direct heat can dry out the meat during the cooking process. My favourite is to smear a small amount of butter over each side of the steak during cooking to ensure the meat remains moist and succulent.

You can always add a clove of crushed garlic and some parsley to the butter to give your steak that extra flavour although ribeye steaks have a superb flavour all of their own so use only if you like to add additional flavourings.

Therefore, on average, you can expect to cook a ribeye steak for around 8 minutes under a medium to high grill setting for a medium finish.