I was strolling through Wal-Mart today and found some packages of steak on sale. Yes, I admit that I shamefully shop at Wal-Mart and yes, I buy steak on sale.
Anyway...
I found 1.2 lbs of chuck eye steak for $6.01. I never heard of chuck eye steak, but I looked it up and put some info at the bottom of this post for ya. I have no clue if $6 bucks was a fair price but it sounded good. I must confess I've never had much luck cooking steak, but I was in the mood for it and thought I'd give it another go. So, like any self-respecting and knowledgeable dad, I Googled "How to cook chuck eye steak", found some tasty recipes and tossed the steaks in the cart.
After considerable more Googling I pieced together a bunch of recipes and came up with my own chuck eye steak recipe:
1) Put the steaks on a plate and sprinkle sea salt, pepper, garlic powder and a few bay leaves all over them
2) Let the steaks sit out on the counter for about 1.5 hours
3) Rinse off the steaks and dab completely dry with paper towels
4) Throw the steaks back on the plate, lightly sprinkle sea salt, pepper and garlic on both sides
5) Put 3 tablespoons of olive oil in a cast iron skillet and put in oven
6) Heat oven to 500 degrees
7) Remove skillet and place on stove top - Place steaks in skillet and let sit for 30 seconds on each side - Then put back in the oven for about 5 minutes on each side
8) Take the steaks out, put them on a plate and them them sit for 3 minutes - Enjoy!
My only regret is that I didn't take a picture of the final product. Honestly, it looked so frickin good I served it up to the family and we devoured it! I've had lots of steak, but this was by far the absolute best steak I've ever had.
So, what is chuck eye steak? It comes from the area of the 5th rib. The butcher cuts off this part and uses the 6th through the 12th for the rib eye steaks. Chuck eye steak hold a lot of flavor and is a bit of a secret. Chuck eye steak is not as well known as some other cuts, but it should be if you ask me. While cruising around the internet I also found that chuck eye steak is popular for stews.
Well, I hope you enjoy it. I served mine up with roasted garlic couscous and steamed broccoli flavored with sea salt, pepper and I threw in a couple bay leaves.
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