Re: Thursday Night Dinner 5/1/25

On 5/1/2025 7:52 PM, Ed P wrote:

On 5/1/2025 7:36 PM, Jill McQuown wrote:

Ribeye steak, cooked medium rare, fries and lima beans.
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The steak was approximately 4 oz. left from a larger raw ribeye I'd cut in half and frozen a few months ago.  I seasoned the steak with salt and let it set, then seasoned it with pepper and garlic powder.  Cooked it in hot cast iron skillet in butter to get a nice Maillard browning reaction on the outside yet still very nicely red and juicy inside.
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The fries were from frozen, cooked in the oven, sprinkled liberally with salt and then drizzled with a little malt vinegar.  The limas were frozen baby limas zapped in the microwave.  I would have preferred the larger Fordhook limas but I already had this bag of lima beans open in the freezer.
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All in all, quite a nice dinner!  What's for dinner at your house tonight?  Leftovers? Eating out? Anything cooking?
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Jill

 Sounds good. I usually make potatoes in the air fryer these days.  What brand of frozen fries did you use?  I've been meaning to try some.
 

The brand was Alexia.  They were pretty good!  I probably should have skipped the sprinkling of malt vinegar after I plated them.

I had my steak last night, an A2 Wagyu strip steak, lobster stuffed mushroom, apple sauce.
 I grilled my steak on an infrared burner but hot cast iron does an excellent job too.

Oooh, an infrared burner!  Yeah, a cast iron skillet on an old circa 1987 electric stove here.  I suppose I could have cooked my small steak on the hibachi but it would have been a waste of lump charcoal for that little bit of steak, not to mention taking a lot longer waiting for the coals.
Jill