Creative and Systematic Cooking (pt 2)

Creative and Systematic Cooking
Part 2

Method

Okay now we go to the part 2 of the article. We’re continuing our project on Ribeye steak. In case you’re forgetting the details we’ve decide on making a:

Ribeye steak on a bed of onions with tangy barbecue sauce. Served with seasonal vegetables and house specialty baked potato.

Now method is a more organized matters. There will be three items here: The steak, the veg and the baked potato. There are few question you need to ask.

1. Can I warm up the item? If can, I shall cook it first and warm it later.
2. Should I put close attention to the item while it’s cooking?
3. How fast can it be done?

Now the answers for all three of them:
For the steak would be: no, yes, 13-18 mins
The veg would be: yes, yes, 2-3 mins
The baked potato would have: no, no, 14-18 mins

So the cooking plan would be as following.
1. we’ll pan-fry the cabbage and set it aside
2. we’ll take care of the baked potato
3. while the potato is cooking, we’ll grill the steak!
4. Assemble them together
5. Diner est servi.

We’ll then. Let’s start with number 1.
Throw in some butter or olive oil, let it hot and throw the shredded cabbage to the pan. Toss it for a minute or two (depends whether you’ll like it crispy or chewy) and set it aside. Same thing can be done for the ingredients medley I mentioned in the first part (peas, baby carrot and sweet corn). Of course to add some taste, you can have a finely sliced bacon to be tossed with the veg.

For number 2,
Jab the washed potato all over with fork, pat/sprinkle with salt on its skin (if you like), wrap it with aluminum foil and throw it to the oven toaster for 15 mins (preheated. Turn on the oven 2 minutes with nothing in it.) If you want express, Skip the foil wrapping and bung it to the micro. 6 mins on high.

Then we concentrate for number 3. Make sure you do it when the potato almost done.
What method you’d like for the steak? Flame-grilled or Pan-grilled?
How would you like it done? Rare, Medium rare, Medium, or Well-done?
For me, Ribeye would be best pan grilled medium rare. So I would heat my beloved Tefal® with medium fire and sizzle it with olive oil. Then throw the meat, wait for about 7 minute, turn it, wait another 7 minute and put it on a side plate. (Note: the doneness of the steak is just for guidelines. This guide is applicable for 3/4 in. thick steak. Different thickness would give different time for similar doneness)

Next I would pan-fry the onions on the remaining oil. As I’m going to use hotplate for my presentation, the bed of onions will be useful to keep the steak warm without further cooking it.

Right after you finish with the meat, Bing! The potato’s done…

All right! All the elements are here and we’ll assemble it.

I’ll continue with that one on the next episode.

(oh, man. Jack’s place gotta pay me for these articles! They’ll sure get some of you there after reading this article. Even I want to go there now!)

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