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How do you like your sirloin streak cooked?

111 replies

DonkeyyDoo · 01/09/2024 22:30

and WHY?

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TheClawDecides · 01/09/2024 23:47

SocksAndTheCity · 01/09/2024 23:45

Blue. I'm not actually that bothered whether it's cooked at all; just wave a box of matches over it and bring it over 😊

My brother says, 'Just remove the horns and the tail' 🤣

PickAChew · 01/09/2024 23:48

Beechwooder · 01/09/2024 23:07

Medium rare, though I prefer fillet which I had a few days ago. It’s not something I eat often but when I do, I really enjoy it.
I’ve read farmers and butchers ask for rib eye as they find it tastier.

Rib eye is the best cut and it used to be cheaper than rump but people cottoned on and it's so expensive now (the same as shoulder of lamb used to cost pennies but is now more expensive than leg. Thanks, Jamie)

SocksAndTheCity · 01/09/2024 23:48

TheClawDecides · 01/09/2024 23:47

My brother says, 'Just remove the horns and the tail' 🤣

And wipe it's arse! 🤣👍

XenoBitch · 01/09/2024 23:49

PowerTulle · 01/09/2024 23:14

Rare, but with a good thick wedge of properly aged yellow fat along the edge, seared well so that it melts in the mouth.

Yes! It has to have the fat. I hate it when it has been trimmed off. I save it until last.

TwinklyNight · 02/09/2024 01:34

Rare, for the flavour and the tenderness.

Galiana · 02/09/2024 01:42

Sirloin? Medium rare.

Fillet? Rare/blue.

Any steak with sinew/fat so T-bone, Sirloin, rump, medium rare. There has to be enough heat to relax the fibres.

Fillet is really the only steak that should be served rare, blue, or raw. There is flatiron or flank that are best rare, but they're not really cuts one would find in the UK

Aroastdinnerisnotahumanright · 02/09/2024 01:44

Still mooing. I like the mineral taste, it makes me feel like I'm absorbing the nutrients more directly. Why do you ask though ?

Thevelvelletes · 02/09/2024 01:53

Rare and rested
Soft meaty beefy goodness.

Nat6999 · 02/09/2024 04:16

Rare, rubbed with salt, pepper & minced garlic granules, show it the pan, turn it over & done, I've even started to cook mine in the Ninja, 6 minutes & it's perfect.

Galiana · 02/09/2024 04:19

Nat6999 · 02/09/2024 04:16

Rare, rubbed with salt, pepper & minced garlic granules, show it the pan, turn it over & done, I've even started to cook mine in the Ninja, 6 minutes & it's perfect.

Noooʻ

No minced garlic.

That will burn.

Bash a few cloves. Oil, butter.

Bathe.

ThorndonCream · 02/09/2024 04:25

I'm going to be an outlier and say well done.

Goody2ShoesAndTheFilthyBeast · 02/09/2024 04:57

Rare or medium rare because otherwise it's too tough and chewy.

Goody2ShoesAndTheFilthyBeast · 02/09/2024 04:58

My husband OTOH only has his very very very well done. If there's a speck that's not charcoal, it's going back in the pan.

Crankyaboutfood · 02/09/2024 05:54

this post is depressing

Galiana · 02/09/2024 05:57

Crankyaboutfood · 02/09/2024 05:54

this post is depressing

Is it though?

I love food and cooking, but if someone else wants to eat a steak that's been done to death and then smothered in a condiment of their choice, what business of it is mine?

I don't have to eat it.

Let people eat what makes them happy.

Hateam · 02/09/2024 06:00

When the smoke alarm goes off it's nearly ready.

ChellyT · 02/09/2024 06:02

Pipecleanerrevival · 01/09/2024 22:34

Crispy and Cremated. Because eating blood is disgusting.

It's myoglobin, a protein that moves oxygen to muscle. Who told you that? Have you always just thought that without looking into it? You are a chef's nightmare

PurBal · 02/09/2024 06:04

Blue because it tastes best and melts in the mouth and doesn't require a chainsaw to cut it.

Also: cooked by my brother in law.

Galiana · 02/09/2024 06:08

ChellyT · 02/09/2024 06:02

It's myoglobin, a protein that moves oxygen to muscle. Who told you that? Have you always just thought that without looking into it? You are a chef's nightmare

I dunno.

People like what they like.

I had a private chef that worked for me a couple of times that got offended when I asked for salt.

She didn't work for me again.

It's not for anyone else to judge the level of seasoning I like.

Galiana · 02/09/2024 06:11

It's also fine not to know that everyone understands food.

Food is so personal. I would never assume to tell anyone how to eat their food.

ChellyT · 02/09/2024 06:12

Galiana · 02/09/2024 06:08

I dunno.

People like what they like.

I had a private chef that worked for me a couple of times that got offended when I asked for salt.

She didn't work for me again.

It's not for anyone else to judge the level of seasoning I like.

Agree! Salt/seasoning levels are different for everyone

I just found that people who want crispy and cremated still want it juicy as well, really hard to deliver that

Pipecleanerrevival · 02/09/2024 06:15

ChellyT · 02/09/2024 06:02

It's myoglobin, a protein that moves oxygen to muscle. Who told you that? Have you always just thought that without looking into it? You are a chef's nightmare

oh phew it’s just myoglobin and muscle oxygen! Yummers! Thanks for telling me three times. Now I’ll have it the way the chef wants me to like it so she doesn’t have nightmares.

🤢🤢🤢 🤮

lemonsaretheonlyfruit · 02/09/2024 06:16

I am medium.

On another note. I have always shopped at Sainsbury's but it's just too ridiculous now (yes even with a nectar card) . So I have done my last few shops in lidl. I bought some steaks - not opened yet so I have yet to experience sirloin from there but they look great in the packaging.

Which supermarket does a good steak in your opinion?

ChellyT · 02/09/2024 06:18

Pipecleanerrevival · 02/09/2024 06:15

oh phew it’s just myoglobin and muscle oxygen! Yummers! Thanks for telling me three times. Now I’ll have it the way the chef wants me to like it so she doesn’t have nightmares.

🤢🤢🤢 🤮

You're welcome, but seriously you honestly thought it was blood

MrsToothyBitch · 02/09/2024 06:31

Sirlion- rare to medium rare.
Filet - rare.

Seasoned, rested, tender, and juicy. I like mine served with leek and mustard sauce on the side. Heaven.