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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2019 18:29:32 GMT -5
I was watching the marathon cooking on CREATE TV today and one of Steven Raichlen's Project Fire ideas was to dry brine a steak. I never heard of this so I looked it up. With dry brining we simply sprinkle plain old salt on both sides of the meat a few hours before cooking. No more than you would use at table. Rule of thumb: 1/2 teaspoon of kosher salt per pound of meat or 1/4 teaspoon of table salt per pound, refrigerate. How long do you dry brine a steak? Generally, the longer you dry brine your steak, the better (to a maximum of 48 or so hours). How Dry Brining Works: The flavor added by dry brining is the same as with regular salting. He said one hour to over night. I may just try this. Wipe off the top and bottom of the steak before grilling. He used what looked like thick ribeye steak. I also found this explanation: www.mychicagosteak.com/steak-university/674/
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Post by Clipper on Sept 2, 2019 22:34:07 GMT -5
I tried it just once PB. It didn't make the meat salty after wiping the salt off before cooking, but I really didn't notice any difference in tenderness or flavor either. It seemed to me that there was no way that the sodium level would not be a bit higher after cooking. I usually just season a steak with salt and pepper and maybe a sprinkle of Montreal Steak seasoning just a few hours before grilling.
Once on food network they salted a steak with kosher salt, but they literally encrusted it with salt, left it over night, rinsed in with cold water and patted it dry with paper towels. I try to half ass watch how much sodium I take in and no way do I believe that a steak left overnight encrusted in salt is not going to have a higher than normal level of sodium when you cook it.
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