Bobby Flay's Rules for Cooking Porterhouse Steak

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Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 to 2 " porterhouse
  • 2 T butter
  • salt
  • pepper

Preparation

Step 1

make it rain

over medium-high heat (see Rule No. 1). Add a dash of a neutral oil to get things going. Place steak in pan. Don’t touch it. After about 4 minutes, when it’s got a beautiful brown crust, move it to a cutting board, crust side up.

: Place the bone back in the hot pan, and reassemble the sliced meat alongside it, crust side up. Top the steak with a few fat pats of butter.

5. Heat broiler and place the pan underneath. Broil till sizzling and gorgeous and a perfect medium-rare, 4–6 minutes. (Since the steak is already sliced, you can peek to check doneness.)

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