Seared to Perfection

Sunday night Grill Guy made delicious steaks sans grill! He was inspired by Alton Brown from the Food Network so thanks for the recipe Alton!

For this, you will need a 1 1/2-inch thick cut steak (room temperature), canola or olive oil to coat the steak, and sea salt and ground black pepper for flavoring. (Kosher salt and regular black pepper would work as well)

Heat oven to 500 degrees with a cast iron pan inside. Just so you know we used a high quality non stick Calphalon pan and it worked just fine) While it is heating up, coat and season the steak. Once the oven has heated up to 500 take the pan out of the oven (please use a quality mitt), leave the oven on, and put the pan on a stove top burner on high.

Immediately place steak in the middle of the hot, dry pan. Cook for 30 seconds without moving then turn them over with tongs and cook another 30 seconds. Then put the pan straight into the oven for 2 minutes. Flip the steak and cook for another 2 minutes. (This time is for medium rare steaks. If you prefer medium, add a minute to both of the oven turns.) Remove the steak from pan, cover loosely with foil, and rest for 2 minutes. Serve whole or slice thin and fan onto plate. (Alton's original recipe available here)

Voila. Delicious steaks without the grill. Thanks Grill Guy!