If you love nice, tender steak, then you must learn how to reverse sear a steak! Reverse searing is an easy method of cooking steak that gives you restaurant-quality results. With this method, you cook your reverse sear steak in oven before finishing it off at a high temperature - which results in a gorgeous browned crust and a juicy steak!
Course Main Course
Cuisine American
Keyword how to reverse sear a steak, Reverse sear steak, reverse seared steak
Season the steaks thoroughly with the salt and pepper.
Line a sheet pan with foil and has an oven-safe cooling rack set inside of it.
Place the steaks on the prepared cooling rack/ sheet pan combo.
Place in the oven for 30 minutes or until the internal temperature is 10 degrees lower than you want the finished temperature of your steak to be. For example, if you want a medium-rare steak (135ºF), remove it from the oven at 125ºF.
Heat the butter, garlic, and herbs in a cast iron skillet over high heat.
Sear the steak on both sides, basting with the butter periodically. This should take about 2 minutes per side.
Let sit 5-10 minutes before cutting.
Notes
This recipe will work for any medium cut of steak that is about 1 inch thick. For smaller or thinner cuts, reduce the cooking time. For thicker or larger cuts, extend it.