Medium rare filet mignon w/ cilantro butter, roasted potatoes and broccoli.
Guide to steak doneness:
Rare: Cool red center
Medium Rare: Warm reddish-pink center
Medium: Warm pink center
Medium Well through Well: NO STEAK FOR YOU!
Medium rare filet mignon w/ cilantro butter, roasted potatoes and broccoli.
The whole colors thing when it comes to steak and burgers never did me any favors.
I’m color blind.
Having had jobs cooking many steaks at many restaurants, I’ve always gone by the feel of the corner of the spatula against the meat. The less squishy, the more done it is.
I rarely had a steak or burger get sent back to me.
Good rule of thumb: you can always cook it more, but you can’t de-cook it.
My dad would cook a steak until it was very well done. One time when I was a kid, as we sat down for dinner, I went outside and grabbed his saw and gave it to him to cut his meat.