How to Cook a Delicious Steak Indoors

When it comes to cooking a steak, the first thing that usually comes to mind is grilling on the barbecue outdoors. However, sometimes it's too cold to go outside and grill a steak, or you might not even own a grill! If you're not even sure how to cook a steak, this recipe will have you and anyone that tastes it thinking you're a top chef!

You need to start with the type of steak that you buy. I prefer to get Angus, because to me it is just more flavorful than they other options. As for the cut, a top round or sirloin works well, and is usually very inexpensive.

The trick to cooking a delicious steak is the spices you use. We're going to be using:

Extra virgin olive oil
Sea salt
Garlic powder
Onion powder
Basil leaves (not whole leaves, but the kind that comes in a spice container, chopped up)

How to prepare:

First you're going to want to use a pan that is large enough to hold your steak. Place it on the stove and turn the heat to between medium high and high. Let this heat up as we prepare our steak. Next you'll need to open up the package your steak came in. I just peel away the plastic wrap off the top and put my spices right on. Start with the sea salt. Mine comes in a container that I have to twist and it crushes it as it comes out. Coat the steak with a light to medium coating of this. Next you want to apply the onion powder with a light to medium coating. Next comes the garlic powder, go heavy on this. You don't want to not be able to see your steak, but just make sure that it is covered tip to tip in the garlic powder. Finally, a good medium coating of the basil leaves.

Pour some of the extra virgin olive oil in the pan and pick it up and swirl it around so it covers all areas and there's still a bit of a pool of it in the middle. Place the steak so that the side we just seasoned is down in the pan. The un-seasoned side should be facing up. Have your spices ready because as soon as put the steak in the pan we want to apply the same seasoning to this side as we did to the opposite side.

You want to cook the steak hot and fast, you should be able to see the color change roughly half way up your steak. Grab your tongs and flip it over onto the other side. You can add some more olive oil so it doesn't burn up. I usually sprinkle a bit more garlic powder on top of it now. Let the other side cook till the color changes and meets up with the other side. At this point you just have to watch it and flip it and continue to let it cook to how you desire. You can check it easily by grabbing a knife and cutting into it (but not through it) to see how "done" it is. I like mine right at the point where it's no longer pink. This shouldn't take too long.

Have a plate ready and pull it out of the pan! There will be a lot of wonderful juices, and what probably looks like black flakes. Those black flakes are pieces of the spices that came off got cooked. These taste absolutely incredible, so when you cut your steak, dip it in the juices and those flakes. You'll be amazed at how good it tastes!

That's all there is to it, enjoy!

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