Chasen's Hobo Steak
- Ready In:
- 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Serves:
-
2-3
ingredients
- 1 large new york steak, 3 inches thick
- fresh ground black pepper
- 1 piece fat, 1/4 thick strip and 3 wide (or several small pieces fat)
- 1 cup salt
- 2 tablespoons water
- 1⁄4 lb unsalted butter
- sourdough bread, 1/4 thick and toasted
directions
- Season steak with pepper.
- Wrap fat around sides of steak, covering them completely but leaving top and bottom exposed.
- Tie fat to steak with string near top and bottom.
- Fat must be securely anchored to steak.
- Combine salt and water to make paste.
- Mound about 3/4 of mixture over top of steak, covering meat completely.
- Place steak under broiler and broil 8 to 10 minutes, depending on size of steak.
- Carefully remove salt crust, keeping it in one piece.
- Turn steak over and place salt crust on other side.
- If necessary, patch crust with remaining salt mixture.
- Broil steak another 8 to 10 minutes. Remove steak from broiler and discard crust and fat.
- Slice meat, cutting slightly on diagonal.
- Heat butter in chafing dish or large skillet until foaming and lightly browned.
- Place a few slices of meat at a time in butter and cook to desired degree of doneness.
- (Allow about 1 minute on each side for rare meat.)
- Place each slice of meat on slice of toast and spoon some of the hot butter over.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
riffraff
Fort Worth, Texas
I'm an adventurous foodie. Cooking is how I express myself.