Steak Seasoning for the Steak House

Name: Steak Seasoning for the Steak House
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 4 Gallons
Ingredients: 3 (1 lb) boxes kosher salt; 1 lb onion powder (sifted); 1 lb garlic salt; 1 lb celery salt; 1 lb paprika (sifted); 1 lb black pepper; 1 lb sugar; 1/2 lb nutmeg

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Submitted by Darin Craven

"This is the exact recipe we used at a local steakhouse where I worked for 15 years. It is great on pretty much any meat. You will probably want to use the conversion tool to make smaller batches. However, it will hold for a long time so if you like it make a nice big batch."

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Ready In:: 10mins
Ingredients:: 8
Yields:: 4 Gallons

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Yup this tasted exactly like steakhouse steak seasoning. Of course I dont own a steak house so I used 1 Tablespoons instead of each Lb and 1/2 Tablespoon for the nutmeg. Sprinkled this on Porterhouse steaks 2 hours before eating and broiled them.

Tara1183
I made this a long time ago and forgot to rate it. WE LOVE this seasoning and now if we make steak it goes on every time!! One piece of advice to all others...please make sure if you make this that you let it sit for at least a day. I first made it and made steaks that night and it was wayyyy to salty, but then had it again a few days later and LOVED it. So just remember its important to let it sit and let the flavors meld together.

Melissa s.
This steak seasoning is really good. I did as Tara did as far a measurements are concerned. I felt that there was enough salt in the recipe already so I used onion powder and celery seeds instead of the onion salt and celery salt. I added some of this to the flour I breaded my pork steak in and it came out so good. The porksteak was mosit, tender and juicy. I also put some on some fish and it was good on that too. Thanks for the recipe Darin. This is a definite keeper.

AuntWoofieWoof
This is by far the best steak spice recipe I've found. It's good on everything!

p_hiscott
Needed a good steak rub mix because DH has been begging me to recreate a steak he had in a restaurant a while back. I followed the last reviewer's guidelines for amounts with the following changes: I had to use garlic powder and onion salt (instead of the reverse) because that's what I had in the cupboard. I also didn't have any celery salt, so I used cumin instead (which was fine because there was already plenty of salt in the mix). I was pretty impressed, since I normally don't like meats that aren't marinaded, but this gave really good flavor. Next time I might add a bit of chipotle chili powder to it for some heat to complement the sugar and nutmeg.

Muffin Goddess

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Tweaks

This is outstanding! The only seasoning I will ever use for grilled steaks from now on! I just watched a Food Network 'steak' Challenge show and ran out for ribeyes.. I used this seasoning (except.. lol.. I used garlic powder instead of the garlic salt, and added an additional 1 TBS sugar) and our steaks came out better than I have ever made before. Thanks for this posting this!

steve in FL
A very good seasoning on steaks. I only made up enough for 2 steaks, so I was guessing at measurements. I used celery seeds in place of the celery salt cause I was afraid of having to much of a salty taste. When making the steaks I marinaded them in this seasoning and use beer and worcestershire sauce and chilled in ref. for several hours. Our steaks turned out GREAT! Thanks so much for sharing this seasoning.

Marsha D.
This was interesting. I used cumin instead of celery seed (didn't have any). It was a bit salty for my liking, maybe next time I'll try adding less salt and add some cayane too. Made steaks for company, they all really liked the flavor. I do plan to make again, thanks for posting.

Luv4food
What great flavour! I did as others and substitued "lb." with "Tbsp." I cut back on the salt to 1 Tbsp. and used garlic powder instead of garlic salt. I don't like food too salty and it was just right for me, although perhaps more salt might suit most people's tastes. For me, 3 Tbsp. would be too salty, I'm sure. But the other flavours went together so well. I rubbed it on beef strip loin steaks about an hour before grilling and they were quite delicious! Thank you Darin! (and if I ever open a 200 seat steak house, I'll know what steak rub recipe to use!Lol!)

Paja9203
Darin, this is very good! I ran out of my store bought mixed seasoning so came to zaar for help. I too used the 1T measure instead of the pound measurements,,,I'd never use that much :) I used the ingredients you listed, except I used garlic powder instead of garlic salt..need to cut back on salt. Everyone complimented the chef,,,which was dh on the great grilled t-bone steaks. Thanks for posting this!! Kitty

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