Steak - it's what's for dinner

We are fortunate enough to have a farm with cows, which means we don't have to buy red meat. But, that doesn't always translate to happy faces at the dinner table.

Oldest son: What's for dinner, Mom?
Me: Steak.
Son: What? Again? I'm so TIRED of steak!

I know, I know - my children are so mistreated.

Of course, when I found a recipe for "restaurant style steaks," I pinned it and decided to look it up the next time I planned steaks.

Here is the original link. It calls for fillet Minot, which I love, but when I have a calf processed I typically don't get that particular cut. But I've tried this recipe with both porterhouse steaks and T-Bone steaks and it seemed  to work out fine.

But, whatever kind of steak you use, here is what I did:

Soften up a 1/2 stick of unsalted butter just a bit. Mix in a scoop of Simple Salsa (a wonderful seasoning mix I was introduced to by a dear friend and have started putting it in EVERYTHING). Then, put this mixture in the refrigerator.

Heat 1/2 stick unsalted butter and 1 tablespoon in pan until it is super hot. While it's heating up, pre heat the stove to 400 degrees. Mix about a teaspoon of salt and a teaspoon of pepper together. Rub the steaks down with the salt and pepper.

Place steaks in pan for about 3 minutes on each side, and continuously scoop the melted butter and oil over the steaks.

Then transfer steaks to oven. I place mine as close to the top heating element as I can. I leave them in about 7-10 minutes because my kids won't eat the steak if it's still red.

It should look like this when it's done!

And, yes, red wine goes well with these steaks. :-)

These steaks were a huge hit both times. It even had my oldest son asking for SECONDS!!

I will say, the second time I made this I used sea salt and doubled the amount of salt and pepper I combined. And it was very salty - a bit too salty for our taste, but everyone still asked for seconds and NO ONE asked for BBQ!