How To Cook Steak In A Frying Pan: 13 Steps (with Pictures) - WikiHow

  1. A meat thermometer... A meat thermometer lets you see if your steak is still too rare. Stick the end of the thermometer into the center of the thickest part of your steak. Wait until the reading settles on a temperature to see how cooked through it is. Depending on how you like your steak, pull the meat off of your stove when it reaches the doneness you want.[9]
    • Rare: 115–120 °F (46–49 °C)
    • Medium-rare: 120–125 °F (49–52 °C)
    • Medium: 130–135 °F (54–57 °C)
    • Medium-well: 140–145 °F (60–63 °C)
    • Well-done: 155–160 °F (68–71 °C)
    • If you don’t have a meat thermometer, try doing a touch test instead. Feel your palm just below your thumb. Touch your thumb to your index finger to know what rare steak feels like, middle finger for medium-rare, ring finger for medium, and pinky for well-done.[10]
    Yotam Ottolenghi Yotam Ottolenghi, Chef and Restaurateur

    Cooking requires a delicate touch. "After all these years of cooking and writing recipes, I am still amazed every time I notice how even the minutest of variation in technique can make a spectacular difference."

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