Aartrgghghgh!!! Round Steak!!!! Ararrghghhh!!
it sucks
it is leathery, nasty, $#@$#@$%@#% shizite...ohmigawrsh, I hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it
there has got to be SOME WAY to make this stuff taste different than the sole of my boot.
anyone? someone? I need to drop some bloober, and I gotta have my dead cow, but GADZOOKS...I forgot how tough that stuff is.
how do I make it not suck so horridly without dousing it in a light butter-creme sauce?
don't cook the sh*t out of it
Most bad steak is caused by serious overcooking. Anything beyond about medium rare (ok, maybe medium) is overcooked. Want a tender, juicy piece of meat, don't cook past that.
Round steak is pretty thin to try and sear (searing both sides would probably be enough to cook it all the way through). I usually use chuck eye (?) steak, which is cheap, but round steak could work - and this is how I do it:
Put frying pan on stove on high heat.
Turn oven to 350.
Lightly oil both sides of the steak.
Wait a little bit. Pan has to be really hot for searing.
Drop the steak into the fuggin hot pan. Let it sizzle and smoke a bit, check for brown crust (mm mmm good). Flip and repeat. Searing goes pretty fast.
Throw the now-seared steak on a cookie sheet. Add your spices. Some do salt and pepper, some do Montreal Steak Seasoning... whatever.
Throw in oven for 5-10, and then check. For the love of god, do not cook it past medium rare (ok, maybe medium).
Pull it out, let it rest for about 5 minutes. Devour.
This is how we roll in Michigan when it's 10 degrees outside and snowing - which means no grillage. Otherwise, grill the damn meat (not past medium rare!).
:0piss: well done