If you like quick and easy meals, you will fall in love with this simple recipe for blackened steak. Before cooking, the steak filets are topped with a mix of savory herbs and spices which form a flavorful crust when the meat is pan-seared in a hot cast-iron skillet.
Brush olive oil on the filets. Sprinkle the blackened seasoning over the meat and rub in. Flip over and repeat on the other side.
Turn on your kitchen exhaust fan. Heat a cast-iron skillet over high heat for five minutes. When the pan is hot, add butter, and when it is melted, add the filets.
Sear the filets without moving for two minutes and turn over and sear the other side.
Remove the skillet from the heat and place in the preheated oven. Cook the filets for four to five minutes or to 120 degrees F for rare, 125 degrees for medium-rare and 130 degrees for medium. Use an instant-read meat thermometer to ensure your steaks are cooked perfectly.
Remove the steaks and place on a platter. Cover tightly with aluminum foil and allow them to rest for five to ten minutes. The temperature of the filets will come up approximately five degrees while they rest.
Top with a pat of the garlic herb butter and serve immediately.
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Notes
Bone-in steaks will require a slightly longer cooking time. Steaks that are thicker or thinner will require more or less cooking time respectively.
This recipe still produces a bit of smoke so if you don't have a good exhaust fan, you might want to open your kitchen windows to keep your smoke alarm from going off.
If you have followed me for any length of time, I know I sound like a broken record, but be sure to use an instant-read meat thermometer to determine when your meat is done. They are inexpensive, and steak is too expensive to ruin because you can't tell if it's done or not.
Take your steaks out of the refrigerator about 30 minutes before you plan to cook them to allow them to come to room temperature. This helps them cook more evenly.
You can purchase garlic herb butter, but it's easy to make. I have a simple recipe that I know you will love; check out my recipe for garlic herb butter here. Don't skip the garlic herb butter!