Folks like to argue about steak. It’s enjoyable, as a result of there are such a lot of variables to disagree over: the reduce (ribeye or New York?), the prep methodology (marinade or salt?), the cooking methodology (reverse sear? Sous vide? Simple pan basting?)…the chances for invective are infinite.
Take the steak you see above—a steak that was frozen after which plunked in an air fryer for 11 minutes. Trying on the picture, you possibly can see there are some things to critique, should you are so inclined. There’s a little bit of a gray band seen and the browning is uneven; for some these points alone could be sufficient to reject the cooking methodology completely.
However the steak has its good factors. It’s, for one, a really low cost reduce, so I’m not inclined to really feel treasured about it. I purchased a 12-pack of sirloins for 25 bucks as a result of I’m coaching for a powerlifting meet and I want a whole lot of protein (one should eat meat to construct meat). I froze them as a result of I can not eat 12 steaks in a single week. And whereas I might have pan fried one of them, I used to be nonetheless driving the excessive from successfully air frying frozen shrimp and wished to see if I might do the identical for frozen steak.
And as it seems the air fryer could make a respectable steak. Gray band however, it was extremely juicy, with quantity of pink within the heart, an intensely meaty taste, well-rendered fats, and beautiful little browned spots. It additionally took all of 11 (hands-off) minutes to prepare dinner, which isn’t an unnecessary issue to somebody simply dwelling from a coaching session and completely famished. (I’m additionally unsure most individuals might style a gray band in the event that they have been blindfolded. Maybe that may be a query price exploring sooner or later.)
Would I air fry a well-marbled, bone-in, tremendous thick rib eye? No. However the methodology is well-suited to a frozen weeknight sirloin. (Once more, I can not stress how juicy this factor was.)
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Air Fried Frozen Steak
A lot of air fryer steak recipes have you set the temp around 370℉, but I jacked it up to 400℉ to maximize browning. (After cooking a few steaks at a few different temps, I found dropping the temp didn’t really help to minimize the grey band, and at 370℉ I even had a steak come out grey and cold in the center.)
Ingredients:
- 1 frozen sirloin steak, about 8 ounces and 1-1/2 inches thick
- Vegetable oil
- Salt
Set your air fryer to 400℉. Drizzle a little bit of oil on your steak and rub it around to lightly coat. Salt liberally. Place the steak in the air fryer basket and cook for 11 minutes, flipping halfway through. Your steak may cook a little faster or slower depending on its size and thickness, so adjust as needed, and use an instant read thermometer to find the sweet spot. (Remember: 125℉ is medium-rare.)
