The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science

45-second window during which you can pull it off the heat and have it be perfectly medium-rare. A tenderl ...

and shape, making it nearly impossible to cook them all to the exact same degree of doneness. A larger r ...

roasted steak seared right at the end spends relatively little time in the hot skillet, resulting in more e ...

My method gives you perfectly even cooking. I know which one I’d rather eat. OK, I hear some of you ...

PERFECT TENDERLOIN STEAKS NOTE: A center-cut tenderloin roast is also referred to as a Châteaubriand. Ask yo ...

about 1 minute. Flip the steaks with tongs and cook on the second side until crusty, about 1 minute l ...

KNIFE SKILLS: How to Trim a Whole Beef Tenderloin Tenderloin steaks are expensive, but buying a whole untrimmed ...

SEPARATE THE GRISTLE. Tenderloins have a long “chain” of fat and gristle that runs along one ...

tapered end back on itself and tie it in place to get an even thickness along the whole length of the tenderl ...

PAN SAUCES You may notice after cooking your steak in a skillet that you’re left with a brownish residue ...

Pan sauces are made by deglazing (fancy word for “pouring liquid into the hot pan”) the pan, usually ...

watery sauce. You don’t want this to happen. The easiest way to prevent it? Add just a touch of ...

SIMPLE RED-WINE PAN SAUCE Use a decent-quality dry red wine. This recipe works just as well with lamb chop ...

1 teaspoon all-purpose flour 1 cup homemade or low-sodium canned chicken stock 1 cup dry red wine 1 tablespoon ...

PORCINI-VERMOUTH PAN SAUCE This recipe works equally well with beef, pork, and chicken. SERVES 4 ½ ounce ...

1 large shallot, minced (about ¼ cup) 4 tablespoons unsalted butter 1 teaspoon all-purpose flour 1 teaspo ...

sauce until reduced to 1 cup. Off the heat, whisk in the lemon juice, thyme, and the remaining 3 tablesp ...

SMOKY ORANGE- CHIPOTLE PAN SAUCE This recipe works equally well for steak, chicken, and pork. NOTE: To ...

SERVES 4 1 medium shallot, finely minced (about ¼ cup) 4 tablespoons unsalted butter 1 teaspoon all-purpos ...

2 chipotle chiles packed in adobo sauce, finely chopped, plus 1 tablespoon of the sauce 2 teaspoons fresh ...