A bit of cooking (Patreon)

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Psu's really quick lunch steak and bread bowl:

Following Adam Ragusea's technique of seasoning the cutting board instead of the steak I sear a pretty cheap cut of meat until medium rare. While the steak is searing, I prepare the board with butter, herbs, salt, pepper, and garlic. Then I place the seared steak on top of the seasonings to warm through the butter and garlic. While resting, I toast a slice of bread in the same pan I cooked it in.

There's a lot of down time here, even with toasting the bread so do whatever like prepare some coffee or prepare a quick horseradish/wasabi sauce. Toast the bread a little closer to when it's finished resting. Cut the steak into bite sized chunks and toss it in the butter and herb mixture, to let the flavors get to know each other and reabsorb. Cut the toast into croutons. Sop up all the remaining juices with the steak. Serve in a shallow bowl. Garnish with some herbs.

It's purely a simple, comfort meal. It's not gonna win any awards for fancy plating, that's for sure. But it's all steak flavor, that I think is best done with fatty cuts of beef. I wouldn't do this to a rib eye, that's for sure.

As for Chef Girl here, a commenter on twitter said they liked how I got the cooking down, and she looked really focused and into her craft. I could rework how I drew her holding the knife, her hand should be closer to the blade. But overall I liked how it came out. I found it interesting that she seemed focused, despite intentionally drawing her eyes and expression as tired. I think Chef Girl is tired a lot but she's incredibly focused on her craft.

Just some food for thought for the weekend. See you guys Monday.