I had a roommate that would never pre-heat pans/oven/grill. Not for steak, not for anything. I tried to show them the way, but there was just no saving him.
Somewhere out there, to this day, I reckon he’s cracking a cold egg onto a cold skillet – and the gods of food, they weep.
So, this recipe is a comfort food I was introduced to in Georgia.
Usually I make this in a smaller deeper casserole dish and do 2 layers of the ingredients.
Line the bottom with sliced potato rounds🥔
2nd layer with a little sweet onion
3rd layer with skillet seared cube steak seasoned…
4th layer ( top) 1 can diced tomatoes
And I drop in a few red onion on top 2
Bake 350° 45 min covered. Try it sometime
GO CHARLIE… you got it going on. Who doesn’t like cookies???
Whats on top?
Take the steak out the fridge 20 mins before you plan to cook so it can breathe.
Oil the steak and season with salt, pepper, oregano and paprika.
Make sure the pan is very very hot. Lay the steak in the pan and spin it once so it doesn’t stick to the pan but still sears.
When the you see the steak is cooked half way up the side, turn the steak and spin once again.
When the blood starts to pierce the surface of the steak, that’s medium rare.
Put some butter in the pan, let it melt and baste with a whole crushed garlic clove. (the steak needs to be cooked otherwise the butter will burn - basting the steak with butter will keep the moisture, stop it over cooking and will take the sharp bitterness out of the pepper)
Take it out the pan and let it rest til the blood stops seeping through.
Boom.
Ooo sounds good! Thank you! My husband uses a cast iron on the grill to sear and I was looking for more info.
Love cast iron! Only way I’ll cook a steak inside 
Same. My husband left my favorite pan out in the grill and it got all rusted out. He’s in the doghouse until he makes it all better again 
Mine has left my fave cast iron pan soaking in the sink 
Sacrilege! Oh, the humanity 
We did have a house sitter wash ours thoroughly with soap and came home to some rust, but it was not too bad to remedy.
I can’t even talk about the dishwasher incident 
Cast iron is awesome
I don’t eat meat and that looks amazing.
I couldn’t live without a good steak
I know I’m totally in the minority. 
I just can’t do red meat. Something about it.
How about chicken or fish?
Chicken yes… and no seafood which is sorta embarrassing considering where I live lol but I’m weird about smells and textures. Like a child really.
I get it. You must have awesome low cholesterol lol
It is pretty good actually
