Well I posted my Steak Diane dish on Instagram and I had one of my family members wanting to try it. So Steak Diane it is.

Would slam/9.5

Did kinda ATK's version on a ribeye.. Dru-brine for 8 hours, sat at room temp for 1.5 hours, oven-heated cast-iron pan, 1-minutes sear on both sides, seared all edges, 8 minutes in 350-degree over (flipped at 4 minutes), wrapped in foil for 5.

Better than 72% of my one-night-stand sex efforts!!!!!!!!!!!!

Have the 6-day dry-age deal started. Steak went into vacuum-sealed siplock back and 2 table spoons of fish sauce. Will sit like that until Wednesday. Wednesday the steak will come out, get wrapped in cheese cloth, and placed on a wire rack in fridge until Saturday.

Saturday will be the test.....

You need to try it the ATK way, though. They say the oven first is like a quick age. And I will admit, it does seem to yield more tender steaks.

Shucks, I'll have to eat steak another night.

And I was doing the grill, so I'm going to us that as my excuse.

But I'm willing to try again...

LOL

That's the spirit!

Last night I pan fried a package of chicken tenders that had been marinated for 24 hours in Lawry's Baja Chipotle lime flavored marinade. It's a pretty strong flavor but I really like it. They turned out real juicy and tender. I also made a can of okra, corn, and tomatoes along with a box of Zatarains Yellow rice.

All came out great and it was a simple but tasty meal. :D

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Nice char on the chicken. Looks tasty.

Margaret Holmes is the shit!!

This. I can't seem to ever char that well.

It's the sugar in the marinade.

I never had gnocchi, I want to make it but the prep looks very time consuming. Ugh