PAN-SEARED DRY-AGED BONE-IN RIBEYE WITH CILANTRO CHIMCHURRI

By: John Cuevas

Ingredients

CHIMICHURRI

  • 1/4 cup red onion
  • 2 fat garlic cloves
  • 1 tablespoons fresh red chili (serano, fresno or red jalapeno)
  • 1 cup cilantro, packed (about 1 bunch, leaves and thin stems)
  • 1/2 cup flat-leaf parsley, packed (thin stems ok)
  • 2 tablespoons fresh oregano
  • 3 tablespoons fresh lime juice
  • 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
  • 3/4 cup olive oil
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1 teaspoon pepper

RIBEYE

  • 1 Dry Aged, bone-in, Ribeye (aka Cowboy Steak) Buy Now
  • 3 cloves of garlic
  • 4-8 sprigs of thyme
  • 4 ounces butter
  • 2 ounces of grapeseed oil
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1 teaspoon pepper

CHIMICHURRI

Rough chop the red onion, garlic and fresh chili. Place in a food processor and pulse several times until finely and uniformly chopped.
Add cilantro, parsley and oregano; pulse again until uniformly chopped, not too fine.
Place this in a medium bowl, stir in lime juice, vinegar, salt, pepper. While stiring, pour in the 1/2 cup of olive oil. Add the remaining 1/4 cup a little at a time, creating your desired consistency.

RIBEYE

On a cutting board, season the Rib-Eye heavily with salt and pepper.
Place a sauté or cast iron pan over high heat. Add grapeseed oil and heat until smoking. Turn down heat to medium.
3. Add seasoned rib-eye to the pan and sear for 8 minutes on each side.
Leave the meat in the pan and transfer to a preheated, 400 degree oven. Finsih cooking to Rare at 120 degrees.
Move the pan back to the flame and add garlic, thyme and butter. Spoon the melted butter over the meat a few times to coat the meat on both sides.
6. Remove from the pan and let the meat rest for 4 minutes.
Slice the meat and move to your serving platter. Top with Chimichurri sauce.