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Except that it turns out that it still actually is one of the best, perhaps THE BEST, method for cooking a steak.For years, before the interwebs were a thing, people used to think that searing meat first was the best way to cook a steak... it seals in the juices. This was first written in a cookbook by a guy in the mid-1800s, and no one questioned it. It quickly become common knowledge... something that was obviously true, and in just about every cookbook after that, for about 150 years, people would repeat this without any critical evaluation.
Except that it isn't true at all.
Does Searing Meat Really "Seal In" Its Juices?
Does searing meat seal in juices? Maybe! But the real question is, is there a cooking method that consistently yields the juiciest steak? And if so, what is it?
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Does Searing Meat Really Seal in the Juices?
A lot of braising or slow-cooked meat recipes have you start off by searing the meat first until it’s brown and crusty on the outside before you add the liquid, turn down the heat, and simmer until tender. For quick-cooking cuts of meat, like flank or skirt steak, searing may be all you have to...
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Does Searing Meat Really Seal in the Juices? - Grill Hunters
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It's like "chi." The methods work but the mechanism behind why they work isn't what was once believed.