Rib Eye Steak- Dry Rub

My husband and I have been craving a steak for awhile, so this week we broke down and got ourselves some steak! My parents are pros at cooking steak on the stove rather than outside on the grill (though, they can grill a mean steak as well!) so we decided to give it a shot instead of going out to a restaurant!

For our steak we decided to use my mom's dry rub recipe. It is has a sweet flavor from the brown sugar, a kick of spice from the red pepper flakes, but also has a smoky flavor from the paprika! It is basically delicious!

To make the steak and the dry rub we used:

• 1 RIB-EYE STEAK
• 1 Tbs SALT
• 1 Tbs BROWN SUGAR
• 1/2 tsp GARLIC POWDER
• 1 tsp PAPRIKA
• 1/2 tsp RED PEPPER FLAKES
• VEGETABLE OIL

To make the rub, simply combine the salt, brown sugar, garlic powder, paprika, and red pepper flakes in a small bowl. (My family has been known to 'accidentally' spill a little bit of extra red pepper flakes to give it more of a kick.)

After all of the ingredients are mixed well, rub the mixture all over the steaks. (We ended up having a little bit of the rub left over.)

When you are ready to cook your steak, heat some vegetable oil in a skillet or grill pan. (We used a cast iron skillet, but I think it made it a little difficult to control the temperature so we will probably use our grill pan next time.) Make sure that the oil is hot enough so that it sizzles when you put the steak into the pan. We cooked our steak for about 3-4 minutes on each side on medium-high temperature in order to get a good sear on both sides. We then cheated and cut into the middle to see how cooked it was... seeing that is was still a little rare, we turned the heat down to medium-low and continued cooking for a few minutes until it was somewhere between medium rare and medium.

Once we were happy with the cook on the steak we pulled it off the heat and prepared to start eating! In the picture below you can see how juicy it was! We also cooked up some broccoli and potatoes to go with our steak. Can't have steak without potatoes, right?!

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Rib Eye Steak- Dry Rub

Ingredients:

• 1 RIB-EYE STEAK
• 1 Tbs SALT
• 1 Tbs BROWN SUGAR
• 1/2 tsp GARLIC POWDER
• 1 tsp PAPRIKA
• 1/2 tsp RED PEPPER FLAKES
• VEGETABLE OIL

Directions:

1. To make the rub, simply combine the salt, brown sugar, garlic powder, paprika, and red pepper flakes in a small bowl. (My family has been known to 'accidentally' spill a little bit of extra red pepper flakes to give it more of a kick.)
2. After all of the ingredients are mixed well, rub the mixture all over the steaks. (We ended up having a little bit of the rub left over.)
3. When you are ready to cook your steak, heat some vegetable oil in a skillet or grill pan. Make sure that the oil is hot enough so that it sizzles when you put the steak into the pan. 
4. We cooked our steak for about 3-4 minutes on each side on medium-high temperature in order to get a good sear on both sides. We then cheated and cut into the middle to see how cooked it was... seeing that is was still a little rare, we turned the heat down to medium-low and continued cooking for a few minutes until it was somewhere between medium rare and medium.
5. Once we were happy with the cook on the steak we pulled it off the heat and prepared to start eating! 

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