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Cooking Premium Steaks
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6.0 CEHs

All Levels

13,738 Students

Course Overview

Become the steak master you want to be and learn how to properly apply heat to meat! There is nothing more impressive in a meal than a juicy, fresh-out-of-the-pan or off the grill steak that has been prepared, cooked and rested correctly and deliciously!

In this course, you will learn how to i…

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Course Objectives

At the end of this course you'll be able to:
  • Identify premium cuts of beef
  • Learn how to prepare steaks for cooking and why proper preparing matters
  • Learn the correct techniques for cooking premium steaks, including the flip-once and flip-often methods
  • Learn how to use the grill and the fry-pan for cooking juicy steaks
  • Understand how to check for desired doneness in cooked meat
  • Understand the components of a properly composed pan sauce to accompany your steak

Course Syllabus

Cooking Premium Steaks

In this course, you will learn how to identify and determine quality in cuts of beef. You will also learn about the importance of marbling and how the type of aging impacts both the quality and cost of meat. You will also learn a few tips for how to choose the most appropriate steak to suit the type of meal you are making, and you will learn to prepare steaks for cooking and the best cooking techniques for your selected cut of meat.

Lesson 1
Course Orientation

In this course, you will learn how to identify and determine quality in cuts of beef. You will also learn about the importance of marbling and how the type of aging impacts both the quality and cost of meat. You will also learn a few tips for how to choose the most appropriate steak to suit the type of meal you are making, and you will learn to prepare steaks for cooking and the best cooking techniques, including roasting prime rib.

Lesson 2
Identifying Premium Cuts of Beef

This lesson introduces you to the various cuts of steak and the importance of marbling.

Lesson 3
Prepping Premium Steaks for Cooking

This lesson explains the importance of properly preparing meat before cooking.

Lesson 4
How to Cook Premium Steaks

This lesson introduces you to how to best cook your premium cuts of steak.

Lesson 5
How to Make Pan Sauce

This lesson shows you the technique behind preparing perfect pan sauces.

Lesson 6
Course Review

Student Work

Below is a snapshot of real student photos from the course. Once you learn the foundational techniques of cooking, you too can begin to create an endless number of delicious dishes!
Pantry

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Practice Recipes

A few of the practice recipes you'll learn in this course.
1 Unit | 6 Lessons | 44 Videos
Lesson 1: Course Orientation
Lesson 2: Identifying Premium Cuts of Beef
Lesson 3: Prepping Premium Steaks for Cooking
Lesson 4: How to Cook Premium Steaks
Lesson 5: How to Make Pan Sauce
Lesson 6: Course Review

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