Best way to cook any steak indoors

Sometimes you can't, or just don't feel like grilling outdoors. Never fear, cooking a steak indoors is actually easier and produces great results too.

Take your ~1" thick steaks out of the refrigerator ~40 minutes before you want to eat them. Pat them dry and cover each side lightly with oil, fresh cracked pepper, and coarse salt.

Put an oven safe skillet - I prefer cast iron - into the oven, then turn the oven on to 500. You want your oven to reach 500 ~10 minutes before you want to eat.

Once the oven reaches that temperature, take the pan out and put it on a burner set to high. Place the steaks on the skillet for one minute per side. Make sure your range hood fan is on high!

This method makes for a great crust. After you've cooked each side of your steak for 1 minute, put the skillet back into the oven for 3 minutes. After 3 minutes, flip the steaks. After 3 minutes, remove the steaks from the oven and take them out of the pan and allow them to rest for 2 minutes before serving. Enjoy!

This recipe is for ~1" thick steaks cooked to medium. If your steaks are thicker or you want them cooked beyond medium, then increase the time in the oven to 5 minutes per side.

If you're good at making sauces and things, look at what's left in the pan after cooking these steaks!