# Perfect Steak and Fries

A guide to making restaurant-quality steak and fries at home, complete with chimichurri.

- Cuisine: American
- Category: Sauce & Condiment
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- strip steaks
- kosher salt
- potatoes
- chimichurri or sauce of choice

## Instructions

1. Hit your steaks with kosher salt.
2. Cut up the potatoes.
3. Soak the cut potatoes in water.
4. Fry the potatoes for the first time at 325° Fahrenheit to cook the inside.
5. Rest the first-fried potatoes in the fridge.
6. Prepare your chimichurri or sauce of choice.
7. Pat the steaks dry.
8. Render the fat on the strip steaks.
9. Cook the steaks for 4 to 5 minutes per side.
10. Check the steak's internal temperature with an instant read thermometer, aiming for 120° Fahrenheit for a rare steak.
11. Fry the fries again at 400° Fahrenheit to crisp them up.
12. Plate up and enjoy your steak.

## Equipment

- instant read thermometer

## Tips

- Render the fat on strip steaks.
- Use an instant read thermometer to check the steak's internal temperature.
- For a perfect rare steak, aim for 120° Fahrenheit.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/p/DR4xf9kkRsc/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/54d2dcd1-0ca8-47a1-9af6-c992060921ad
- Extracted: 2026-01-26

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