Some of you have seen Wagyu beef sold at Costco. You get excited for a second until you see the price; $99 a pound. Then you walk around the store as you think if you are getting a significant amount back in reward points. At this point, I decided to grab two steaks. Picking the steaks took about 10 minutes. The decision on the final selection was about which pieces contained a good level of fat but not too much. There were many pieces that looked like a solid piece of fat.
To give this $99 piece of meat the respect it deserves, I put it in the fridge to properly defrost as I thought of a gameplan on how to cook it.
I concluded that I wanted some kind of fried rice along with some greens and maybe mushrooms.
The fried rice is pretty standard. The Wagyu is today’s highlight. To cook the Wagyu I took the following steps:
- Take the wagyu out of the fridge about 5 minutes before cooking.
- Heat the skillet to high heat.
- Use some of the fat trimmings to oil the pan/skillet.
- Once some of the fat has rendered, place the steak on.
- Cook for 2.5 minutes.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Flip.
- Cook for 2.5 minutes.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Remove from heat.
This brought the meat to a nice medium-rare. Cutting was easy and eating was more of a delight. The meat did not melt in your mouth but it was pretty close. It had a sashimi fish texture.
Maybe I’ll try to sushi the next batch. Stay tuned.
