How to Reheat Steak without drying it out?

There will surely be leftover steaks after you host a BBQ party because you would usually prepare more than enough for your guests. Yet, you more often end up asking several questions like: “how to reheat steak?” “Is it safe to reheat leftover steaks?” and “how long should you reheat them?”

Well, this is pretty much natural, and in this post, you will find succinct answers to all your queries about reheating leftover steaks.

If you intend to reheat the leftover steak, however, you should properly store the leftover steaks for future reheating. If you don’t do so, you can’t expect to have good results after reheating them after a day or two. So, in this post, we also included the correct way of storing leftover meat.

Best Way to Reheat Steak

Freshly cooked steaks, of course, are flavorful and tender. Reheating steaks, on the other hand, may result in a flavorless, dry steak. You can, however, make the leftover steaks retain their tender and flavorful taste by storing them well. So, without much ado, we are listing here the simple steps on how to reheat leftover steaks while keeping them flavorful and moist:

• First, you need to correctly store leftover steaks.

Leftover steaks should be immediately packed and stored in your refrigerator. How quickly you pack and store the leftover will make a huge difference in the taste and consistency of the steak when you reheat them. So, you need to know the steps on how to store leftover steaks right.

The best way to store leftover steak is by wrapping it with aluminum foil. You can also use a vacuum sealer to keep their juices locked in. Vacuum sealer, however, is expensive. Yet, with its use, you can keep the juices of the steak intact.

As you wrap the steak, make sure that you wrap them either in a foil or you seal them in a zippered plastic bag. As much as possible, you should ensure that the bag is airtight. This will also ensure that you can easily reheat them after you take them off the fridge.

You can use a freezer paper. This paper is thick and is plastic coated, making it capable of locking in moisture.

• Reheating the Steak!

Take out the steak from the refrigerator and remove it from its container. Then, put it into the microwave-safe dish if you are using a microwave oven. Coat the meat with beef broth to add more flavor to it. You can also splash the meat with red wine or other flavorful herbs for added flavor.

Then, cover the dish using a plastic wrap. You should ensure that you seal the plastic wrap so that moisture and liquid will not evaporate.

Then, put the covered dish at the microwave’s center without overcooking it. You should set the temperature from low to medium as you begin to reheat it. Set the timer likewise at 10 to 15 seconds.

Afterward, you should check the steak. Check if it has warmed up. You can, then, remove the dish if it has already warmed up. Then, put it a nice plate and start digging in.

You can also reheat the steak using a baking method. You can follow the abovementioned steps on how to prepare the steak for reheating in a microwave. You can coat the steak with broth or leftover steak juice to add more flavor to it. Then, place the steak on a baking sheet that has rims. Pour in some liquid.

You should preheat the oven up to 175°F for at least five minutes before you place the steak inside the oven. Then, place the steak in the oven once that temperature is achieved. Let it bake for at least ten minutes. Afterward, you can remove the steak from the oven and let it cool down a bit for some minutes.

If you plan to reheat the leftover steak using a stovetop, you will need a skillet to do it. You can use a non-stick skillet for this purpose. Pour the broth into the skillet. Then, turn to medium-high the burner.

If you already see that the broth is bubbling, you can then place the steak into the skillet. Lower the heat to low-medium. Let the steak simmer for a minute. Make sure that the steak is warmed up. Then, you can remove the skillet with steak and let the steak cook a bit before you feast on it. 

Another method of reheating your leftover steaks is by Sous Vide Method. This method may sound unfamiliar to you. Yet, it is very easy to do. If you have a good zippered plastic bag, you can put the steak inside it. Then, prepare a large pot.

Pour water into the pot, and then, put the plastic bag into the water. Let the bag soak in the pot for several minutes using 130°F to 140°F. This will help you reheat the meat evenly though this method may take longer.

Since the steak is inside a plastic bag, it can retain all the juices and flavor within even if it takes a longer reheating process. Moreover, you can expect a tender steak afterward. This method requires minimal supervision of the reheating process. Yet, the result is great.

However, with this method, you will not achieve that delicious nice brown crust of the steak that most diners want to have. Yet, with this method, you would have achieved what you wanted—that of reheating the steak for your consumption.

Conclusion

As mentioned above, there are many ways on how to reheat steak. Yet, the level of flavor and taste after you reheat a steak greatly depends on how you’ve stored the steak. So, you need to store the leftover steaks properly. You should also know that a well-done steak is not good to reheat.

Moreover, you should remember that slow and low temperature reheating is better than high temperature and quick reheating. So, make sure that you don’t overdo the reheating of the steak.