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How to Cook Steak: An oven baked steak recipe that is melt in your mouth goodness, that’s easy to make and only takes a few minutes!
Cooking a steak in the oven with butter, salt and pepper makes this one of the easiest and BEST steak recipes EVER! Then, after this recipe, if you love a good southern, fried recipe, you’ll want to try this country-fried steak recipe, too!
The BEST Way to Cook Steak in the Oven
If you’ve ever had a steak, cooking it on the grill can be delicious. (We feel the same way about pork steak recipes.) However, the best way for cooking a steak is by searing it on the stovetop and then baking it in the oven!
Here’s the recipe that you’ll never stray from once you make it!
More Easy Steak Recipes:
If you love cooking steaks or feel intimidated by it, then you’re going to love the other steak recipes here on the blog because they’re super easy and super flavorful!
The BEST Steak Bites are a huge family favorite, and these BBQ Pork Steaks in the Slow Cooker are so easy for a dump-and-go recipe!
Now if you have venison steak in the freezer, don’t miss this Deer Steak on the Stovetop and this Grilled Deer Steak Recipe.
👩🏻🍳 How to Cook Steak in the Oven
It’s no secret that I’m a major fan of cast iron. For goodness sake, I even styled a cast iron party for friends a few years ago!
So although a cast-iron is NOT required to make this recipe, I can’t stress enough how much I love using it to make these.
🧾 Ingredients and Types of Steak
You can jump to the recipe card below for all of the ingredients and instructions all in one place.
For this oven steak recipe, I used two thick-cut ribeye steaks. (Almost an inch thick, although you don’t HAVE to have steaks this same thickness.) You don’t have to use ribeye for this steak recipe though.
Feel free to use sirloin, NY strips, t-bone, porterhouse, any cut you like!
Then, for sides to serve with steaks, we have super easy side dish recipes for steak that pair perfectly!
Seasonings for Steak:
When I say “salt and pepper,” in any of my recipes, you can go ahead and count on that I mean kosher salt and this cracked peppercorn medley.
It is the most DELICIOUS combo of seasonings on a steak.
(Now don’t get me wrong. I love a good garlic pepper, lemon pepper, or any other seasoning for that matter… but it’s hard to beat a steak covered in kosher salt and peppercorn. Combine that with browned butter, and it’s game over with my taste buds. It’s the BEST.)
You can salt and pepper your steaks, according to your taste. For these two, I used a total of about a tablespoon of kosher salt and a teaspoon of peppercorn to season both.
Sear the Steaks
Once the butter has browned, you’ll add the steaks to the hot skillet to sear on each side for just a minute, and then it will go in to the oven. (Make sure to scroll to the bottom of this post to see the full recipe card with step-by-step instructions!)
⏱ How Long to Cook Steak in Oven
The steak will only need 3 minutes in the oven after searing, and it will come out sizzling and smelling like you’re in a delicious steakhouse! If using your cast iron, go ahead and slip the whole pan in the oven.
Just soak in that sizzle sound and heavenly smell during this process, would ya?
✅ Baked Steak
Within minutes, you have a baked steak that’s ready to devour, and if this is your first time cooking a steak… congratulations!!! Wasn’t that easy!?
🥩 Popular Steak Questions:
How do you cook the perfect steak?
The secret is to keep it simple, use butter, simple spices, sear and broil it in the oven for a few minutes! It turns out to be the perfect steak every time!
How do you make steak flavorful?
Browned butter adds more flavor than you think it would. The combination of browned butter with kosher salt and peppercorn medley creates a steakhouse flavor that does NOT require steak sauce!
Is it better to cook steak on the stove or in the oven?
Both! You wouldn’t think it would make that big of a difference, but it really does. The pan-searing on the stove gives the browned flavor you love and the really hot oven helps cook the steak through!
🥔 Steak Dinner Ideas
No steak is complete without amazing side dishes to go with it, right? When cooking a steak, a good way to “round out” the dinner is to serve a vegetable and a potato with it Occasionally, you’ll even see steak served with something like this cream cheese pasta, at a fancy steakhouse.
🥗 Sides for Steak
Now, of course, there are many options for steak sides, but there is an absolute favorite…This side salad for steak is the best. (Seriously, it has almost 500 reviews).
We love havingroasted garlic broccoli and this easy yeast rolls for beginners to complete this dinner but there are a lot of easy side dish recipes to choose from!
🌟 More Easy Beef Dinner Recipes!
If you have a freezer full of beef or need quick and easy dinner ideas, you’ll also love these cheeseburger sliders. They’re a family favorite, and super easy to make in the oven!
Or, if you love slow cooker recipes, these slow cooker cube steaks are so easy to make and are so delicious!
📖 Recipe
The BEST! How to Cook Steak in the Oven + Pan
Jessica Burgess
Pan Seared & In the Oven: Cooking with browned butter in a cast iron skillet, baked for only minutes, and coatedin cracked peppercorn and kosher salt, is ALL this ribeye needed!
4.65 from 159 votes
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Prep Time 2 minutes mins
Cook Time 5 minutes mins
Total Time 7 minutes mins
Course Main Course
Cuisine American
Servings 2 steaks
Calories 570 kcal
Ingredients
- 2 Ribeye Steaks
- 2 Tablespoons Salted Butter
- Kosher Salt to taste
- Cracked Peppercorn Medley to taste
Instructions
For a "Medium" Steak – Preheat oven to 475 degrees before you even start to season your steaks.
Coat your steaks with salt and pepper, on both sides.
Over medium to high heat, melt the butter in an oven proof skillet
When the butter is melted and has turned a golden brown, place the steaks into the skillet. Let them sear for about 1 minute (less if you prefer more of a rarer steak, and if thinner than 1-in. thickness.)
Flip and let sear on other side for thesame amount of time.
Place skillet in the oven for about 3 minutes and then serve immediately or steak will continue to cook.
Video
Notes
What to do with leftover steak:
Once it has cooled off, store it in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
Simply reheat the leftover steak in a skillet on the stove or even slip in to the oven for just a few minutes.
Or, slice and serve steak on nachos, salads, in tacos, etc.!
Nutrition
Serving: 1steak | Calories: 570kcal | Protein: 45g | Fat: 43g | Saturated Fat: 21g | Cholesterol: 167mg | Sodium: 217mg | Potassium: 605mg | Vitamin A: 385IU | Calcium: 16mg | Iron: 3.9mg
Nutritional information is based on third-party calculations and should be considered estimates. Actual nutritional content will vary with brands used, measuring methods, portion sizes and more.
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