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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> French >> French

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. For the Steak: | 2. Season steaks with salt and pepper on both sides. If you have time, let the salted steaks sit for 35 minutes in the fridge - they'll be a bit more juicy this way. If not, just season and cook. | 3. Heat the oil in a cast iron skillet over medium high heat until almost smoking. | 4. sear the steaks about 4 minutes per side, or until rare to medium rare. | 5. Remove, set aside and keep warm. | 6. At this point, you can simply deglaze the pan with your choice of water, wine, or even a combination of pepper, cream, brandy, and mustard and reduce to make a sauce for the steaks, but I prefer just a dab of butter. | 7. For the Frites: | 8. Peel and cut the potatoes into about 1/4' matchsticks. | 9. Soak in cold water for at least 2 hours - overnight is fine. | 10. Drain the potatoes and transfer to large bowl. Toss with the cornstarch. Transfer to wire rack on rimmed baking sheet. If that's too much work, I sometimes just dry them on paper towels -- | 11. Heat the peanut oil to 330 degrees F. | 12. Fry in a few batches for about 3 minutes - until it's partially cooked, but not yet browned. | 13. Remove each batch to drain on paper towel. | 14. Raise the temperature of the oil to about 375 degrees F. | 15. Fry potatoes again in batches for 1 or 2 minutes, or until golden and crispy - this will ensure that you have fries that will stay crispy, even if the butter gets to them. | 16. Serve immediately, go to confession*. | 17. *optional. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
hanger steak	2	lb	cut	806.9352	0.0	179.5204	4.5333
salt pepper			cracked	806.9352	0.0	179.5204	4.5333
vegetable oil	2	tablespoons		234.46400000000003	0.0	0.0	27.2
butter	2	tablespoons		171.0	7.857	5.343	14.4
peanut oil	4	cups		7637.76	0.0	0.0	864.0
potato	6			-	-	-	-
cornstarch	2	tablespoons		60.96	14.6032	0.0416	0.008
salt pepper				806.9352	0.0	179.5204	4.5333

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.