How to season a steak beyond salt and pepper?

More salt and pepper

>>7655460
I believe most people think that the point of steak is the flavor of the meat itself and not any seasonings
try a pat of butter

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This is the be-all and end-all

>>7655460
>>7655471
or try a compound butter, if you do want seasonings

>>7655460
Baste a couple cloves of garlic and twigs of rosemary with unsalted butter. Gently crush the cloves so they can release their oils/flavor/aroma in the pan. I mostly grill these days, but that's how I do it in a cast iron skillet. While I prefer the taste of char-grilled beef, I would gladly eat a steak prepared this way any day of the week.

>>7655478
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/14665/tarragon-butter/

I've done this, was pretty good. OP could do the bleu cheese thing, I hate that shot personally though.

Just a pinch of onion powder. Yum.

rub with olive oil, then pepper, onion powder, a pinch of curry, and half a pinch of salt.

>>7655925
>bleu cheese
oualeure!

Onion powder, garlic power, salt and pepper

>garlic powder and not actual minced garlic
Fucking wew. Use some olive oil, salt, pepper, garlic and maybe sautee some onions if you feel inclined but that's optional

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>>7655460
Cayenne.

Careful with garlic, it burns at the temperature you'd normally cook a steak at.

I sometimes make a sauce from the drippings, deglaze with red wine and whisk in flour, cream, and minced jalapeno.

Instead of seasoning it more make a sauce to serve with it.

My fallback steak sauce is
>saute garlic, shallots and mushrooms with butter and olive oil
>add red wine
>add sprig of thyme
>reduce
>remove from heat
>remove thyme
>put on steak
>eat

Worcestershire sauce

>>7655460
Simplicity is the key. S n P is all you need.

>>7656212
Yeah! Let's go back to 1957