Ingredients and Materials:

• Gas stove
• Two  1-inch thick steaks
• Cooking oil
• Kosher salt
• Fresh ground black pepper
• Garlic powder
• Butter
• Bourbon or brandy
• Heavy pan (Willian used a cast iron pan)

Instructions:

1. Take steaks out of refrigerator about one hour before cooking.  
2. Oil both sides of steaks with Kosher salt, pepper, and garlic powder.
3. Heat pan on med-high heat and add cooking oil and heat.
4. Add the steaks to the hot oil.
5. After browning the first side, flip the steaks and add pats of butter on the browned tops. Use your cooking tool to help the melting butter run under the edges of the cooking second side.
6. Cook about 3 minutes each side for med-rare.
7. Remove pan from heat (keep the gas flame on).  Turn off ventilation fans.
8. To “finish” the steaks, add some liquor to pan and move the pan slowly back towards the heat. The liquor will quickly flame up. Then turn off stove.

– Submitted by William Yee