{"id":446,"date":"2009-10-29T19:05:38","date_gmt":"2009-10-30T02:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baconwrappedlife.com\/?p=446"},"modified":"2009-10-29T19:05:38","modified_gmt":"2009-10-30T02:05:38","slug":"steak-and-potato-dinner-and-breakfast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pink.jemts.com\/?p=446","title":{"rendered":"Steak and Potato Dinner (and breakfast!)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Matt has been craving a good steak dinner for a while.  We went to Gordon Biersch in Seattle before seeing Wicked at the beginning of October\u00e2\u20ac\u201da really tasty dinner for an extremely spectacular show.  Very satisfying night all around.  But the steak we ordered was not the steak we received (we didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t realize until halfway into eating, because we were so hungry), and it didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t really quench Matt\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s craving\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6he kept bringing it up. <\/p>\n

To resolve this, we visited a butcher in the Crown Hill neighborhood.  With lots of seafood options and only a few types of steak to choose from, we went with a rib eye.  A huge rib eye.  We only got one, but look how big and beautiful it is. <\/p>\n

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It was a little over a pound of meat, and there was no doubt in my mind that it would be more than enough for the two of us.  To cook the steak, I started with a brown sugar spicy rub.  I can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t remember everything that went into this, but it included (along with brown sugar) cumin, coriander, garlic powder, onion powder, paprika, red pepper, ground thyme\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6and probably some other things.  I tend to pull things out of the spice cupboard without remembering after the fact what it was so that I can replicate it. <\/p>\n

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I let the rub sit on the steak while I prepped the vegetables and other parts of dinner, which included three veggies. <\/p>\n

First up, glazed carrots.  I have made these before and really messed them up, but this time around they were absolutely perfect.  Matt\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s response was \u00e2\u20ac\u0153please write down how you made these so you can do it again!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d  With just a little bit of spice and a slightly sweet glaze, the carrots worked perfectly with the meal. <\/p>\n

Perfection in Carrot Form<\/u><\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n