Why does steak have to rest

Stanbroke , 5 months ago 2 min read. By Gavin from Another Food Blogger. Meat and heat When you cook meat the protein in it sets. Does resting steak actually work? How long should you rest your beef? Beef resting meat Steak. Grill , Learn. Related posts. Cuts , Learn. As a side note, the process of fibers widening and then relaxing also explains why you can judge if a steak is done by touching it with your finger or with tongs — the firmer the meat, the more done it is.

There are lots of guidelines and studies about how long should steak rest. At our house, we let all steaks rest minutes. That means once we take the steak off the grill, we transfer it to a cutting board and we let it sit at room temperature.

We let it sit. This resting time is critical for steak. Juice redistributes throughout the steak during the resting time. If you skip the resting step, your steak will be tough and dry. To help illustrate the difference between resting a steak versus not resting, we did our own test by grilling two identical strip steaks. I can hear your protests.

What about the juice? Pro-resters claim that resting meat helps keep the juices locked in. And while they're absolutely right, there isn't a huge difference. In tests with his colleague Greg Blonder, Ph.