Chasen's Hobo Steak

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 1 large new york steak, 3 inches thick
• fresh ground black pepper
• 1 piece fat, 1/4 thick strip and 3 wide (or several small pieces fat)
• 1 cup salt
• 2 tablespoons water
• 1/4 lb unsalted butter
• sourdough bread, 1/4 thick and toasted

Recipe

• 1 season steak with pepper.
• 2 wrap fat around sides of steak, covering them completely but leaving top and bottom exposed.
• 3 tie fat to steak with string near top and bottom.
• 4 fat must be securely anchored to steak.
• 5 combine salt and water to make paste.
• 6 mound about 3/4 of mixture over top of steak, covering meat completely.
• 7 place steak under broiler and broil 8 to 10 minutes, depending on size of steak.
• 8 carefully remove salt crust, keeping it in one piece.
• 9 turn steak over and place salt crust on other side.
• 10 if necessary, patch crust with remaining salt mixture.
• 11 broil steak another 8 to 10 minutes. remove steak from broiler and discard crust and fat.
• 12 slice meat, cutting slightly on diagonal.
• 13 heat butter in chafing dish or large skillet until foaming and lightly browned.
• 14 place a few slices of meat at a time in butter and cook to desired degree of doneness.
• 15 (allow about 1 minute on each side for rare meat.)
• 16 place each slice of meat on slice of toast and spoon some of the hot butter over.