Chasen’s Hobo Steak Recipe
Recreating Chasen’s iconic hobo steak at home requires high-quality ingredients and a few careful steps. Here’s how to do it:
Ingredients
- 1 three-inch-thick prime New York strip steak
- Very thin beef fat ask your butcher
- 1 cup kosher salt
- Butter
- Sourdough bread cut into 1.5” x 2.5” rectangles
- Minced chives for garnish
Instructions
Prepare the Steak:
- Wrap the sides of the steak with strips of beef fat and secure with butcher twine.
- Mix kosher salt with water to create a paste and coat the top of the steak.
Broil the Steak:
- Place the steak under a high broiler (6 inches from the flame) for 8 minutes.
- Remove the salt crust, flip the steak, reapply the salt, and broil for another 8 minutes.
Finish and Serve:
- Discard the salt crust and let the steak rest for 10 minutes.
- Saute steak slices in butter and rendered beef fat until lightly browned.
- Toast sourdough rectangles with butter and top each with a slice of steak.
- Drizzle with pan juices and garnish with chives.