How to Cook a New York Strip Steak

How to Cook a New York Strip Steak. Very simple, dry brine, fire up the grill, short sear, and then indirect cooking. When you think about grilling, one of the steaks that comes to mind is a New York Strip steak. Let’s talk about how to cook it!

What is a New York Strip Steak

First off, let’s talk about what a New York Strip Steak is. A New York Strip or “strip steak” is a cut of beef taken from the short loin section of the cow.

It is a delicious and tender cut of meat because it is located near the tenderloin. It has marbling throughout, making it a very popular cut of meat for steak lovers!

How to Prepare a New York Strip Steak

When it comes to preparing a New York Strip you have many options. One of my favorite ways to prepare for a cook is to dry brine the steak. Dry brining was a true game changer for me. Simply dust some salt on both sides of your steak and let it rest in the fridge for about an hour. The longer the salt sits on the steak the better. That’s about as simple as it gets. After an hour, add some pepper and it is ready to cook!

Seasoning for Grilled Steak

In addition to dry brining your strip steak, I also like to add some additional seasoning when grilling my steaks. One of my go-to steak seasonings is Butcher BBQ Grilling Addiction! This is a delicious seasoning for grilled steak! This grilled steak rub adds some garlic and onion flavor that helps to bring out the grilling flavors on the strip steak! Feel free to add whatever your favorite steak seasoning is at this point.

Time to Cook the Strip Steak

Ok, we have it seasoned, rested, now it’s time to cook! In this example we will be firing up our Hasty Bake Legacy grill. Grilling a steak over charcoal is one of the best ways to cook a steak!

Add the hot coals to one side of your grill. This will leave a “cool” side for indirect cooking after we sear. Get your grill ripping hot, 400-500 degrees, and put your strip steak over the hot coals.

As you place the steak on the hot grill grate, the sizzling sound erupts! The juices from the steak create that all so familiar “charcoal grill” aroma!

If your steaks are over an inch thick, let them sear for 60-90 seconds on each side.

After searing you should have beautiful grill marks on each side of your New York Strip. This is when they are ready for the indirect side of the grill.

Use a probe thermometer to periodically monitor the internal temperature. I shoot for a medium-rare with an internal temperature around 130-135. If you like your steaks medium, you will want to be around 140 internal temperature.

Let Them Rest

After your New York Strip steaks are finished cooking they should have a beautiful red “smoke” color on the tips. This is where the charcoal really infuses flavor during the cook!

Place them on a cooking tray and tent them with foil. Let them rest for 15-20 minutes then you are ready to start eating!

In Conclusion

Now that is how to cook a New York strip steak. It’s very simple, and they cooked in about 30 minutes. The strip steaks come out juicy, tender, full of flavor! This makes for a lot of smiles around the dinner table!

So there you go! Now it’s time to give this a try, you will be happy you did! Also, we love to hear from our readers, please add a comment below and let us know how your strip steaks turned out!