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Rastelli Pork Ribeye Steaks

chickenbutt — Mon, 21 May 2018 20:46:06 GMT

I'm watching this now on Gourmet Holiday. If anybody is thinking about these - OMG, they are so awesome!

They're huge, too. When I cook one it's all I can eat. They are tender and flavorful with just a smidge of seasoning. I had a little learning curve for how to cook them but by the second time I was a pro.

I have them on AD, so I'm glad to see they still have them.

Every time I eat one I simply must eat another one the next day!

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Free2be — Mon, 21 May 2018 21:16:47 GMT

CB, thanks for the recommend. I watched the video and I trust your foodie opinion so I ordered it A/D.

Please share what you learned about how to cook them. I can see several options I'd like to try -- a thin coating of egg and cracker crumbs and into the air fryer, or be decadent and pan fry. I see these sliced in stir fry and sheet-pan meals or a simple grilling.

One reviewer complained about the sodium but one out of many wouldn't sway me. Have you added other ways to add flavor?

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chickenbutt — Mon, 21 May 2018 21:28:26 GMT

Hi Free! So nice seein' ya lately.

I just do a pan-fry thing. Smidge of butter and olive oil as pan heats up (nonstick, but it doesn't have to be I suppose) on just a smidge under med-high. Brown well on both sides. Turn heat down to med-low and cover for 7-10 minutes.

That's kinda sorta based on the instructions that come with them but you know how you usually need to tweak here and there. I just add on only one side some of this KC Steaks steak seasoning (of which I have a bunch from over the years!). I think it's pretty much s&p and garlic. That's all it needs or even just s&p.

I never noticed them being salty at all. Maybe they added a lot of salt? Like I mentioned I just season one side with a light pinch.

They are so lovely. BTW, I noticed that some of what the vendor was cutting looked a little more rare than what I do. I'm still from the school of cooking pork fairly well done. Mine look more whitish than pink but they are still beautifully tender and tasty. The ribeye cut is my favorite cut of beef steak, so I figured these had to be good. I feel like the quality is very nice and I LOVE that they come individually vacuum-sealed!

I hope you like them! I kind of hate to recommend things because I will be scared until I know that the person doesn't like it.

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Free2be — Mon, 21 May 2018 22:00:50 GMT

When the Rastelli guy cut it with a fork, that clinched it. Don't worry about me not liking it, I love pork in most of the common ways we eat it. No tripe for me, though. I'm glad it can handle some extra seasoning as I love the Penzey's "Ruth Ann's Muskego" seasoning and their pork chop seasoing so I'd like to be able to use them on these steaks.

The Costco pork loin steaks are too thick and easy to dry out to get that middle cooked so these will be just right.

Re: Rastelli Pork Ribeye Steaks

chickenbutt — Mon, 21 May 2018 22:05:28 GMT

You will love how tender this meat it. Start out with just a light pinch of seasoning and see what you think. I also manipulate it around a small pan so that I get carmelization all around the sides where there is a (little) bit of fat.

I also thaw them out before cooking. I don't know what they recommend, but that seems best to me. The pork is raw. If you tried to pan saute it from frozen you'd probably have to get the outsides completely black to get the inside done. That wouldn't be good at all.

I thaw one and then a little bit before cooking I take it out of the refrigerator to get a little less cold before cooking.

Re: Rastelli Pork Ribeye Steaks

CLEM — Mon, 21 May 2018 23:39:22 GMT

@chickenbutt I am glad you liked these pork steaks. They looked very good.

I just ate the first of 15 Rastelli sirloin burgers. They were only good because of the toppings I put on.

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momtochloe — Tue, 22 May 2018 00:16:16 GMT

@CLEMwere those the TSV burgers? Wow, they really had no flavor? Phooey.

eta: @chickenbutt and @Free2be hello my friends and please know I am incredibly jealous of those pork steaks!

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CLEM — Tue, 22 May 2018 00:19:29 GMT

@momtochloe Actually, they did have a nice delicate smokey flavor from the bacon I guess. But they were so greasy and full of grizzle. The burger was less than half its size when it was done.

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tansy — Tue, 22 May 2018 00:25:43 GMT

I am so suggestible --

I just placed an order.

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momtochloe — Tue, 22 May 2018 00:27:03 GMT

@CLEM wrote:
@momtochloe Actually, they did have a nice delicate smokey flavor from the bacon I guess. But they were so greasy and full of grizzle. The burger was less than half its size when it was done.

Thanks so much @CLEM and I am sorry to hear of the quality as I always heard so many nice things about Rastelli. My favorite burgers will always be Bobby Chez's. For me, that is a burger worth the price.

Clem do you have an Aldi by you as they had fresh bacon cheddar burgers on special last week and they were terrific. Not sure if they will carry them through the summer but if you have access to an Aldi and see them there I would give them a try.

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momtochloe — Tue, 22 May 2018 00:28:17 GMT

@tansy wrote:
I am so suggestible --

I just placed an order.

Yay, good for you @tansy (and now I am also jealous of you) . . .

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CLEM — Tue, 22 May 2018 16:34:36 GMT

@momtochloe Yes, we do have an Aldi not too far away and I have been wanting to go there for a couple of years now, but never made it.

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chickenbutt — Tue, 22 May 2018 20:35:19 GMT

For burgers I loved Kansas City's 'bbq cheddar' variety and, even though I'm on AD for this item, they don't seem to have that variety anymore. Don't even know if I'll get my next AD but have a feeling I might not. Good thing I still have a ton of them so will continue to ration. I'm strange that way - I will make something last and deny myself it more often so I don't run out. But I know I have a whole box plus more.

I used to get the KC bacon cheddar ones and one day they were out of those and I was up to get some, while they were on a promo, and saw 'bbq cheddar' for the first time. Sounded fine by me and omg, they are much better than the bacon cheddar. For a whole meal I will just put one of these (grilled in my contact grill and a little seasoning from their seasoning packet) on a bed of brown rice or veg.

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Free2be — Wed, 23 May 2018 01:44:42 GMT

I checked the KC flyer received the other day -- the only burger patties offered that are flavored are Cheddar Bacon and Vidalia Onion.

I'd love to try the Kobe style patties but they are ridiculously expensive, 64.90 for 6 unless you place a large order min. $55.95 then they'll add them on for 44.95. Other options are sirloin, chuck, prime and classic.

I've been buying the long sleeve of patties at Costco. The drawback is they are not individually frozen although I could do that. We manage to use them before they freezer burn. They're very lean and cook up nice on the Philips smokeless grill.

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Daysdee — Wed, 23 May 2018 23:08:12 GMT

I bought Rastelli steaks from QVC. No flavor and kind of an odd taste. Would not order again. JMO

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CLEM — Sun, 27 May 2018 19:35:13 GMT

@chickenbutt Even though I was very disappointed in the burgers from Rastelli, I went ahead and ordered these pork chops today. I love pork chops and I can get incredibly good ones here, $5.00/chop for something a lot of people love, is pretty good.

I went on auto delivery, but know I can cancel if I don't like them.

Thanks for your suggesting these.

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Free2be — Tue, 29 May 2018 04:16:44 GMT

I made the Rastelli pork chops tonight -- soooo good and tender beyond my expectation. I dipped them in egg then cracker meal and pan fried them.

Next time I'll cut some calories and air fry them. For this first time I wanted to give them the old tried and true method.

With these available, there's no reason to buy any kind of pork chop at the store, they won't be this delicious.

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chickenbutt — Tue, 29 May 2018 15:50:13 GMT

@Free2be wrote:
I made the Rastelli pork chops tonight -- soooo good and tender beyond my expectation. I dipped them in egg then cracker meal and pan fried them.

Next time I'll cut some calories and air fry them. For this first time I wanted to give them the old tried and true method.

With these available, there's no reason to buy any kind of pork chop at the store, they won't be this delicious.

Hi Free! Nice to see ya. I'm so glad you enjoyed these. I just noticed, for the first time, on Sunday morning's presentation that they breaded them. I've not tried that and probably should.

I think I may have mentioned the other day that every time I eat one I absolutely must have one the next day! I need to wise up and just thaw out two at a time.

Hope you have a happy day!

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chickenbutt — Tue, 29 May 2018 15:52:59 GMT

@CLEM wrote:
@chickenbutt Even though I was very disappointed in the burgers from Rastelli, I went ahead and ordered these pork chops today. I love pork chops and I can get incredibly good ones here, $5.00/chop for something a lot of people love, is pretty good.

I went on auto delivery, but know I can cancel if I don't like them.
Thanks for your suggesting these.

I sure hope you like them! They are actually a ribeye cut, so even more than a pork chop.

I always get scared when I recommend something and then either the quality goes down or others just don't like what I like. But I felt that these were so special. This is the first product I have tried from this company.

I agree about the price. For me, this is a whole meal. If I make a starch or a veg with it, it's two meals for me. For less than $5, I consider that a deal especially for the lovely quality.