♨️ What Makes This Recipe So Good
I love a really good grilled steak or sous vide steak, but when I want a perfectly juicy steak with basically zero effort? It’s straight to the air fryer for me. Honestly, the air fryer makes one of the best steaks I’ve ever eaten, believe it or not. Super juicy, beautifully tender, and gorgeously medium-rare in basically 15 minutes? I was blown away the first time I tried it. The air fryer method works for any type of steak! I used sirloin for this recipe, but you can use whichever cut is your favorite. The simple homemade herb butter is a multi-purpose favorite in my house, and it compliments these delicious steaks so well. I like to make up a large stick of compound butter every couple of weeks so I’ve got it on hand for whatever I might end up cooking – steak, chicken, veggies, it works for everything!
Chef’s Tips
I also recommend preheating your air fryer – it just ensures the accuracy of the timing and helps everything cook evenly. Here, the preheated air fryer starts cooking the steaks as soon as you put them in the hot air fryer basket. That simple little move helps create a beautifully crisp crust on the outside of the steaks. Absolutely worth it. Don’t rely on your eyes or your intuition or even the clock to know when your air fryer steaks are perfectly cooked. I mean, you could. But if you really want accurate results, use an internal meat thermometer. All air fryers behave differently, so my steaks that cooked to medium-rare in 7 minutes might need 9 or 10 minutes in your air fryer. Steaks vary in size and thickness, too, which will also affect the cook times. A meat thermometer negates all of those little variables and lets you know exactly what’s going on inside your food. Let the steaks rest after they come out of the air fryer. It’s a simple step that makes a big difference. For one thing, the residual heat keeps cooking the steaks as they rest, bringing them up to your preferred level of “done” inside. Not only that, but letting them rest locks in all the juices, allowing those juices to redistribute throughout the steaks as the muscles in the steaks relax. The result? Much juicier, more-tender meat than if you served it immediately.
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