How to Cook Steak: An oven baked steak recipe that is melt in your mouth goodness, that’s easy to make and only takes a few minutes!
Cooking a steak in the oven with butter, salt and pepper makes this one of the easiest and BEST steak recipes EVER! Then, after this recipe, if you love a good southern, fried recipe, you’ll want to try this country-fried steak recipe, too!
The BEST Way to Cook Steak in the Oven
If you’ve ever had a steak, cooking it on the grill can be delicious. (We feel the same way about pork steak recipes.) However, the best way for cooking a steak is by searing it on the stovetop and then baking it in the oven!
Here’s the recipe that you’ll never stray from once you make it!
More Easy Steak Recipes:
If you love cooking steaks or feel intimidated by it, then you’re going to love the other steak recipes here on the blog because they’re super easy and super flavorful!
The BEST Steak Bites are a huge family favorite, and these BBQ Pork Steaks in the Slow Cooker are so easy for a dump-and-go recipe!
Now if you have venison steak in the freezer, don’t miss this Deer Steak on the Stovetop and this Grilled Deer Steak Recipe.
👩🏻🍳 How to Cook Steak in the Oven
It’s no secret that I’m a major fan of cast iron. For goodness sake, I even styled a cast iron party for friends a few years ago!
So although a cast-iron is NOT required to make this recipe, I can’t stress enough how much I love using it to make these.
🧾 Ingredients and Types of Steak
You can jump to the recipe card below for all of the ingredients and instructions all in one place.
For this oven steak recipe, I used two thick-cut ribeye steaks. (Almost an inch thick, although you don’t HAVE to have steaks this same thickness.) You don’t have to use ribeye for this steak recipe though.
Feel free to use sirloin, NY strips, t-bone, porterhouse, any cut you like!
Then, for sides to serve with steaks, we have super easy side dish recipes for steak that pair perfectly!
Seasonings for Steak:
When I say “salt and pepper,” in any of my recipes, you can go ahead and count on that I mean kosher salt and this cracked peppercorn medley.
It is the most DELICIOUS combo of seasonings on a steak.
(Now don’t get me wrong. I love a good garlic pepper, lemon pepper, or any other seasoning for that matter… but it’s hard to beat a steak covered in kosher salt and peppercorn. Combine that with browned butter, and it’s game over with my taste buds. It’s the BEST.)
You can salt and pepper your steaks, according to your taste. For these two, I used a total of about a tablespoon of kosher salt and a teaspoon of peppercorn to season both.
Sear the Steaks
Once the butter has browned, you’ll add the steaks to the hot skillet to sear on each side for just a minute, and then it will go in to the oven. (Make sure to scroll to the bottom of this post to see the full recipe card with step-by-step instructions!)
⏱ How Long to Cook Steak in Oven
The steak will only need 3 minutes in the oven after searing, and it will come out sizzling and smelling like you’re in a delicious steakhouse! If using your cast iron, go ahead and slip the whole pan in the oven.
Just soak in that sizzle sound and heavenly smell during this process, would ya?
✅ Baked Steak
Within minutes, you have a baked steak that’s ready to devour, and if this is your first time cooking a steak… congratulations!!! Wasn’t that easy!?
🥩 Popular Steak Questions:
The secret is to keep it simple, use butter, simple spices, sear and broil it in the oven for a few minutes! It turns out to be the perfect steak every time!
Browned butter adds more flavor than you think it would. The combination of browned butter with kosher salt and peppercorn medley creates a steakhouse flavor that does NOT require steak sauce!
Both! You wouldn’t think it would make that big of a difference, but it really does. The pan-searing on the stove gives the browned flavor you love and the really hot oven helps cook the steak through!
🥔 Steak Dinner Ideas
No steak is complete without amazing side dishes to go with it, right? When cooking a steak, a good way to “round out” the dinner is to serve a vegetable and a potato with it Occasionally, you’ll even see steak served with something like this cream cheese pasta, at a fancy steakhouse.
🥗 Sides for Steak
Now, of course, there are many options for steak sides, but there is an absolute favorite…This side salad for steak is the best. (Seriously, it has almost 500 reviews).
We love having roasted garlic broccoli and this easy yeast rolls for beginners to complete this dinner but there are a lot of easy side dish recipes to choose from!
🌟 More Easy Beef Dinner Recipes!
If you have a freezer full of beef or need quick and easy dinner ideas, you’ll also love these cheeseburger sliders. They’re a family favorite, and super easy to make in the oven!
Or, if you love slow cooker recipes, these slow cooker cube steaks are so easy to make and are so delicious!
📖 Recipe
The BEST! How to Cook Steak in the Oven + Pan
Ingredients
- 2 Ribeye Steaks
- 2 Tablespoons Salted Butter
- Kosher Salt to taste
- Cracked Peppercorn Medley to taste
Instructions
- For a "Medium" Steak – Preheat oven to 475 degrees before you even start to season your steaks.
- Coat your steaks with salt and pepper, on both sides.
- Over medium to high heat, melt the butter in an oven proof skillet
- When the butter is melted and has turned a golden brown, place the steaks into the skillet. Let them sear for about 1 minute (less if you prefer more of a rarer steak, and if thinner than 1-in. thickness.)
- Flip and let sear on other side for the same amount of time.
- Place skillet in the oven for about 3 minutes and then serve immediately or steak will continue to cook.
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Notes
Nutrition
Nutritional information is based on third-party calculations and should be considered estimates. Actual nutritional content will vary with brands used, measuring methods, portion sizes and more.
Diana says
Sounds delicious. Does it make the smoke alarm go off?
Jessica says
Hi Diana! It never does for us and I haven’t heard that from any others (or at least that I can remember). I hope that helps!
Kev says
Doesn’t even mention at what temperate to put the steaks in the oven at- this is a recipe? lol
Jessica says
Hi Kev… the oven temperature is listed in step 1??? And yes, I call it a recipe. 🙂 Thanks for coming by. Hope you get to try the steak recipe sometime.
Chenée says
This steak recipe is just perfect! It’s the only way I’ll make it now.
Jessica says
That’s wonderful to hear! Thank you so much for sharing that you liked cooking steak this way too!
Hayley Dhanecha says
I shared this post with my friend who struggles to make her steak. She loved it as this post helped her a lot.
Loreto and Nicoletta says
This is brilliant!😋😍 For those of us who live in harsh winter conditions grilling is not an option. Your steak has color, moist and juiciness, and I can just smell it coming out of the oven!😋Thanks so much for sharing this, gotta go and do a ribeye, so hungry!😁🥰😋
Ramona says
I had some steak that I needed to use up and this was a perfect way that I can do that!
Brianna says
The steak came out perfect with this method! This recipe is definitely a keeper.
Jessica says
Woo hoo!! I’m glad to hear you liked cooking steak this way too! Thank you so much for sharing!
Beth says
I rarely prepare steak because they haven’t come out the way I wanted. If I’d only known about finishing them in the oven!
Jessica says
I completely understand that Beth! Thank you so much for coming by and dropping a note!
Alex says
I just bought some steak and wasn’t sure what I was going to do with it! Now I know. 🙂
Erin says
I always mess up steak! I should really try your recipe and see if I can manage to not overcook it. 😀 So basic but I’ve never mastered it!
Bill says
I have the ability to ruin the best steak money can buy! First time I tried this method. The results were incredible! Delicious, tender steak!
Jessica says
Woo Hoo!! Bill, that’s amazing and I’m so glad to hear that you liked this steak too!
Heidy says
This was an excellent oven tutorial for steak. My son decided to make us dinner, and he used this as a guide. Great tips! The steaks turned out great. Now he’s going to make dinner for his grandparents one night to impress them.
Jessica says
Oh what a great idea!! I love making steak like this for family!! They always seem to love it. Thank you for sharing!
Sharon says
This is a great tutorial for how to cook steak in the oven, perfect for when it isn’t grilling weather.
Jessica says
I totally agree! You know what… we honestly prefer this over grilling now! Isn’t that wild!?
Betsy says
This is something I’ve definitely struggled with in the past. And my steaks have never turned out well before… so we rarely eat them! The tips & tricks here are absolutely perfect and help the steaks turn out tender and so full of flavor!
Jessica says
I can relate!! I didn’t make steaks for years because I was so unsure of how to cook them the right way! Now… I always do this!
Erin E says
Hi Betsy, Hello Jessica! Betsy, this has been the most relatable recipe review! I have struggled with steaks that end up um….not in our stomachs. Thanks Jessica for posting this recipe, I will let y’all know how it goes!!!
Jessica says
I’m so glad, Erin!! Thank you so much for taking the time to leave a note. I hope you love it!
Taylor says
We used to only grill our steaks until we tried this easy oven method! I think I’m converted now. It was so easy and the steaks came out perfectly tender and juicy.
Jessica says
That’s excellent! I’m so glad you liked cooking the steak in the oven! Thank you for sharing!
Toni says
This is so perfect!! Really the best way to cook steak! Thank you!
Jessica says
I totally agree with that Toni! Thank you so much for leaving a review!
Chandice says
Oh my goodness this was so helpful! I didn’t have my guy here to help me with the grill so seeing your easy step by step instructions and following them was a dream! Perfectly cooked steak with a nice sear on the outside. Thank you!
Celeste E Peters says
How would you change this recipe for venison steaks? Thanks.
Jessica says
Hi Celeste! For venison, I’d follow this deer steak recipe of ours, instead!
Kara says
I’ve tried a similar method, but not with the browned butter. It adds so much flavor! Easy and so yummy!
Jessica says
Oh I’m so glad to hear you liked the browned butter method! It can make such a difference!
tessa says
this makes cooking steak so much easier! thank you for sharing this recipe!
Jessica says
Aww, you’re so welcome! I’m so glad that you liked this easy steak recipe too!