The trade off: a comparatively long cooking time.
I just needed something to bake gently, but faster.
Luckily, there is an appliance that does exactly thatthe air fryer.
Not only can you reverse sear with great success in your air fryer, but youll save time too.
The air fryer manages to do the same thing, but with convection forced air speeding up the process.
Its still gentle enough to do the trick but in about half the time.
Additionally, the air fryer is smaller, and arguably, more steak-sized.
Reverse searing also requires that you keep a pretty close eye on the temperature of the steak.
That means testing it with a thermometer somewhat often.
Personally, I found this much easier to do with an air fryer.
Air fryers are extremely effective and I didnt want to overcook the steak right off the bat.
Bake being the lowest fan speed moving up to air fry as the highest fan speed.
Much thinner than an inch thick and you might have trouble keeping the center pink.
Preheat your air fryer to 250F on the air fry setting.
This should only take a minute or two.
Put the steak onto the air fryers grate and let it cook for 10 minutes for a medium-rare steak.
My steak was 113F at this point, with the goal of 128F-ish after searing.
Air fryers differ from brand to brand and your steak will cook differently depending on its size.
A few minutes before the steak is done, heat a lightly oiled frying pan over medium heat.
You want the pan to be near smoking hot.
All told, the air fryer reverse searing method should only take about 15 minutes.
Decidedly an improvement from the regular ovens 30 minutes.
Happy reverse searing, yall.
