I was recently given a Himalayan Salt Block as a birthday gift by one of my closest friends and his wife. They know that I love to get creative with my cooking and this seemed like a totally new and interesting way of cooking that they new I hadn’t tried.
So what is a Himalayan Salt Block? Well its a large, heavy pink block of salt that looks like this:
The concept behind the Salt Block is that you put it over a heat source and cook on the salt as if you were cooking on top of a pan or a grill. As you cook on the salt, trace minerals get absorbed by the food giving it a delicious and unique taste.
I know what some of you are thinking and the answer is no, the food does not come out over salted when you cook with this.
Instead of just a recipe, I’m going to also include the steps I took after reading up from various sources on how to properly cook with this device.
Meat Prep
All I did to the meat was season it with some black pepper. I really wanted to make sure i was able to taste the flavor that the Salt Block was giving the food.
Steps to Cook
- Heating the Salt Block – Make sure you heat the Salt Block Slowly. 15 – 20 Minutes on low, 15 – 20 Minutes on medium and 15-20 Minutes on High. If you Heat the Salt Block too quickly you run the risk of damaging it.
- The test to know if it’s its hot enough is to sprinkle some water salt block, if it quickly evaporates, you are good to go.
- I sprayed un a light amount of Olive Oil prior to putting the Steak on because the cut did not have a ton of fat on it. This step can be considered optional.
- Cook the steak for 3-5 minutes on each side. The time of course will vary depending on how you like your steak.
- Make sure you flip the steak with a metal spatula.
- When you are done cooking give the the block plenty of time to cool down before cleaning it. DO NOT use soap to clean the block. Instead, use a moist sponge and scrub of the particles and then wipe it down. It’s OK if it doesn’t look like it did out of the box, salt is a very poor breeding ground for bacteria so it is safe to use and re-use.
Final Thoughts
I really enjoyed cooking with the Salt Block. The meat came out delicious and it was a new and exotic way too cook delicious food. I will definitely be making follow up recipes on the Salt Block for future posts. One thing to note is that this is NOT something you use if you want to whip up a quick meal. Sure the actual cooking only took about six minutes to complete, but there was a solid hour of pre-heating the block so make sure you allot time for that.
If you want to pick up the Salt Block I used you can fine it on Amazon and it’s Prime. If you want to pick one up, here is a link to it on Amazon – http://amzn.to/2FRfL6I
If you pick one of these up, let me know what you thought of cooking with it.
Thanks for reading
