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meat firm from 30-45 min in the freezer

ribeye against the grain into sheets as thin as you can manage — a chilled, firm block is the only way to get there with a home knife. Thickness is the whole recipe: at 1-2 mm the slices cook through before the muscle fibers have time to contract and go chewy, and the fat in the ribeye renders into the pan rather than staying in bland ribbons