Shadowing Practice: Gordon Ramsay's ULTIMATE COOKERY COURSE: How to Cook the Perfect Steak - Learn English Speaking with YouTube

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Right, the guide to cooking a perfect steak.
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Hot pan.
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The secret here is to make sure that we literally sear the steak and not boil it.
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Season it first.
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Beautifully done.
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Get some nice, large grains of pepper so you've got a nice bit of heat.
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Mop up all that seasoning and sort of push in.
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The four most important parts to make sure you take them out of the fridge 20 minutes before you actually start cooking them.
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Cooking a steak that's stone cold in the center, you're going to have to overcook it on the outside.
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smoking.
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Touch of oil in, roll that round and then just lay the steaks away, always away from you and let the pan do the work.
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That's the kind of noise you want to hear in the pan every time, that nice sear.
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Again, pair of tongs, turn it over very carefully, literally 30 seconds of the pan you can see the colour.
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Beautiful.
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That layer of fat on the back of the sirloin, you want to render that down as well, that's it there.
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So, hit that into the pan.
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Use the pan to your advantage.
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Tilt the pan, let all that hot fat, olive oil run down the back and it starts to sear the steak even better.
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Put a little bit of garlic in, nice little flavour of the steaks.
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It doesn't need to be peeled, just lightly crush them in.
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That gives a really nice flavour to the steak, turning every minute to get that nice even colour and if you're turning your steaks every minute it starts to cook evenly.
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A little bit of thyme, really nice to get that nice fragrant of thyme.
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Touch more.
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I quite like my steaks rare so rare is here opposite the palm at the top.
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Medium is there and well done is at the top of your wrist.
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Now I'm going to start off with my butter.
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Little knobs of butter.
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This is where the steak starts to take on a completely different flavour.
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Tilt the pan, then just baste the steaks.
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That fried thyme, that garlic.
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Nothing's burning.
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That's why we start off with olive oil.
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Get the garlic and sort of brush the garlic over.
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Off with the gas.
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Take them out, beautiful.
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Let them rest and off.
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And then from there, slice rare going on to medium rare.
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Mmm, delicious.

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You're practicing English with "Gordon Ramsay's ULTIMATE COOKERY COURSE: How to Cook the Perfect Steak" using the Shadowing technique — a method originally developed for professional interpreter training.

Focus on sounding like the speaker — not just repeating words. With 15–30 minutes of daily practice, you'll build real-world speaking confidence.

What is the Shadowing Technique?

Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.

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