As you might already know, I’m constantly on the look out for testosterone-friendly recipes. And few days ago, I found one from The Midnight Baker website. A slow cooker beef steak recipe with some great T boosting ingredients.
This is a rather simple recipe, in which you’ll only need a pan and a crockpot. But keep in mind that as this is a slow cooker recipe, you’ll have to slow cook the shit out of the steaks for 6-8 hours, resulting in ultimate tenderness and jaw-droppingly awesome taste.
Here’s the recipe:
Ingredients for 3 Large Servings:
Preparation
1. Heat a pan over medium heat. Add in 1 tbs olive oil and the mushroom slices. Cook until the mushrooms start to brown. Remove from pan and put into the slow cooker.
2. Return the pan to medium heat and season the blade steaks with salt and pepper. Add 1 tbs of olive oil again and brown the steaks. Once browned, set them aside on a plate.
3. Once again, return the pan to medium heat, this time add: 2 tbs olive oil, sliced onions, and ground cayenne pepper. Cook and stir for a minute, then add the sorghum flour and dry sherry into the mix. Cook again for a minute, then pour the contents of the pan into the crockpot.
4. Add the blade steak slices on top of the mixture in crockpot, cover, and cook for 6-8 hours on low heat.
5. After 6-8 hours, remove the steaks into a serving plate and cover with foil so that they stay warm. Meanwhile add the heavy cream and chopped parsley into the liquid still in the slow cooker. Heat for another 10 minutes to make a sauce. Pour the sauce on top of the blade steaks, and serve with mashed potatoes.
6. Eat.
2. Return the pan to medium heat and season the blade steaks with salt and pepper. Add 1 tbs of olive oil again and brown the steaks. Once browned, set them aside on a plate.
3. Once again, return the pan to medium heat, this time add: 2 tbs olive oil, sliced onions, and ground cayenne pepper. Cook and stir for a minute, then add the sorghum flour and dry sherry into the mix. Cook again for a minute, then pour the contents of the pan into the crockpot.
4. Add the blade steak slices on top of the mixture in crockpot, cover, and cook for 6-8 hours on low heat.
5. After 6-8 hours, remove the steaks into a serving plate and cover with foil so that they stay warm. Meanwhile add the heavy cream and chopped parsley into the liquid still in the slow cooker. Heat for another 10 minutes to make a sauce. Pour the sauce on top of the blade steaks, and serve with mashed potatoes.
6. Eat.
Here's Why This Recipe is Pro-Testosterone
a) Beef steak is easily the best source of animal protein you would want to eat on a high testosterone diet (here’s why).
b) White button mushrooms are natural aromatase inhibitors, meaning that they inhibit the conversion from testosterone into estrogen (study, study, study).
c) Onions have been linked to increased testosterone production in multiple animal studies (study, study, study, study).
d) Cayenne pepper has a testosterone protecting effect in testicular leydig cells, that is, at least when you’re on a diet (study).
e) Sorghum has a potent DHT boosting effect, which was noted in this in-vitro study.
f) Olive oil is a great source of monounsaturated fatty acids, which are crucially important for healthy testosterone production (here’s why). Also, a study with young Moroccan men saw that 2 weeks of using olive oil as a main source of fat, increased testosterone levels by 20%.
g) Heavy cream is a great source for saturated fat, a.k.a, the most testosterone friendly type of dietary fat (study, study, study, study).
h) Parsley contains high amounts of a compound called apigening, which has been linked to significant increases in testosterone production, due to its stimulatory effect on testicular StAR protein (study).
b) White button mushrooms are natural aromatase inhibitors, meaning that they inhibit the conversion from testosterone into estrogen (study, study, study).
c) Onions have been linked to increased testosterone production in multiple animal studies (study, study, study, study).
d) Cayenne pepper has a testosterone protecting effect in testicular leydig cells, that is, at least when you’re on a diet (study).
e) Sorghum has a potent DHT boosting effect, which was noted in this in-vitro study.
f) Olive oil is a great source of monounsaturated fatty acids, which are crucially important for healthy testosterone production (here’s why). Also, a study with young Moroccan men saw that 2 weeks of using olive oil as a main source of fat, increased testosterone levels by 20%.
g) Heavy cream is a great source for saturated fat, a.k.a, the most testosterone friendly type of dietary fat (study, study, study, study).
h) Parsley contains high amounts of a compound called apigening, which has been linked to significant increases in testosterone production, due to its stimulatory effect on testicular StAR protein (study).
Picture and recipe courtesy of: The Midnight Baker
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