Pepper Steak - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 thin strip steak (about 4 oz.)
1 Tbsp. butter
1 tsp. coarsely-crushed peppercorns
salt

Preparation

Trim excess fat from steak and discard.
Press peppercorns into both sides of steak with heel of hand.
Melt butter in pan large enough to hold steak.
When butter is sizzling, brown steak on one side, turn and brown second side.
Reduce heat and finish cooking steak.
(To test, make a small slash with a sharp knife to see if steak is as done as you want it to be.)
Season with salt to taste.
Obviously, makes one serving.