This Air Fryer Ribeye Steak recipe will leave you feeling like you just ate restaurant-quality steak in the comfort of your own home in just 25-minutes! The garlic rosemary butter melts right into the steak allowing for a little taste of heaven - salty, aromatic and just indulgent enough for it to feel like a special occasion, date night or easy steak night without firing up the grill dinner.
Add this recipe to your weeknight dinner line-up along with Asian Air Fryer Salmon!
Air frying is similar to using a convection oven on your counter top, and coming from a restaurant background where we frequently use convection ovens, it's nice to have a mini version on my countertop! It behaves more like a convection oven rather than a conventional oven because it has a fan that circulates the hot air around on the inside, and you can learn which air fryer is best depending on your needs.
A Quick Glance At The Recipe
- ✅Done in: 25 minutes
- 🛒Ingredients: 7, including salt and pepper.
- 🍽️Serves: 2 servings
- 💪Difficulty: Easy
- 👩🍳Cook Method: Air Fryer
- ⏰Make Ahead Friendly: No
Why You'll Love This Recipe
- Compound butter is easy and can be repurposed in many recipes. Roasted garlic butter works too!
- The cleanup is great. Any grease is contained within the air fryer instead of all over the stovetop and counter.
- Leftovers work great for second meals, like steak nachos!
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Recipe Ingredients
- Ribeye Steaks: I used rib eye steaks that were around 1 inch - 1 ¼ inches thick. For the best results use steaks that are the same size, otherwise cook time will vary. This is the same size I use when making ribeye steak sandwiches too!
- Flaky Sea Salt: I like big chunky flaky sea salt on my steak.
- Unsalted Butter: I use unsalted butter so I can control the salt level myself.
- Fresh Rosemary: Using fresh rosemary over dried rosemary brings so much flavor to this butter and steak.
See recipe card below for a full list of ingredients and measurements.
Substitutions & Variations
- Try Salsa Chimichurri in place of compound butter. Fresh herb sauce with a kick!
- Add blue cheese to the compound butter!
- Serve Air Fryer Ribeye Steak with glazed shallots or Boursin mashed potatoes.
- Use a T-bone or New York strip steak if you prefer.
- Kosher salt can be used in place of flaky sea salt if needed.
This recipe has not been tested with other substitutions or variations. If you replace or add any ingredients, please let us know how it turned out in the comments below!
How To Make Air Fryer Steak
Step 1: Use softened butter to create your compound butter.
Step 2: Generously season steaks on both sides.
Step 3: Add to preheated air fryer and cook to desired doneness.
Step 4: Allow to rest before adding compound butter on top and slicing.
Expert Cooking Tips
- Let your ribeye steaks sit out for 30-45 minutes ahead of cooking time. This will get the chill of them and bring the closer to room temperature for a better cooking experience.
- Check the internal temperature with a meat thermometer for desired doneness. See the guide below for temperatures and steak doneness.
- Place the ribeye steaks in a single layer in the air fryer basket. Do not crowd or stack. If they don't fit then cook them in batches.
- Use leftovers for a sandwich topped with truffle aioli from this Truffle Burger recipe!
Recipe FAQs
Use this temperature doneness guide to assist in cooking your steak to the perfect temperature.
Rare - 120°F; This is a cool red center
Medium Rare - 125°F-130°F; This gives you a cool pink center
Medium - 135°F-140°F; This is a warm pink center
Medium Well - 145°F-150°F; This gives you a warm center with very little pink left
Well Done - 160°F and above; This is a hot center with no pink
When checking the internal temperature of your ribeye steak, make sure to stick the probe into the thickest part of the steak in the middle. That will give the most accurate reading.
Fully cool then store it in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 5 days.
If you have leftover compound butter then you can put that in an airtight container and store for up to 2 weeks.
The best way to determine the temperature of your ribeye steak is to use a digital meat thermometer and place the probe in the center and thickest part of the steak. The temperature of your air fryer ribeye steak will go up an additional 5°F after you remove it from the air fryer and let it rest for 5 minutes before cutting to allow for carryover cooking and redistribution of juices. So you'll want to pull your steak out of the air fryer when it is 5 degrees under what you'd like to to be cooked to.
Length of cooking time varies based on the size of the ribeye steak and what your desired doneness temperature is. In this case, we're using a ribeye that is 1 ¼ inch thick while cooking at 400°F in the air fryer.
Preheat the air fryer for 5 minutes then allow steak to cook for 10-12 minutes for medium rare. Follow the following cook times to match desired doneness:
Rare: 8 minutes
Medium Rare: 10-12 minutes
Medium: 12-13: minutes
Medium Well: 14-16 minutes
Well Done: 16 minutes and over
Always use a thermometer and remember to pull your steak when it is 5°F under what you want it to be. Allow it to rest for 5 minutes to finish cooking.
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📖Recipe
Air Fryer Ribeye Steak
Equipment
- 1 tongs
Ingredients
Compound Butter
- 3 tablespoon unsalted butter room temperature
- 2 cloves garlic peeled and minced
- ½ teaspoon fresh rosemary fine chopped
- ½ tsp kosher salt
Ribeye Steaks
- 2 16oz boneless ribeye steaks steaks should be between 1"-1¼"
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 tsp flaky sea salt kosher salt works too
- 1 teaspoon black pepper coarse ground
Instructions
Making the Compound Butter
- Mix all compound butter ingredients together in a small bowl until fully incorporated. Set aside until needed
Making the Ribeye Steaks
- Remove the ribeye steaks from the fridge about 30 minutes prior to cooking to get the chill off
- Preheat the air fryer to 400°F for about 5 minutes
- Drizzle and rub the olive oil all over both steaks. Mix the salt and pepper together then season both sides of each steak and the sides of the steak
- Place the ribeye steaks in the air fryer basket in one single layer. DO NOT stack or overlap them. If there's not enough room then cook them in batches
- Cook the ribeye steaks for 11 minutes then use your thermometer to take the internal temperature. It should be between 125°F for medium rare. The temperature will rise an additional 5 degrees after coming out of the air fryer
- Remove the steaks from the air fryer and let them rest on a plate or cutting board for 5-10 minutes BEFORE cutting into them. This is important, don't skip the rest time
- Add a little compound butter to the top of each steak and serve
Tammy Cruse
This was so delicious and so easy! The butter put it over the top! I will definitely be sharing!
Jose Murillo
So easy and quick it seems to good to be true! The flavor is incredible and the butter on top is simply perfection. The recipe is such a keeper, I’m considering upgrading my air fryer to fit more portions!
admin
Thank you so much!! I'm so glad you loved it!
Robin
Delicious and easy!
Krista Stechman
Love to hear that!