Skirt Steak
Alton Brown's (Good Eats guy) interesting way to cook steaks on charcoal! I use the meat for fajitas. Special equipment: blow dryer
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INGREDIENTS
Nutrition- 1⁄2cup olive oil
- 1⁄3cup soy sauce
- 4
- 2cloves garlic
- 1⁄4cup lime juice
- 1⁄2teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 1⁄2teaspoon ground cumin
- 3
- 2lbs inside skirt steaks, cut into 3 equal pieces
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DIRECTIONS
- Heat charcoal, preferably natural chunk, until grey ash appears.
- In a blender, put in oil, soy sauce, scallions, garlic, lime juice, red pepper, cumin, and sugar and puree.
- In a large heavy duty, zip top bag, put pieces of skirt steak and pour in marinade.
- Seal bag, removing as much air as possible.
- Allow steak to marinate for 1 hour in refrigerator.
- Remove steak from bag and pat dry with paper towels.
- Using a blow dryer, blow charcoal clean of ash.
- Once clean of ash lay steaks directly onto hot coals for 1 minute per side.
- When finished cooking, place meat in double thickness of aluminum foil, wrap, and allow to sit for 15 minutes.
- Remove meat from foil, reserving foil and juices.
- Slice thinly across the grain of the meat.
- Return to foil pouch and toss with juice.
- Serve with grilled peppers and onions, if desired.
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