skirt steak w/basil sauce

Submitted by chia2160

"I adapted this recipe from gourmet magazine. The original calls for cilantro, so feel free to use that instead. I am not a big meat eater, but i do love skirt steak!"

 

• Ready In: 25mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• sauce

• 2 cloves garlic, chopped
• 1 cup basil
• 1⁄4 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• 1 pinch cayenne
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 pinch pepper

• steak

• 2 lbs skirt steaks, cut into 4 pieces
• 1 teaspoon cumin
• salt and pepper
• cooking spray

directions

1. make a paste of garlic and salt transfer to a blender and add olive oil, lemon juice, basil, cayenne and pepper, blend until smooth, set aside.
2. mix cumin, salt and pepper and rub into both sides of skirt steak.
3. spray a grill pan with cooking spray.
4. add steaks, in 2 batches, and cook 2-5 minutes per side for medium rare.
5. slice steaks thinly across the grain, serve with sauce.

Reviews

[Missysioux]

Very good! I used basil and the only change I made was i/s/o cumin, salt and pepper on the steak - I used garlic powder, salt and white pepper. Thanks!

 

[JustJanS]

It's not very often we can get skirt steak, so i wanted a special recipe for it. This was special. Like Hey Jude, we used the cilantro (that's what we had) and it made a delicious sauce, which also made a delicious dressing for our salad and was pretty tasty with our potato wedges dipped in it too.

 

[Hey Jude]

This is SO good. I followed the directions exactly but used cilantro in place of the basil, per chia's mention of it (and I had a huge bunch of cilantro to use up). Also, I cooked on my outside grill, rather than inside. Supposed to serve 6? My husband and I pigged out on it and were left with an 8 inch strip of skirt steak, which I'll use in a salad. Thanks chia, this easy, delicious recipe is going into our favorite file!