The Best and tasty Flank Steak Recipe

There’s nothing fairly like an ideal grilled steak and so I’m sharing my secrets and techniques on Grilled Flank Steak and my favourite balsamic marinade. 

We went over to one in every of our associates’ dwelling the opposite night time for dinner. We introduced the meat and salad and so they provided facet and dessert (oh my gosh it was probably the most scrumptious strawberry shortcake. A real favourite of mine!)

I bought this recipe from a woman I went to Elementary and Junior Excessive Faculty with. Quick ahead 5,000 years, we turned associates on fb and the remaining is historical past! 

Anyway, that is arms down our new favourite option to cook dinner flank steak. If there’s one meat recipe you attempt from me this weekend, make it this one. You’ll like it ceaselessly.

What’s Flank Steak?

Flank steak is a considerably powerful however lean reduce of beef that’s lengthy and flat. It’s nonetheless fairly flavorful but it surely principally advantages from a marinade that tenderizes the meat.

Ready this manner, marinated, cooked shortly at excessive warmth, and thinly sliced, flank steak virtually melts in your mouth.

What’s within the Marinade?

At first look, this flank steak recipe may appear to be a variety of components, however you’ll possible have most of them in your pantry or fridge already. Right here is every thing you will want…

• Soy Sauce– This provides a variety of taste and a contact of salt to stability out the sweetness within the marinade.
• Oil– Vegetable is what we use, however you possibly can use olive oil.
• Darkish Brown Sugar– Darkish brown sugar provides a contact of candy and balances the salty of the soy sauce, however we want darkish brown sugar so as to add just a little extra depth of taste.
• Worcestershire Sauce– Umami is the flavour you overlook about. Sure, there’s candy, salty, bitter, bitter however do you know umami is that earthy goodness? Worcestershire enhances that in a beef marinade.
• Dijon Mustard– A powerful however not bitter mustard that helps to boost taste.
• Garlic– Garlic breaks up the muddled flavors in a beef dish, including a sew of a chunk.
• Chives- A extra delicate onion taste that additionally provides just a little freshness.
• Pepper- Whereas we don’t want so as to add salt because of the soy sauce we do want just a little warmth from the pepper.
• Balsamic Vinegar- Acid is among the key elements in cooking as you’ll learn in our cookbook, Raised in the Kitchen. It cuts via the flavors, tenderizes the meat and provides a candy however tangy taste.

What to Use if You Can’t Discover Flank Steak

A fantastic substitution for flank steak is a skirt steak or flat iron steak. We loooove skirt steak!!

What’s One other Title for Flank Steak?

Some butchers promote flank steak beneath the identify “London Broil,” whereas others use that time period for cuts from the spherical.

The best way to Hold Flank Steak Tender

Flank steak has a variety of muscle fibers working via it, and it’s a pretty lean reduce of meat. It has an intense beefy taste, however it may be just a little powerful.

• It must be thinly sliced and reduce towards the grain. Search for which method the strains are working via the meat and reduce the other way. It will give it most tenderness.
• Marinades can even assist it to be tender. 
• Let it relaxation! As soon as it has cooked, take away it from the grill and set it apart to relaxation for about 5 minutes. This enables juices to redistribute and the meat can be extra flavorful and tender. 

How Ought to Flank Steak be Cooked

• Grilling is the easiest way to cook dinner flank steak, because it caramelizes the flavour on the surface, including a pleasant sear however you possibly can nonetheless management the inside temperature.
• To maintain your flank steak grill time to a minimal. Begin with a excessive warmth to sear either side then flip it right down to medium and solely cook dinner for about 9-12 minutes whole.
• As a result of it is a lean reduce, it’s best cooked uncommon, medium-rare, or medium. I’d by no means cook dinner a flank steak to properly completed. 
• Moreover, you may also pan-sear it in a skillet or broil it in your oven, however you’ll lack taste.

What to Eat with Flank Steak

We prefer to eat flank steak as the principle dish with a facet of mashed potatoes or roasted fingerlings. A facet salad or any vegetable additionally makes an excellent facet dish like grilled corn on the cob or roasted garlic veggies.

This steak can be used to make an excellent steak salad or sliced skinny and served in flank steak tacos.

This balsamic flank steak marinade is daring in taste and makes probably the most tender, juicy steak! It’s a staple in our summer season grilling rotation! 

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