Grilled Marinated Flank Steak

Grilled Marinated Flank Steak

from Simply Recipes

Marinade Ingredients

1/3 cup olive oil

2 cloves garlic, minced

2 tablespoons red wine vinegar

1/3 cup soy sauce

1/4 cup honey

1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

Other Ingredients

2 pounds flank steak

Kosher salt

Freshly ground black pepper

1  Score the surface of the steak with 1/4 inch deep knife cuts, about an inch apart, across the grain of the meat. Combine the marinade ingredients. Place steak and marinade ingredients in a large freezer bag. Coat the steak well with the marinade. Seal the bag and place in a bowl. Chill and marinate for at least 2 hours and up to overnight.

2  Using olive oil soaked onto a paper towel, coat the grill rack of your grill with olive oil. Preheat the grill with high, direct heat. The grill is hot enough when you hold your hand about an inch over it and you can only hold it there for about a second.

3  Take the steak out of the marinade bag and sprinkle generously on all sides with coarse salt and freshly ground pepper. The salt and pepper will help form a savory crust on the steak. Place steak on the hot grill. If you are using a gas grill, cover the grill. Grill for 4-6 minutes on each side. Half way through grilling on each side, turn the steak 90° so that you get more grill marks.

4  How do you know if the steak is done? The best way to tell is to poke it with your finger tips. While the steak is still raw, test it with your fingers; it will be quite squishy. That's what a very rare steak feels like. As the steak cooks the muscles contract and firm up. Touch the tip of your nose and that's what a very well done steak feels like. Here's a visual guide, the finger test to check the doneness of steak.

5  Flank steak is best eaten medium rare; well done will make it too tough. When the steak has cooked to your preferred level of doneness, remove from the grill and place on a cutting board. Cover with aluminum foil to hold in the heat and to keep the steak from drying out, and let rest for 10 minutes.

Make very thin slices, against the grain, and at a slight diagonal so that the slices are wide.

If you want, you can take the excess marinade and bring it to a boil, simmer for several minutes, and serve with the flank steak. Great also with salsa or horseradish sauce.

Serves 6.

{cooks note}

I made this for Cody on Father's Day and it was a huge success.  The meat was tender and juicy and grilled to perfection (thanks to Cody).  I marinated the steak overnight to let all of the marinade soak into the meat.  I boiled the excess marinade and then simmered it for a few minutes.  The added juices to the meat and potatoes was a welcomed addition.  I served the meat with garlic red mashed potatoes, fresh fruit bowls and green beans with bacon and cheese (recipes coming soon).  

Smokey Bleu Cheese Burger

Whenever we have gone to Red Robin lately, my husband has been getting their Bleu Ribbon Burger.  It is SO good, so I wanted to try and recreate it at home.  Warning:  if you do not like bleu cheese, you will not like this at all.  I had no hamburger buns, so I used this recipe and it worked great.  I wouldn't ever use the recipe for rolls, though.  I think I will be making homemade buns from now on. There is nothing tricky to this recipe, except you need to have a good quality bleu cheese.  I bought a Smokey Bleu Cheese from Costco.  I have no idea what brand it was, but it was with all of the specialty cheeses and it was still in a triangle.  I highly recommend something smokey for these burgers.

I used a biscuit cutter to cut my dough out.  Very easy and helpful when wanting to get perfect circles. 

Roll the dough out so it is fairly thick.  I would say mine was about 1/2"-1" thick.  Stack two round pieces of dough on top of each other and roll until you get your desired size.  Mine was about 3 1/2" in diameter.

Place on parchment lined baking sheet and let rise for about 45 minutes.

When they are done cooking, brush with butter and let cool. 

Now on to the burger.

I had no regular lettuce, so I used a spring mix I had with spinach.  It turned out really well.  I layered our burgers with the spring mix, sliced tomato, smokey bleu cheese, hamburger with A1 sauce cooked into it, barbecue sauce and the homemade bun.

Bon Appetit!

Smokey Bleu Cheese Burger

1 1/2-2 pounds hamburger meat

Smokey Bleu Cheese

Tomatoes

Lettuce

Barbecue sauce

Hamburger buns, sliced in half

A1 sauce

Other hamburger toppings of your choice

There really is no recipe for this.  I did nothing special to my meat.  I shaped it and put a little fresh ground pepper and Lawry's Seasoning Salt on both sides.  Grill the meat and add A1 Steak Sauce to it as you are grilling.  When finished grilling, assemble the hamburgers.