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Grilled Skirt or Flank Steak

It has been a crazy week and I haven’t made anything new to share so I thought I would bring back an oldie but a goody.  I have made this several times and it is always a crowd pleaser.  I hope if you haven’t made this recipe yet, it’s time – maybe for the fourth of July bbq?

If you haven’t ever purchase or tried a skirt or flank steak I really think you ought to check them out. I know they look pretty funky and not very appealing to the eye being all rolled up. And they are not as wildly available in stores as all the other yummy looking steaks; but if you do come across one or both of them give them a chance. They are fairly inexpensive, burn up fast and seasoning them is pretty endless.

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Sometimes you can find them in a cryovac bag which is even better. I can’t tell you how many times I wish I had taken something out of the freezer for dinner. When I see any of them I tend to throw one or more in my cart they are great to have on hand and I like that I can get to it when I want versus having to cook up whatever I wasn’t able to get to and is going to spoil. Life happens and plans change all the time in my crazy world.

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There are a few tricks to these types of meat though. They are pretty fibrous and they really need to be seasoned well and they are best served medium rare and thin sliced. You also need to let them rest, but every meat is better if you give them time to rest to let the juice stay inside the meat instead of all over your cutting board. Once they have rested; slice them thin at an angle and against the grain for a tender bite. If you slice with the grain you will definitely know it as your jaw will be getting an incredible work out; and I fear you will never buy another one.

Dry Rub – enough for 2 or more Steaks

½ cup sweet Paprika
4 tsp garlic powder
1 tbsp kosher salt
2 ½ tsp onion powder
2 tsp chili powder
¼ – ½ cup peanut oil
2 lb Skirt Steak
Kosher salt
Fresh cracked black pepper
1-2 limes

Preheat grill to 450-500’ – cook meat about 2-3 minutes per side

Whisk the first 5 ingredients together; rub steak with peanut oil, sprinkle steak with salt and pepper and 4+/- tsp of rub on both sides; place on hot grill turning once. Remove from heat; squeeze fresh lime over meat, let rest for 3-5 minutes. Slice meat diagonally against the grain.

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Marinade – enough for 1 Steak

1½ cup soy sauce
1/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup rice wine vinegar
1/3 cup chopped onion
¼ cup chopped scallions
½ cup peeled chopped pear
1½ tbs sesame oil
1½ tbs grated orange zest
2 ½ tbs chopped fresh ginger
8-10 cloves garlic
2 lb Flank Steak

Place first 10 ingredients in a blender. Blend into a smooth sauce. Pour the sauce into a heavy duty Ziploc bag; add steak and marinate for up to 24 hours in the fridge.

Preheat grill 450-500’ brush grill with oil; place steak on hot grill 2-3 minutes per side turning once. Remove steak to a platter, cover with foil and let rest 3-5 minutes before serving. Slice meat diagonally against the grain.

Grilled Skirt & Flank Steak

If you haven’t ever purchase or tried a skirt or flank steak I really think you ought to check them out. I know they look pretty funky and not very appealing to the eye being all rolled up. And they are not as wildly available in stores as all the other yummy looking steaks; but if you do come across one or both of them give them a chance. They are fairly inexpensive, burn up fast and seasoning them is pretty endless.

tomato soup 027

Sometimes you can find them in a cryovac bag which is even better. I can’t tell you how many times I wish I had taken something out of the freezer for dinner. When I see any of them I tend to throw one or more in my cart they are great to have on hand and I like that I can get to it when I want versus having to cook up whatever I wasn’t able to get to and is going to spoil. Life happens and plans change all the time in my crazy world.

If you do have time to plan a dinner ahead it is a perfect time to make a marinade so it can soak up all the yumminess and then you can burn it up the next night. If you decide last minute to make it tonight it is very easy to throw together a quick dry rub and burn it up now. Either way I don’t think you will be disappointed. Serve with a side salad or your one or more of favorite sides.

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There are a few tricks to these types of meat though. They are pretty fibrous and they really need to be seasoned well and they are best served medium rare and thin sliced. You also need to let them rest, but every meat is better if you give them time to rest to let the juice stay inside the meat instead of all over your cutting board. Once they have rested; slice them thin at an angle and against the grain for a tender bite. If you slice with the grain you will definitely know it as your jaw will be getting an incredible work out; and I fear you will never buy another one.

Dry Rub – enough for 2 or more Steaks

½ cup sweet Paprika

4 tsp garlic powder

1 tbsp kosher salt

2 ½ tsp onion powder

2 tsp chili powder

¼ – ½ cup peanut oil

2 lb Skirt Steak

Kosher salt

Fresh cracked black pepper

1-2 limes

Preheat grill to 450-500’ – cook meat about 2-3 minutes per side

Whisk the first 5 ingredients together; rub steak with peanut oil, sprinkle steak with salt and pepper and 4+/- tsp of rub on both sides; place on hot grill turning once. Remove from heat; squeeze fresh lime over meat, let rest for 3-5 minutes. Slice meat diagonally against the grain.

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Marinade – enough for 1 Steak

1½ cup soy sauce

1/3 cup sugar

1/3 cup rice wine vinegar

1/3 cup chopped onion

¼ cup chopped scallions

½ cup peeled chopped pear

1½ tbs sesame oil

1½ tbs grated orange zest

2 ½ tbs chopped fresh ginger

8-10 cloves garlic

2 lb Flank Steak

Place first 10 ingredients in a blender. Blend into a smooth sauce. Pour the sauce into a heavy duty Ziploc bag; add steak and marinate for up to 24 hours in the fridge.

Preheat grill 450-500’ brush grill with oil; place steak on hot grill 2-3 minutes per side turning once. Remove steak to a platter, cover with foil and let rest 3-5 minutes before serving. Slice meat diagonally against the grain.

Shredded Hash Brown Cups

I have never been a huge fan of the traditional quiche. They never tasted as good as they looked to me for the work you had put into them. Strata’s are just so much easier, no crust needed! However I found a recipe for a quiche with the crust being shredded hash browns; it piqued my interest. I bought the ingredients a few weeks ago and never got around making it. Having an extra-long weekend and the weather at the beginning being pretty sucky I had time to play a little. The quiche was pretty successful. My guys and I had a few critiques that we think would make it better. This happens more often than not, they are very opinionated.

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This morning sitting at the island drinking my tea with my husband and his coffee; I asked what would he like for breakfast. He said something with egg in it. Big help he is! I had some leftover hash browns to use up and have always wanted to make hash brown egg cups. I saw them on the cover of a magazine a few months ago. So I looked up the basics from the magazine and got out what I hand on hand and what was close enough to get by with. They used prosciutto which I did not have; I had bacon and ham on hand. I usually try to make a dish the way I find it and then change it to our taste but sometimes I have to use what I have on hand; actually that happens more often than not They were delicious we liked the ham better than the bacon.  Before we ate my husband asks me if I took a picture of them. After we ate he asked if I was going to blog about them, I was thinking about it, he said you totally should.

A good friend of ours went to the Azores a month or so ago and brought me back some sweet paprika that he enjoyed while there. This was my first opportunity to try some, it was excellent.

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While my guys had definite opinions for the quiche the egg cups were a huge hit. The only comment was when can you make these again?

When cooking I really don’t measure anything, so I will give you my best guesstimates for the cups. As you can tell I didn’t have enough hash browns to fill all of the cups.  Use what you have on hand!

Frozen shredded hash browns–thawed and squeezed of all their water use enough to fill 12 cup muffin tin about 1/2 full. (this part is very important if you want them to release from the tin)

1 tsp kosher salt

½ tsp black pepper

1 tsp fresh rosemary chopped

½ tsp sweet paprika

mix all the above in  bowl to combine, you want to make sure the potatoes are seasoned

Bacon Prosciutto or ham or any combination works

(12 cups is 6 slices of bacon)

12 room temperature eggs (take out of the fridge at the start and that should be fine)

Chives for garnish

Spray your tin well. Add hash brown mixture, the bottom matters more than the sides, but you want an indent so the meat and egg fit in. Spray the hash browns and bake at 375’ for about 30 minutes. take out of the oven and place the meat you are using in the center. If bacon slice in half and then half again; crisscross them. They can hang over a little. Crack an egg in a small bowl and then carefully transfer them to the each tin. Bake for 10-15 minutes, I watched them because I wanted the whites cooked but the yolk runny. There is a fine line so cook to how you like your eggs. Scrape around the edges to release.

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