Easy Mario Batali Steak Marinade!

First, it has been awhile since I posted...my apologies...sickness has descended into this house...my nose can stop running any time now...

While I wait for that, I have a few recipes to post...this one was inspired by a recipe I watched on "The Chew" (by the way, I LOVE that show! I pick up so many great tips!)

Last week, Mario Batali was cooking with Katie Couric and they were very excited about the peach cucumber salad, but I zeroed in on the very easy marinade. Especially since I had a steak in the refrigerator that needed some sort of "dressing"....it ended up being super easy and VERY tasty! I love the sugar base, but with a red pepper zip! Delicious!

His recipe used dry porcini mushrooms...I don't eat fungus, so feel free to add them if you enjoy the fungus! And, of course I adapted it a bit as well...so it is my own take on his recipe



"My Take" on the Dry-Rubbed Skirt Steak Recipe

Ingredients

2 tablespoons Sugar

5 Garlic cloves (minced) (feel free to add more!)

1 1/2 tablespoons Red Pepper Flakes

1/2 cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO)

1 1/2-pound Round Steak

Montreal Steak Seasoning (just a bit)...I love this seasoning on steaks!

Sea salt

**The steaks MUST marinade at least 12 hours or overnight!**

Steps

1. Mince the garlic. If you love garlic, feel free to use more. I wish I had!
2. Stir together the sugar, red pepper flakes, salt, and Montreal Steak seasoning.
3. Rub the dry ingredients into the steak. Followed by the garlic. Make sure you REALLY rub this seasoning into all of the parts of the steak. (I missed a few places and I swear I could tell when I tasted it)
4. Put the steak into a Ziploc bag and pour the EVOO over the steak. Toss the bag around a bit to ensure the whole steak is covered.
5. Refrigerate for at least 12 hours. My steak marinaded for a few days.

To cook, you can either cook it on the stove top or on the grill. We cooked ours on the grill and we enjoy medium rare. So, cook the meat to your taste.

We paired the steak with a baked potato and some fresh spinach. (We also enjoyed a Sam Adams Seasonal...Oktoberfest to wash it down)

**If you want to reference his recipe complete with the peach cucumber salad recipe, go here:
Mario Batali Recipe

Beef Marinade...mighty tasty!

I had 2 steaks that I needed to do something with...

So, to Pinterest I went...and typed beef marinade and I got this recipe: Plain Chicken Southwestern Skirt Steak (good site...when you get a chance)

The best part about it???

I had all of the ingredients in my kitchen....I didn't have to go to the dreaded grocery store!!!!

Ingredients:
1/2 cup olive oil
1/3 cup soy sauce
1/2 tsp onion powder
2 tsp minced garlic
1/4 cup lime juice
1/2 tsp red pepper flakes
1/2 tsp ground cumin
3 Tbsp brown sugar
2 pounds skirt steak (I did not have 2 lbs...but used the same amount of marinade)

Whisked all of the ingredients (minus the steak) in a bowl:

So, put all of that in a Ziploc bag, sealed it and put it back in the refrigerator. Then, I definitely forgot the beef was in there and didn't make it until today. So, it sat in the fridge for 3 days.

marinade and steak in a ziploc

And, we didn't eat dinner at home tonight, so I had to make it quickly....

I previously wanted to grill the steaks, but had no time...so I pulled out the grill pan for the stove top...coated the bottom with some PAM...turned it on high heat (dumb idea)...sliced the beef and put it in the pan..

The beef was only in the pan for (literally) a minute or so...and done! Back into the fridge for lunch tomorrow, but the few pieces I tried....they were delicious! So easy, and so flavorful!!!

Definitely recommend!