Grilled Marinated Skirt Steak

Name: Grilled Marinated Skirt Steak
Yield: Serves 4 to 6
Cuisine: US & Canada, Europe, American, Spanish & Portuguese
Ingredients: 1/2 cup, soy sauce; 1/4 cup, Worcestershire sauce; 2 , scallions, sliced thin; 2 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons, sugar; 4 , garlic cloves, minced; 1 tablespoon, Dijon mustard; 2 teaspoons, balsamic vinegar; , Salt and pepper; 1/4 cup, vegetable oil; 2 (12-ounce), skirt steaks, cut crosswise into 4-inch pieces and trimmed

21 comments

Appears in Cook's Country June/July 2012

Its loose grain makes this cut a sponge for marinades. But a soaked steak steams instead of searing on the grill. Was it time to rethink the marinating process?

SERVES4 to 6

TIME1¼ hours

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

The loose grain of skirt steak makes it an ideal candidate for a flavorful marinade, but wet meat simply steams on the grill. To achieve a charred crust, we season our steak with salt, pepper, and sugar before searing and don’t marinate unt...

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