Thai-style grilled flank steak
SKILL LEVEL :
Easy and quickEasy and delicious
Marinated in Thai seasonings of lime, fish sauce, brown sugar and chili peppers, this flank steak is mouth-wateringly flavorful and tender. For the best flavor and tenderness marinate at least 3 hours before grilling.
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A few tricks
Flank steak is a grainy, flavorful meat that is not naturally tender. There are five tricks to making tender flank steak:
- Physically tenderizing with a kitchen mallet
- Marinating in acid - think citrus, wine or vinegar
- Cook only to medium rare
- Rest 10 minutes before slicing
- Slicing across the grain and cutting down at a diagonal angle
See my article on Flank, skirt and hanger steak for more details.
PrintThai-style grilled flank steak
This Thai-style flank steak is simple, but wonderfully flavorful. Plan on 10 minutes to prepare, 3 or more hours to marinate, and 10 minutes to grill. You won’t be disappointed!
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Total Time: 20 minutes
- Yield: 6 -8 servings 1x
Ingredients
Scale
- 3 pounds flank steak
- Zest from 1 lime
- 1/3 cup lime juice
- 1/3 cup fish sauce
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 2” finger of ginger, peeled and minced
- 1 Thai chili or jalapeno pepper, sliced (optional)
- 2 T brown sugar
- 1 t red pepper flakes
- 2 green onions, thinly sliced
- 1/4 cup canola or sunflower oil
Instructions
- Tenderize steak by pounding it on both sides with a meat tenderizer. The steak will flatten out as you pound it.
- Mix the remaining ingredients together and put steak and marinade in a plastic bag or in a glass or stainless steel bowl. Marinate for at least 3 hours.
- Heat grill to medium high and grill 4-5 minutes on each side. Remove from grill and let rest 10 minutes before slicing. Slice thinly, across the grain and downwards at a diagonal angle.
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2 COMMENTS
This recipe was delicious! A light flavorful, alternative to flank steak marinade. My family loved it and left-overs were fabulous the next day!! Thanks Kim!
So glad you liked it Jamie. This steak makes a wonderful salad. Add lettuce, mangos and rice noodles, etc… You can double the marinade and reserve half for the dressing and half for the marinade.