Good evening guys! Been out of town visiting relatives and all my recipes were at home. We got home tonight so here is the recipe, as promised.
I fell in love with skirt steak fajitas in the late 70's when I was stationed in Kingsville, TX as a flight student then a flight instructor. The owner of a just recently closed restaurant called El Jardin told me the recipe they used to make amazing tasting fajitas. It was a very simple recipe that was lost to time and moves. I tried many, many recipes over the years trying to duplicate that long lost flavor and the recipe below hit the nail on the head. Give it a try!
South Texas Marinated Skirt Steak
I was looking for a more simple recipe, one easier than my other recipe for Skirt Steak. This one was it! My wife took one bite and said with a smile "I haven't tasted skirt steak like this since we were in Kingsville Texas!"
This is now my go to skirt steak recipe. Oh, if you want a little heat, add a jalapeno or two to the marinade.
Ingredients
2-2.5 lbs skirt steak
1/2 cup olive oil
1/3 cup soy sauce or Maggi Jugo (can be found in the international foods section of your grocer)
1/4 cup lime juice, fresh squeezed in season, but bottled works too.
1/2 onion, chopped
1 tsp minced garlic
1/2 tsp ground cumin
3 Tbs dark brown sugar or Mexican brown sugar, packed
Directions
1. If the skirt steak still has a membrane (silver skin) attached to one side, be sure to peel it off the meat before marinating.
2. In a blender add all marinade ingredients and blend until pulverized. You don't have to use a blender. You can just chop the onions quite fine and that will work too.
3. In a large heavy duty, zip top bag, put pieces of steak and pour in marinade. Seal bag, removing as much air as possible. Allow steak to marinate 24-48 hours.
4. Remove steaks from marinade bag. You can rinse off the marinade or leave it on. Discard the extra.
5. You can use any grill for cooking the skirt steak, just make sure it is as hot as possible. If using charcoal add several chunks of mesquite. Cook using direct heat. Cook each side on high temp for 3 minutes, 4 minutes max. You want a char on the outside and a rare to medium rare inside.
6. Remove from heat, cover, and let rest at least ten minutes, longer if prepping other foods.
7. If grilling peppers and/or onions, grill them after the meat while the meat is "resting."
8. Serve like steak or slice thinly across the grain of the meat if serving with tortillas, grilled peppers, grilled onions, sour cream, salsa, etc.
Servings: 6