The Best Marinated and Grilled Flank Steak

I know it can be intimidating having a piece of meat in your hands and thinking: I hope I can make it taste good, cook properly, and be tender. Flank Steak is a thin cut of meat so you can control its doneness easier than thick cuts like Bottom Round. 

GRILLED FLANK STEAK

With this flank steak marinade recipe with lime, you can be sure the meat will be tasty, and lime juice breaks up the protein in meat, so it will also help with tenderizing it.

All you need to make this great marinade is extra virgin olive oil, soy sauce, lime juice, and brown sugar.

These staple ingredients are found in almost all pantries. That’s how easy this recipe is. Your grilled flank steak will get a perfect score from your family. I love to serve this simple grilled steak with Rice pilaf, shrimp pasta salad, tossed salad, or creamy Caesar salad dressing!

FLANK STEAK INGREDIENTS:

These 5 ingredients are all you need to make juicy Flank steak taste great:

• Light Olive oil
• Reduced sodium soy sauce
• Lime juice
• Packed brown sugar
• Flank steak

Look for a steak with the most uniform thickness all around, so it cooks evenly.

HOW TO CUT FLANK STEAK?

You should always cut flank steak diagonally against the grain of the meat, this way you cut through the tough fibers in the meat making it more tender and easier to chew. Also, cut it into thin slices.

HOW TO GRILL A FLANK STEAK?

1. Mix all ingredients for the marinade in a large bowl: olive oil, soy sauce, lime juice, and sugar
2. Put your flank steak into the bowl and get it completely covered with the marinade. Refrigerate for 30 mins to 2 hours, covered
3. Pat dry the marinated flank steak with paper towels and add salt and pepper to both sides. Remember the soy sauce in the marinade has some salt, so go easy.
4. Heat up your outdoor grill or griddle until hot, and cook the flank steak for 6 minutes on each side or until the internal temperature reads 130-135 for medium-rare or 145 for medium.

HOW TO COOK FLANK STEAK IN THE OVEN?

Turn on your oven to broil. Place the flank steak on a baking sheet and broil for 4-6 mins on each side.

If you are a beef lover, let me recommend these recipes:

• Barbacoa Beef Recipe
• The Best Beef Stir Fry
• Easy Beef Stroganoff
• Crockpot Beef and Broccoli
• Best Ever Slow Cooker Beef Stew