Grilled Coffee & Cola Skirt Steak

[Garvinque]

Ingredients for 4 portions:

1 whole beef skirt steak, about 1 1/4 pounds (no need to trim, except for any obvious large chunks of fat)

salt and cayenne to taste

For the marinade:

2-3 cloves minced garlic

2 tbsp ketchup

1 1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper

1 tsp salt

1 tsp dried rosemary (or 1 tbsp freshly minced)

1/4 tsp hot sauce, or to taste

1/4 cup rice vinegar

1/2 cup strong, freshly brewed coffee

1 (12-oz) bottle cola

 

1. Place garlic into a nonreactive bowl and whisk in cola, coffee, rice vinegar, ketchup, black pepper, 1 teaspoon salt, rosemary, and hot sauce until thoroughly combined.
2. Unroll the skirt steak and cut into 6-inch lengths with the grain, using a kitchen scissors. Submerge the meat totally in the marinade; place a piece of plastic wrap onto meat and marinade surface. Marinate 8 to 12 hours in refrigerator or overnight.
3. Preheat an outdoor grill for medium-high heat.
4. Remove meat from marinade; save the marinade. Pat meat thoroughly dry with paper towels. Season both sides of meat with salt and cayenne pepper to taste.
5. Pour marinade into a saucepan over medium heat and simmer until slightly thickened, about 10 minutes. Strain through a fine-mesh sieve into a bowl.
6. Grill meat on the preheated grill until steak pieces are still pink inside and meat has good grill marks, about 4 minutes per side. Place thin cooked pieces onto thicker pieces of meat to prevent thin ones from overcooking. When the surface of the meat looks shiny and wet from juices being forced up to the surface, the meat is medium-rare to medium in doneness. An instant-read meat thermometer inserted into the center of a piece should read 125 to 130 degrees F (52 to 54 degrees C).
7. Remove meat to a platter and let rest for at least 5 minutes before slicing thinly across the grain to serve. Drizzle servings with reduced coffee-cola marinade.

 

Enjoy

Garvin  (This is awesome and try to find some Mexican made Coke it's made with real sugar like it used to be done here)

[tony b]

Garvin, that seems like a lot of acid in a marinade (vinegar, hot sauce and cola), especially overnight. I know that skirt is a tough cut, but did the texture get mushy before cooking? Just asking.

[Garvinque]

21 minutes ago, tony b said:

but did the texture get mushy before cooking

I thought the same when I first saw recipe but no wasn't mushy at all, but you can always cut back the time!

 

Garvin

Edited February 10, 2017 by Garvinque

[tony b]

Good to know! Yeah, if I give this a go, I will likely only marinate it for 2 - 4 hours. 

[Garvinque]

Tony I did 8hrs not the 12 and it was great the reduction over the steak is so good!

 

Garvin

[Aussie Ora]

I think the Mexican coke is illegal lol

Outback Kamado Bar and Grill

[Paul]

10 hours ago, Aussie Ora said:

I think the Mexican coke is illegal lol

Outback Kamado Bar and Grill
 

This forum is going to hell. First posts about smoking pot and now Mexican coke! I had to double check and make sure I was at the correct site.

[Garvinque]

3 hours ago, Paul said:

This forum is going to hell. First posts about smoking pot and now Mexican coke! I had to double check and make sure I was at the correct site.

And you can get both in Cali-LMAO

 

Garvin