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Posted By: vbshootinrange Skirt steak - 05/30/16
We bought a skirt steak yesterday, and BBQ'ed it last night.

Turned out pretty good!
Great flavor, but a wee bit tough. Next time I'll marinate it over night.

Had never seen this cut in a market before. Is it the same cut as a flank steak?

It was about 6" wide, tapering down, 5/8" thick and about a foot long.


Virgil B.
Posted By: buddy Re: Skirt steak - 05/30/16
No, not the same as flank. From the front half its the tissue that holds the lungs in.. Good meat and lots of flavor, does need to be marinated and make sure you cut across the grain.
Posted By: Owl Re: Skirt steak - 05/30/16
Makes greatt tacos
Posted By: calikooknic Re: Skirt steak - 05/30/16
What buddy said about the cut.
Go a page or two back and try my Korean BBQ recipe in the round steak thread.
Posted By: local_dirt Re: Skirt steak - 05/30/16
Do yourself a big favor and look up "churasco" steak. Lots of flavor in that cut. Just gotta know how to capture it.

Sean"s recipe also does that.
Posted By: saddlesore Re: Skirt steak - 05/30/16
It's the diaphram. Use to be part of the guts,then became part of n the pink slim everyone talked about a year or so ago. Now is a steak. Good old USA marketing.
Posted By: local_dirt Re: Skirt steak - 05/30/16
The south and latin Americans have been eating this cut for centuries.

For more fun and flavor, also look up how to make your own chimichuri.
Posted By: 284LUVR Re: Skirt steak - 05/30/16
$10+ per pound here if you can find it. Local butcher has a 72 lb. minimum order. Same deal for flank & hanger.

Doesn't sell very well back in the WV hills.
Posted By: vbshootinrange Re: Skirt steak - 05/31/16
Thanks guys!

Great information here!


Virgil B.
Posted By: local_dirt Re: Skirt steak - 06/01/16
Very popular cut here with the Latins. Usually runs about $5.99-$6.99/lb.
Posted By: kingston Re: Skirt steak - 06/01/16
Is skirt steak different from meat curtains?
Posted By: calikooknic Re: Skirt steak - 06/01/16
Originally Posted by kingston
Is skirt steak different from meat curtains?




I'm not saying her labia was big, but she could donate ear lobes to burn victims.
Posted By: kaywoodie Re: Skirt steak - 06/02/16
Used around here for fajitas and carne asada.
Posted By: 284LUVR Re: Skirt steak - 06/02/16
Originally Posted by calikooknic
Originally Posted by kingston
Is skirt steak different from meat curtains?




I'm not saying her labia was big, but she could donate ear lobes to burn victims.


Can pull double duty as mud flaps on the truck.
Posted By: Mannlicher Re: Skirt steak - 06/02/16
I rarely marinate steak, and don't with skirt steak either. I grill it, brushed with a little olive oil. I keep the meat off direct high heat. Cooks best if set over on the side of the grill, and turned every so often. I prefer it cooked to medium, or maybe a little more. Less, will be too chewy for me.
Tastes real good with a well made chimichurri sauce. Like mine, below. smile
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Chimichurri Sauce

½ cup boiling water
½ teaspoon Kosher salt
One cup chopped fresh Curley Parsley
5 Garlic cloves, chopped
2 teaspoon dried Oregano
½ Teaspoon dried Thyme
1 Teaspoon fresh ground Black Pepper
1 small Tabasco Pepper, diced
¼ cup Corn Oil
¼ cup red wine Vinegar
¼ cup Argentine Malbec (I use the Norton brand)

Put all of the ingredients into a blender, and process until the mixture is chopped, but not puréed.
Posted By: Raeford Re: Skirt steak - 06/02/16
Nice to see you back here posting some Sam, now if you could just get Hoop back too. wink
Posted By: EdM Re: Skirt steak - 06/02/16
Originally Posted by kaywoodie
Used around here for fajitas and carne asada.


A quick and dirty yet very tasty marinade for such.

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Posted By: Mannlicher Re: Skirt steak - 06/02/16
Originally Posted by Raeford
Nice to see you back here posting some Sam, now if you could just get Hoop back too. wink


I pop in and out these days. Not so sure about friend David. smile
Posted By: local_dirt Re: Skirt steak - 06/02/16
For the aristocrats who've never seen how we the unwashed enjoy a skirt steak (churasco) here south of the Mason Dixon.. smile

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Here's my skirt steak and chimichurri recipe from a couple years ago. About the only thing I've changed is I add more cilantro now.

Originally Posted by local_dirt

Here's kind of a standard I use. If you've got 24 hours to let it set, that works best. I don't usually have that foresight. Trim most of the fat and all of the membrane before starting the marinade.

Your "churrasco" cut, whichever you choose
1/2 cup olive oil
1/4 cup balsamic, red wine vinegar, low sodium soy sauce, or apple cider vinegar for a sweeter, different flavor
3-4 cloves garlic
juice of 1 lime
1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
chopped fresh parsley
chopped fresh cilantro
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
fresh ground pepper

mix everything except the steak in a bowl. Place steak and marinade in a gallon Ziploc bag. After sealing Ziploc, shake well and move around with your fingers. You want all that marinade goodness getting into every strain of the meat.

Grill on medium high for 3-6 mins. on each side, depending on size of cut, basting with your "chimichurri".

Posted By: MadMooner Re: Skirt steak - 06/02/16
Skirt, hanger, flank.....all some of my favorite cuts of beef!

I love a good chimichurri! I'll have to try both recipes is summer.
Posted By: Cheesy Re: Skirt steak - 06/03/16
I've been working in Mexico for the past 6 months, and "Arrachera" is one of the dishes they bring us for lunch and is also served at the hotel grill.

They also serve a chimichurri sauce in that town that everybody says you can't get anywhere else, its an orange sauce, I call it spicy ranch to get a laugh, but it is really good for dipping about anything in.
Posted By: Mannlicher Re: Skirt steak - 06/03/16
here is a favorite sauce for dipping. It is wonderful with seafood or steak and pork.
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Mango-Sour Orange Sauce

One Ripe Mango, peeled and chopped
Two Tablespoons Red onion, fine diced
Two Tablespoons Red Bell Pepper, fine diced
One large Tabasco Pepper, fine diced
One Tablespoon Sam’s Mango Madness hot sauce
Juice and pulp from one large Sour Orange (need half a cup)
One Tablespoon Corn Starch

(If you do not have a mango, substitute a 6 ounce can Mango Nectar. If you can’t find a Sour Orange, substitute a half cup Orange Juice, and add the juice of one fresh Lime. If you don’t have any Sam’s Mango Madness hot sauce, I feel sorry for you)


Place the Mango flesh in a small food processor, and reduce to puree

Mix all ingredients in a small heavy non reactive sauce pan. Bring to boil on Medium heat. Mix the Corn starch with some of the liquid, and then add back to the pan. Stir well as the mixture thickens.

Posted By: vbshootinrange Re: Skirt steak - 06/04/16
Thanks again guys!


Lots of great information here!


Virgil B.
Posted By: lynntelk Re: Skirt steak - 06/04/16
We just have the butcher run once thru the tenderizer, then we marinate. Lastly cook quick over hot mesquite and slice properly for fajitas (against the grain). Just got through making guacamole to go with the fajitas.
Posted By: local_dirt Re: Skirt steak - 06/04/16
Originally Posted by Mannlicher
here is a favorite sauce for dipping. It is wonderful with seafood or steak and pork.
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Mango-Sour Orange Sauce

One Ripe Mango, peeled and chopped
Two Tablespoons Red onion, fine diced
Two Tablespoons Red Bell Pepper, fine diced
One large Tabasco Pepper, fine diced
One Tablespoon Sam’s Mango Madness hot sauce
Juice and pulp from one large Sour Orange (need half a cup)
One Tablespoon Corn Starch

(If you do not have a mango, substitute a 6 ounce can Mango Nectar. If you can’t find a Sour Orange, substitute a half cup Orange Juice, and add the juice of one fresh Lime. If you don’t have any Sam’s Mango Madness hot sauce, I feel sorry for you)


Place the Mango flesh in a small food processor, and reduce to puree

Mix all ingredients in a small heavy non reactive sauce pan. Bring to boil on Medium heat. Mix the Corn starch with some of the liquid, and then add back to the pan. Stir well as the mixture thickens.



Sam, have you ever tried modifying that recipe for fish (i.e: mango salsa)?

I'm guessing that recipe there is real close to something real good over pan fried fish filets.
Posted By: calikooknic Re: Skirt steak - 06/04/16
I like mango salsa for fish and pork.

Chopped mango
Cilantro
Red onion
Garlic
Hot green pepper (jalapeño or sorrano)
Garlic, salt, pepper
Lime juice

Basic peco de gauillo with mango instead of maters.
Posted By: 284LUVR Re: Skirt steak - 06/04/16
Originally Posted by calikooknic
I like mango salsa for fish and pork.

Chopped mango
Cilantro
Red onion
Garlic
Hot green pepper (jalapeño or sorrano)
Garlic, salt, pepper
Lime juice

Basic peco de gauillo with mango instead of maters.


That sounds great for a mildly/very lightly smoked pulled or sliced butt.
Posted By: local_dirt Re: Skirt steak - 06/04/16
Originally Posted by calikooknic
I like mango salsa for fish and pork.

Chopped mango
Cilantro
Red onion
Garlic
Hot green pepper (jalapeño or sorrano)
Garlic, salt, pepper
Lime juice

Basic peco de gauillo with mango instead of maters.


Sean, you hit on almost everything I was putting together in my head for a good mango salsa.
Posted By: Mannlicher Re: Skirt steak - 06/05/16
Greg,
I make a couple of different mango salsa recipes. Mostly, I just throw something together from scratch, with no real plan.
Green mango, diced
onion diced,
plum tomato, seeded and diced,
lime juice,
fine diced jalapeno or tabasco pepper
Cilantro, chopped
some thyme, salt, white pepper
Posted By: vbshootinrange Re: Skirt steak - 06/07/16
Found a marinade locally that sounded good, It's Allegro Hickory Smoke Marinade.

So yesterday I picked up another skirt steak and stuck it in the fridge to marinade over nigh.


After grilling, I'll make some Fajitas with this tonight.

Will report back on my findings.


Virgil B.
Posted By: vbshootinrange Re: Skirt steak - 06/08/16
The new marinade worked GREAT!!!

This was the BEST Fajitas we ever made!

We cooked strips of skirt steak in a Wok, along with pepper strips, onions, spices, etc.

Yum Yum!


Virgil B.
Posted By: BrotherNature Re: Skirt steak - 06/17/16
Sunny Delight is one of the best marinades. It add some sweetness and the acid makes the meat a little more tender. I've always had great results with it, especially with cuts like skirt steak, hangar steak, or flank steak.
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