Broiled Flank Steak with Olive Oil and Garlic

An extremely tasty flank steak is rubbed in olive oil and spices, then broiled to medium-rare. This 30- minute dish is perfect for a weeknight supper, and leftovers are ideal in a salad!

Flank steak is fascinating. It’s exceptionally tasty – I like its sturdy taste – however it’s a hard cut of meat with thick, popular muscle fibers. So you’ll wish to either prepare it rapidly over high heat as we’re going to do here, or gradually in a low oven as I do when making homemade beef jerky

Nevertheless you prepare it, you will most definitely wish to suffice throughout the grain, utilizing your knife to sever the hard muscle fibers. Fortunately, those fibers are really simple to identify, and they’re likewise simple to cross because they tend to run in the exact same instructions.

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Active Ingredients

You’ll just require a couple of easy components to broil a flank steak. The precise measurements are noted in the dish card listed below. Here’s an introduction of what you’ll require:

Flank steak: A lot of are around 2 pound. They come folded, and prior to preparing them, you unfold them. I normally get my meat either at Costco or at Whole Foods.

Olive oil rub: This yummy rub includes olive oil, minced fresh garlic, kosher salt, black pepper, and red pepper flakes. As you can see, I like to utilize kosher salt when I prepare. If you select sea salt, you’ll require to decrease the quantity you utilize.

Guidelines

It’s really simple to broil a flank steak! The comprehensive directions are consisted of in the dish card listed below. Here’s an introduction of the actions:

Your really primary step is to line a rimmed baking sheet with foil (for simple clean-up), switch on the broiler, and put the baking sheet in the oven. You desire it to be hot so that the steak cooks equally without you requiring to turn it.

For this dish, you’ll wish to utilize an oven rack placed 6 inches listed below the broiler system. So not straight listed below – that would be too hot.

Now that the pan is warming up under the broiler, let’s blend the rub! You’ll get a little bowl and utilize a little rubber spatula or a fork to stir together olive oil, minced fresh garlic, kosher salt, black pepper, and red pepper flakes.

Location the steak on a tidy work surface area. Find the muscle fibers going through it (as displayed in the video listed below). When it’s prepared you’ll wish to sever them when slicing the meat, and it’s much easier to identify them when the meat is raw.

Now rub the olive oil mix all over the meat (however focus more on the top when covering it). It’s simplest to do this with your hands.

Next, really thoroughly take the hot turn out of the oven and location the steak in its center. Return the pan to the oven (once again, 6 inches under the broiler system), and broil till browned and medium-rare, about 8 minutes.

Pull the turn out of the oven and utilize 2 big spatulas to move the meat to a cutting board. Cover it loosely with foil and let it rest for 10 minutes, then slice it very finely throughout the grain, as displayed in the video listed below.

Professional suggestion

Like all steaks and roasts, it’s actually essential to let the meat rest prior to you slice it. If you cut into it right now, great deals of juices will instantly get away into the cutting board and the meat will not be as juicy.

Even when resting it effectively, you’ll see that a few of the juices have actually left into the cutting board. That’s unavoidable, however we wish to do whatever we can to reduce that, and this indicates resting the meat prior to slicing it.

Regularly asked concerns

Variations and substiutions

An excellent way to differ the fundamental dish is to utilize various spices. So when you blend the olive oil rub, you can include spices such as smoked paprika, chili powder, and ground cumin. I do not suggest including dried herbs, as those tend to burn under the broiler.

Suggested side meals

As you can picture, this is a really flexible main course that sets well with great deals of sides. I simulate to serve it with a salad, however, because it cooks so quick under the broiler and I can’t utilize the oven to make anything at the exact same time, nor do I have the time (or perseverance!) to prepare something on the range. So I frequently serve broiled flank steak with any of the following:

This meal likewise goes really well with pickles, consisting of fast fridge pickles and marinaded red onions

Keeping leftovers

Like many prepared leftovers, you can keep them in the refrigerator, in an airtight container, for approximately 4 days You can carefully reheat them, covered, in the microwave on 50% power, or slice them cold and contribute to a salad. I often utilize them in this cobb salad rather of chicken.

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