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    TaraTeaspoon » Recipes » Grilling and Smoking

    Grilled Flank Steak with Herb Salsa Verde

    Published: Jun 3, 2021 · Updated: Oct 6, 2022 by Tara Teaspoon · This page contains affiliate and sponsored links. See my full disclosure

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    Grilled flank steak with herb salsa verde is an easy dinner right from the BBQ. With a flavorful, fresh and tangy sauce, it's the perfect main dish.

    If you're burned out on the same old burgers and chicken, grilled flank steak with an herb-loaded, tangy sauce is genius!

    The best meals are from the grill. Can I say that? I'm not sure I can claim that when there are delicious meals from the oven, made on the stovetop and fresh from a salad bowl. But this one is a winner!

    grilled flank steak on a yellow cutting board with salsa verde
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    • The best steak marinade:
    • What is the best steak to grill?
    • What is salsa verde?
    • 📖 Recipe
    • 💬 Comments

    The best steak marinade:

    If you're burned out on the same old burgers and chicken from the grill, this marinated and grilled flank steak will take dinner to a new level!

    One of the secrets to cooking flank steak is a great marinade. I packed this marinade with tangy acidic ingredients, aromatic seasonings and herbs.

    • A great marinade will impart flavor to your meat, but not overpower the natural beef flavors.
    • Flank steak is a lean and flavorful cut of beef, so it benefits from acidic ingredients to help tenderize the muscles. I included lemon juice and vinegar and flavorful acids to make a delicious and effective marinade.
    • I added garlic and shallots to the marinade to pump up the flavor. Flank steak benefits from stronger flavors that won't cook off, because it cooks for a short amount of time on the grill.
    • Dried herbs add an earthy flavor to a marinade. I chose hearty ones like oregano and rosemary.

    What is the best steak to grill?

    Really any steak is great for grilling. Marbled, tender steaks like T-bone, NY Strip steak, and Ribeye are all fantastic on the grill because you want them to cook and caramelize quickly on the outside and stay juicy on the inside. The flames of a grill are perfect for that.

    Lean cuts of beef like flank steak are great cooked on low heat slowly or quickly over an open flame. If it gets cooked low and slow it will shred into strips and be a great taco, burrito filling, or Ropa Vieja!

    When quick-cooking flank steak quickly like this recipe, you want to make sure to not overcook it so it doesn't become tough. And slice it across the muscle grain to get tender pieces of meat like in my pictures.

    I love the Certified Angus Beef website for details on the right temperature to cook each cut to. Make sure to have a meat thermometer handy near the grill for the best way to check for doneness.

    Swap skirt steak for flank steak

    You can use skirt steak in place of flank steak in this recipe.

    Skirt steak loves to be cooked to medium or medium-rare, no more. Flank steak is a little thicker and a tiny bit less tough, so it can be cooked to almost well done, if you must.

    Flank steak is from the bottom abdominal area of the cow. Skirt steak is from the diaphragm, so both are hard working muscles! Both take to marinades well.

    If using skirt steak in this recipe, reduce the cooking time and check it frequently so you don't overcook it.

    sliced grilled flank steak with salsa verde

    What is salsa verde?

    There is not much better than a steak with salsa verde. I mean, move over A-1 Sauce!

    Salsa verde is a fresh, simple sauce with bright, bracing flavors that creates a great contrast to the luxurious buttery steak.

    This herby salsa verde isn't to be confused with Mexican Salsa Verde, a tomatillo-based sauce. It's origins can be Italian or French, and it most closely resembles Argentina's chimichurri sauce. It's a delicious spread for bread too.

    Adding a salsa verde (green salsa!) to the meat takes this simple marinated flank steak meal to the next level. Again I packed in the flavor with lemon juice and vinegar and even added anchovies.

    I've included classic herbs like parley and thyme with the other ingredients.

    • Anchovy fillet (or anchovy paste)
    • Garlic
    • Kosher salt
    • Lemon zest
    • Lemon juice
    • Red wine vinegar
    • Flat-leaf parsley leaves
    • Thyme leaves
    • Olive oil

    You can't taste the anchovies themselves, but they add an umami (a category of taste in food, yumminess!) that balances out the entire sauce.

    Grilled flank steak is perfect with this herb-loaded, flavorful condiment. You'll want to eat the salsa verde on the steak, slathered on grilled bread, over veggies and even on rice. Yum! Enjoy.

    Serve this steak with these great recipes:

    • Cilantro Lime Rice
    • Creamy Black Beans
    • Soft and Sweet Cornbread
    • Chipotle Sweet Potato Soup

    📖 Recipe

    grilled flank steak with herb salsa verde

    Grilled Flank Steak with Herb Salsa Verde

    Tara Teaspoon
    Grilled flank steak with herb salsa verde is an easy dinner right from the BBQ. With a flavorful, fresh and tangy sauce, it's the perfect main dish.
    5 from 1 vote
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    Work Time 25 minutes mins
    Cook Time 15 minutes mins
    Total Time 3 hours hrs
    Course Main Course
    Servings 6 to 8

    Ingredients
      

    Steak Marinade

    • ⅓ cup lemon juice
    • 3 tablespoon white wine vinegar
    • ¼ cup finely chopped shallots
    • 3 cloves chopped garlic
    • ½ cup olive oil
    • 1 ½ teaspoon dried oregano
    • 1 ½ teaspoon dried rosemary
    • ½ teaspoon black pepper
    • ½ teaspoon kosher salt
    • 2 lb flank steak

    Herb Salsa Verde

    • 1 anchovy fillet (or ¼ teaspoon anchovy paste)
    • 2 cloves garlic
    • ½ teaspoon kosher salt
    • 1 tablespoon lemon zest
    • 2 tablespoon lemon juice
    • 2 tablespoon red wine vinegar
    • 2 cups packed flat-leaf parsley leaves
    • 4 teaspoon chopped thyme leaves
    • ½ cup olive oil

    Instructions
     

    • In a zip-top bag, combine lemon juice, white wine vinegar, shallots, garlic, olive oil, dried oregano, dried rosemary, black pepper and kosher salt. Add flank steak, seal bag and marinate in the fridge for 2 to 3 hr. 
    • Remove steak from marinade (discard marinade) and grill over direct high heat for 5 to 6 minutes on each side for medium rare. Let steak rest about 10 min before slicing.
    • In a blender or small food processor, blend anchovy fillet, garlic, kosher salt, lemon zest, lemon juice and red wine vinegar. Scrape down sides of blender and add packed parsley leaves, chopped thyme and olive oil; blend until just smooth and drizzle over flank steak. 

    Notes

    • For the most tender steak, cook to no more than medium (better: medium rare) and cut across the grain into thin slices. 

    Nutrition

    Calories: 547kcalCarbohydrates: 4gProtein: 33gFat: 43gSaturated Fat: 8gCholesterol: 91mgSodium: 482mgPotassium: 646mgFiber: 1gVitamin A: 1720IUVitamin C: 36.9mgCalcium: 74mgIron: 4.1mg
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    I’ve been in food publishing for over 25 years, creating recipes & food-styling for magazines, books, television, food brands, & advertising. With two cookbooks under my belt and thousands of my recipes at your fingertips, I hope you'll be inspired to spend more time in the kitchen!

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    Recipe Tara Teaspoon. Food styling Cyd Raftus McDowell. Prop styling Paige Hicks. Photography Peter Ardito. Originally published in LHJ 06/10.

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    1. Mary Bench says

      May 18, 2019 at 12:37 pm

      Time for some flank steak! So flavorful

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