Skirt Steak - direct on coals????

JM3

I got some skirt steaks on sale last night at Wally World. Thought I had seen something about doing them direct on the coals.[p]I have the hair dryer ready. How long? Nuke temps I assume? Should I marinade at all or just do some salt/pepper or some Red Eye Express?[p]
John

RhumAndJerk

JM3,
You should pound the meat and marinate it overnight. After that, sear at high temps like any other steak, but no dwell is needed.[p]Below is a favorite of mine,
RhumAndJerk

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aka mr. Earl

JM3,[p]You are talking about a dirty steak, page 194 in Raichlen's book Beer-Can chicken and 74 other OffBeat recipes.

bigmikej

JM3,
Be careful using Red Eye w/ a high temp cook as the sugar in it can burn.

jrterrier

JM3,[p]Me thinks yah ought to at least use the cooking grate. Me thinks the lump will look a little funny clinging between the fangs when you are done munching. But then, some fang floss would take care of that!

The Naked Whiz

jrterrier,
Actually, the lump doesn't really stick to the meat. If a piece does adhere, it knocks right off. Alton Brown did this in is episode of Good Eats, "Raising The Steaks". I've tried it and it works great. I have to laugh about it because everytime I've heard someone say they were going to try this, they also said they had a backup plan in case it ruined the steaks. I had a backup plan, too! So far, no one has posted that they had to use the backup. [p]TNW