Except I made the steak to well done...but D said steak in a broiler is a difficult thing. At least I didn't follow the cooking time, or we would have had rubber!
I made the cucumber salad in the food processor so it took about 2 minutes.
Results: Bland. Both of us thought that. Nothing terribly exciting. But it took me less than 20 minutes to make dinner. D thinks we should have had rice with it.
Hoisin Flank Steak with Asian Cucumber Salad
Spiced wonton chips that bake while the steak rests are an easy accompaniment to this fragrant Asian dinner.
3 tablespoons hoisin sauce
1 teaspoon bottled ground fresh ginger
1/2 teaspoon grated orange rind
1 (1-pound) flank steak, trimmed
Cooking spray
2 cups thinly sliced seeded peeled cucumber
1/4 cup thinly vertically sliced red onion
1/4 cup matchstick-cut carrot
1 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon chopped fresh cilantro
2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
2 teaspoons fish sauce
1/8 teaspoon salt
1. Preheat broiler.
2. Combine first 3 ingredients in a small bowl. Brush steak with half of hoisin mixture. Place steak on a broiler pan coated with cooking spray. Broil 6 minutes. Turn steak over; brush with remaining hoisin mixture. Broil 6 minutes or until desired degree of doneness. Place steak on a cutting board; let stand 5 minutes.
3. Combine cucumber and remaining ingredients in a bowl; toss to combine. Cut steak diagonally across grain into thin slices. Serve with cucumber salad.
Spiced wonton chips: Thaw 8 wonton wrappers, if frozen. Cut wrappers in half diagonally; brush tops of wrappers evenly with 2 teaspoons dark sesame oil. Combine 1/4 teaspoon Chinese five-spice powder and 1/8 teaspoon salt in a small bowl. Sprinkle wrappers evenly with five-spice powder mixture. Bake at 450° for 3 minutes or just until crisp.
Yield: 4 servings (serving size: 3 ounces steak and 1/2 cup salad)CALORIES 213 ; FAT 7.7g (sat 2.9g,mono 2.8g,poly 0.3g); CHOLESTEROL 38mg; CALCIUM 30mg; CARBOHYDRATE 11.5g; SODIUM 501mg; PROTEIN 24.6g; FIBER 0.7g; IRON 1.7mg
Cooking Light, APRIL 2009
We use london broil for most flank steak recipes, it's cheaper and easier to broil. About 4 minutes per side depending on the thickness. This is also on my list...I'll skip the cucumber salad then and make the ginger garlic rice
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure what we used...it was neither flank nor london broil.
ReplyDeleteHad D realized what I was making, he would have overseen what I was doing.