Marinade for a tender flank steak?

Question

I am looking for a great marinade for a nice piece of flank steak that I have. I want to cook the steak medium, so don't want to slow cook it. I do want the steak to be fork tender though. What do you recommend?

Answer 1

Flank steak is a tough cut of meat, so it won't ever be fork tender. The trick to making it seem tender is slicing it thinly across the grain. Try this marinade, you can play around with the amounts, it'll taste good no matter what:

Beer, fresh lime juice, fresh orange juice, chopped jalapeno, cilantro, chopped garlic, salt, black pepper.

Answer 2

1/4 cup Olive Oil
1/4 cup Soy Sauce
3 tablespoons worcestershire sauce
1 fork full crushed garlic
black pepper for flavor

Combine all ingredients except for pepper. Blend with fork. Place steak on plate or baking dish and pour marinade over meat. Then cover with plastic wrap and place it in the fridge. Flip every 15 minutes for 1 hour.

Answer 3

Besides the marinade, you should use a Jacquard or a meat mallet. The Jacaquard is a tool that has a number of needle-like blades that you stick in the meat repeatedly - ask the salesperson at your cookware store to show you how it works. If you choose to use the meat mallet, you just pound the crap out of the meat and put it in the marinade afterwards. Pounding it is a good way to get out your frustrations! Either tool will allow the marinade to get all the way inside the meat and do it's job well.

Answer 4

I would use a teryiki marinade. You can always make on. Or buy it from a bottle. Kinkoman has some good one. Or make a lemon peper marinade. Those are the best two marinades.

Answer 5

First the key. When you get your steak from the store have the butcher run it thru there tenderizor there. It will help ALOT!. Then when you get home RUB the meat with seasonings...garlic powder, sea salt, fresh pepper, onion powder. Then marinate it in worchestershire, red wine, som terriyaki or soy. You will have a tasty steak!!

Answer 6

We love this one:

1 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup soy sauce
1/3 cup red wine vinegar
1/4 cup lemon juice
3 tablespoons worcestershire sauce
2 tablespoons dijon mustard
1 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
1 large onion, sliced
1 clove garlic, minced

Refrigerate, turning occasionally at least 3 hrs.

Answer 7

Anything with acidity will serve to tenderize the meat. Tomato juice, lemon juice, orange juice, etc. Those girls are right, italian dressing would work because of the acidity in it....it also has oil in it which helps with sticking. DO NOT USE ANYTHING SALTY that will make it worse.

Answer 8

Italian dressing in a gallon ziplock bag overnight, then grill on each side about 5 minutes.

Answer 9

Italian dressing makes it moist and tasty