- Preparation time
- 25 mins
- Cooking time
- 40 mins
- Difficulty
- moderate
- Serves
- 4 people
- Dinner
- March 14, 2016
Mexican Steak with Mushrooms Recipe.
Sometimes it’s fun to get really creative with the grill, and start throwing on whatever you can dream up, or venturing into new ingredients you’ve never even heard of. But other days, you just need a classic recipe that everyone likes, something that doesn’t send you haring off to three different specialty stores for lamb fat, Cassia cinnamon, and Chinese broccoli.
PrintMexican Steak with Mushrooms Recipe
Ingredients
Scale
- 1.5 lbs. flank steak;
- 2 bell peppers, sliced;
- 1 onion, thinly sliced;
- 8 oz. mushrooms, sliced or quartered;
- 3 cloves garlic;
- 1/4 tsp. cumin;
- 1/4 tsp. chili powder;
- 1 avocado, sliced into wedges; (optional)
- Cooking fat;
- Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper;
Ingredients for the steak marinade
- 1/4 cup olive oil;
- 4 cloves garlic, minced;
- 3 tbsp. lime juice
- 1 tsp. cumin;
- 1 tsp. chili powder;
- Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper;
Instructions
- Combine all the marinade ingredients in a marinating container (glass or plastic) and season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Add the flank steak, toss with the marinade until it’s completely coated, and refrigerate for at least 15 minutes and up to 2 hours.
- Preheat your grill to a medium-high heat.
- Remove the steak from the marinade and place in on the grill.
- Grill the steak on each side for 5 to 6 minutes or until it reaches the desired doneness.
- Transfer the steak to a cutting board and let it rest for 10 minutes.
- In the mean time, melt some cooking fat in a skillet placed over a medium-high heat.
- Add the onions, bell peppers, and garlic, and saut? for 5 minutes.
- Add the mushrooms and cook for another 2 minutes.
- Add the cumin and chili powder. Season to taste with salt and pepper, cook for a last 2 minutes, and remove from the heat.
- Slice the steak into thin strips.
- Serve the steak with the vegetables and freshly cut avocado slices.
