Dmitry Rodov

Orange BBQ Skirt Steak Kebab

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Orange BBQ Skirt Steak Kebab

Dmitry Rodov
Print Recipe
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 8 minutes
Seal and refrigerate 6 hours
Total Time 6 hours 25 minutes
Course Grill
Cuisine Mediterranean

Equipment

  • Meat pounder/fork
  • Food brush

Ingredients
  

  • 1 lb. Beef skirt steak trimmed of excess fat and cut in pieces
  • 1 cup Chipotle orange BBQ sauce
  • 2 tbsp. Kosher salt

Instructions
 

  • Cut the skirt steak in strips across the grain. Lay the skirt steak horizontally on a cutting board. Notice the grain that goes up and down, and cut the steak into segments (along the grain), about 6 to 8-inches long
  • Pound the steak pieces with a tenderizer or fork.
  • Season with kosher salt on both sides.
  • Brush the pieces of steaks with orange BBQ sauce.
  • Place the meat into a bowl, add more BBQ sauce and work with your hands until fully coated with marinade.

Seal and refrigerate for 6-8 hours

  • After refrigeration, cut the strips into small pieces, about 3 inches wide. Preheat your grill, whether charcoal or gas, for high-direct heat.
  • Thread the marinated skirt steak strips onto skewers.
  • When ready to grill, brush the grates with olive oil (fold a paper towel, soak in olive oil and use tongs to oil the grates with the soaked paper towel).

Grill

  • Grill on both sides, each side for about 6 -8 minutes, turning occasionally.

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Fun Fact:

Skirt steak are the trimmed, boneless portion of the diaphragm muscle on the cow’s underside. Covered in a tough membrane that must be removed, it once was a cheap cut used for fajitas by the vaqueros in Texas. Today it’s the second most expensive cut.