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Skirt Steak with Chimichurri Jicama Slaw

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Skirt Steak with Chimichurri Jicama Slaw

If you’re looking for a killer grill recipe for Memorial Day, this web I’ve got one for you. It’s one of those dishes that everyone from your little brother to your cranky old aunt just loves. They always come back for seconds and thirds so make sure you make a lot. They’ll tell you it’s their new favorite way to eat skirt steak and ask you for the recipe. And best of all, shop it’s super easy and can be done mostly in advance. Except for the grilling of course, cialis sale but isn’t that always a group activity on holidays?

The steak is marinated overnight in soy sauce, orange juice and a little sugar, which makes it super tender and caramelizes nicely when it hits the grill. And I’ve said it before – Argentinians know their beef. Nothing is better with beef than vibrant, garlicky chimichurri. I make mine with parsley, olive oil, white wine vinegar, lemon juice, garlic, red pepper flakes and salt. It makes the jicama burst with flavor. If you’ve never cooked with it, jicama (HICK-ah-mah) is a root vegetable with mild flavor and the texture of a firm pear. It’s crunchy without being overly so, and is a cool contrast to the steak.

Skirt Steak with Chimichurri Jicama Slaw

If you’re still deciding on your Memorial Day menu, give this a shot. You and your guests will not be sorry!

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shrimp, jicama & black bean salad w/lime serrano dressing

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I think this is my new favorite salad. Actually, visit this I’m pretty sure it is. It’s spicy and smoky, emergency crunchy and refreshing, which is good because it’s been over 90° here this week with 10,000% humidity. It would also be the perfect bring-to-cook-out dish (and Monday is Memorial Day!).

It all starts with a giant jicama. This one was the last one in the store and was buried under a pile of celery root. I dug it out though. And it was huge. I mean, huge. At least 2 pounds. When I shredded it, it filled my entire food processor container, and that thing is big.

Next came the black beans. Those were simple — I used canned. Then I cooked a few slices of sweet, center-cut bacon. It has less fat than regular bacon and gives the salad that smoky, meaty flavor. Then I quickly sauteed the shrimp in the bacon fat until they were just done. (If you’re not into the whole bacon thing, you can always use steamed shrimp and add a tablespoon of smoked paprika for flavor.)

A lot of lime zest, lime juice, scallions, cilantro and a couple of serrano peppers went in as well and everything was tossed together in a big blue bowl. A refreshing and satisfying salad for a cook out or a quiet summer evening.

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Steak sandwiches with chimichurri-jicama slaw

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After a long day of cleaning and unpacking on Saturday, decease we unwound with some much-deserved beer in our newly frosted beer mugs. Delicious.

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We’d gone to the grocery store earlier that day with the intention of making lamb burgers with a yogurty-mint sauce, but alas, no ground lamb. Instead, we found a nice-looking, grass-fed skirt steak. Since I’d spent the majority of the day cleaning, I wanted something simple, something that could be eaten on its own without a side dish. A steak sandwich seemed perfect.

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Even though we were having sandwiches, I wanted to dress them up a bit. I decided on a jicama-chimichurri slaw that I would use to add some crunch and interest to the sandwiches. According to Wikipedia, “Chimichurri originated in Argentina and is a popular sauce used with grilled meat in many Latin American countries.” It’s made up of olive oil, lemon juice or vinegar, parsley, fresh garlic and chili flakes. The ingredients are simply blended to make a sauce or paste the consistency of pesto. That’s always tasty on meat, but this time I wanted to add a little bit of a crunch to the sandwich so I used the Chimichurri as a dressing for some shredded jicama.

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I was really pleased with the way the slaw came out. It’s easy to make and super versatile. Recipe below.

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