Carne Asada

Ingredients

• Fresh cilantro

  Coriander leaves, raw

  ½ cup or 8g

• Olive oil

  Salad or cooking

  ⅓ cup or 72g

• Soy sauce

  Low sodium, Shoyu

  ¼ cup or 64g

• Orange juice, raw

  1 fruit yields or 86g

• Lime juice

  Raw

  1 lime yields or 44g

• Garlic

  Raw

  4 cloves, minced or 12g

• Jalapeno peppers

  Raw

  1 pepper or 14g

• Cumin

  Spices, cumin seed

  1 tsp, ground or 3g

• Salt

  Table

  1 dash or 0.4g

• Pepper

  Spices, black

  1 dash or 0.1g

• Beef flank

  Steak, separable lean and fat, trimmed to 0" fat, all grades, raw

  24 oz or 680g

Directions

1. In a medium bowl, combine cilantro, olive oil, soy sauce, orange juice, lime juice, garlic, jalapeno, cumin and 1 teaspoon pepper; set aside 1/2 cup of the mixture in the refrigerator until ready to serve.
2. In a gallon size Ziploc bag or large bowl, combine steak and remaining cilantro mixture; marinate for at least 4 hours to overnight, turning the bag occasionally. Drain the steak from the marinade.
3. Preheat grill to medium high heat. Using paper towels, pat both sides of the steak dry; season with salt and pepper, to taste.
4. Add steak to grill, and cook, flipping once, until desired doneness, about 6 minutes per side for medium rare. Let rest 5 minutes.
5. Thinly slice steak against the grain and serve with reserved 1/2 cup cilantro mixture.
6. Recipe by: Chungah Rhee (source: https://damndelicious.net/2019/05/05/carne-asada/)

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