Serves 4; Prep time: 10 minutes; Total time: 30 minutes
5 teaspoons chili powder
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cumin
1 1/2 teaspoons dried oregano
coarse salt and ground pepper
1 1/2 pounds skirt steak
2 teaspoons olive oil, plus more for grates
1. In a small bowl, combine chili powder, cumin, oregano, 1 1/2 teaspoons salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper. Sprinkle mixture over steak; drizzle with oil. Let stand, turning to coat evenly with oil halfway through, about 10 minutes.
2. Heat grill to high; lightly oil grates. Place steak on grill (fold thin end over so steak is an even thickness); cover. Cook, turning once, until meat is desired doneness, 4 to 6 minutes for medium-rare.
My parents make some super delicious potatoes on the grill. They're so simple, too. They thinly slice Yukon Gold potatoes and a big white or yellow onion, then coat the potatoes and onion with olive oil and season with coarse salt and fresh black pepper. They make a foil packet out of the really heavy duty thick foil (or you could buy those Reynold's foil packets) and fill it with the mixture. You need to make sure you completely close up the packet and fold the foil over a few times so you don't lose any of your potatoes or onion. Then you just grill the packet directly on the grates until the potatoes and soft and the onion is carmelized. They are to die for!
Turkeyburger/Hamburger Packets - This is my favorite thing on the grill
Make a turkeyburger patty and put it in the middle of a piece of foil. Top with onions, potatoes and carrots that have been sliced thin. Wrap up the foil so everything is contained and throw on the grill for 20 minutes.
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The Hormel pork tenderloin Karen posted above (that come having been marinated) are so good and simple!
I took a chuck steak (bought by accident), put it in a Ziploc bag with Italian dressing for 2 days in the fridge, then grilled it. It was very yummy! It needed no steak sauce or anything, it was perfectly tender. I served it was sauted onions.
Kraftfoods.com has some really great recipes for the grill.
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Our standbys are fajitas (real ones--beef skirt) and chicken. We also do steaks pretty often, and brisket or salmon on occasion. I'd say DH heats up the grill every weekend, even through the "winter" here.
For the fajitas (inner beef skirt is better than outer) you prep them by removing all the membranes, then marinade them in lime juice, diced onion, and garlic till you're ready to grill them. If you want to make tacos with them cut them in strips across the grain. I usually just eat them like steak.
Mmmmmm...
home made burgers (with lots of garlic and hot sauce inthem)
steak
shrimp skewers (I coat in olive oil and chili powder)
Grilled peppers/onions/tomatoes/mushrooms
Tara and Terry: May 13, 2006
Elizabeth Vittoria: December 21, 2007
We grill all year round too, so we have a few favorites:
- Grilled flank steak or Rib-eye, marinated with garlic, olive oil, rosemary, oregano, white-wine vinegar and sea salt. (sometimes I add more herbs)
- Grilled tuna steak, marinated with soy sauce, garlic, olive oil , lemon juice and parsley.
- Shrimp kabobs with red and green peppers and onions, basted with rice vinegar, sesame oil, ginger, and soy sauce.
- corn on the cob
-Grilled veggies
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