I've always loved incorporating onions into meals. Fresh, cooked, it doesn't matter. It's especially nice when I have a huge bag full of fresh red onions from a friend's garden. Decided to play around a little bit and do a smothered skirt steak with some of them. Note: this is the first meal taking pics with the new phone. Totally different look, that's for sure.
The skirt steak.
Cut in half and season with SPG.
A bunch of onions in the skillet with some butter. I wound up adding more onions after these sweated down a little.
Cook them down and build a beef base gravy with them. Just a little flour, BTB beef base, black pepper, garlic, and a splash of beef broth. This makes an amazing mess in the skillet
Cut up a nice salad.
Steaks on the grill. These are really thin so they will cook fast. Just a few minutes is all it took.
Steak done.
Slice and lay out some of the steak on the plate. The carryover got me by a little bit but they still came out slightly pink and nice and juicy.
Load on the onions. Garnish with grated Parmesan cheese and parsley. Plate with the salad and some stroganoff noodles. The salad dressing is a creamy jalapeno ranch sauce I stole from our good friend John (
SmokinVOLfan
) a few years ago. We go through this stuff by the bucket full. It is incredible and you can use it for a ton of different things. We do anyway
And just for you David (
DRKsmoking
) , the close up shot.
Man this was a good meal!! Steak was as tender as you could ever ask for. The onions and gravy was totally over the top. Some really nice flavors developed, a light sweetness, and more complexity than I thought I'd get. I guess it was just the right balance of stuff, which is pure luck. I never measure anything, just kinda throw it all together. Tracy absolutely loved this although she didn't eat as many of the onions as I did. She had a good bunch but her focus was the steak and the salad. All in all a very successful meal for a quick dinner. I can easily see this one being done again
Oh well, got a ton of stuff to catch up on in the forum. The TD has taken a considerable amount of time, as well as the inevitable life challenges, but I'll do my best to catch up over the next couple of days. Y'all take care and see everybody real soon.
Robert
The skirt steak.
Cut in half and season with SPG.
A bunch of onions in the skillet with some butter. I wound up adding more onions after these sweated down a little.
Cook them down and build a beef base gravy with them. Just a little flour, BTB beef base, black pepper, garlic, and a splash of beef broth. This makes an amazing mess in the skillet
Cut up a nice salad.
Steaks on the grill. These are really thin so they will cook fast. Just a few minutes is all it took.
Steak done.
Slice and lay out some of the steak on the plate. The carryover got me by a little bit but they still came out slightly pink and nice and juicy.
Load on the onions. Garnish with grated Parmesan cheese and parsley. Plate with the salad and some stroganoff noodles. The salad dressing is a creamy jalapeno ranch sauce I stole from our good friend John (
SmokinVOLfan
) a few years ago. We go through this stuff by the bucket full. It is incredible and you can use it for a ton of different things. We do anyway
And just for you David (
DRKsmoking
) , the close up shot.
Man this was a good meal!! Steak was as tender as you could ever ask for. The onions and gravy was totally over the top. Some really nice flavors developed, a light sweetness, and more complexity than I thought I'd get. I guess it was just the right balance of stuff, which is pure luck. I never measure anything, just kinda throw it all together. Tracy absolutely loved this although she didn't eat as many of the onions as I did. She had a good bunch but her focus was the steak and the salad. All in all a very successful meal for a quick dinner. I can easily see this one being done again
Oh well, got a ton of stuff to catch up on in the forum. The TD has taken a considerable amount of time, as well as the inevitable life challenges, but I'll do my best to catch up over the next couple of days. Y'all take care and see everybody real soon.
Robert
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