Fancy Flank Steak

Giant Eagle has stellar sales on meat, and it's almost like Christmas when I find things like flank steak, which is typically pretty expensive, for something like $8. Yep! I'll cook the crap out of an $8 dinner! I found this recipe on Epicurious.com, and it's definitely a keeper.

I actually sliced my single flank steak width-wise to make two very thin steaks, and I pounded these with a meat mallet. I marinated for about 30 minutes, while my very-slow oven preheated to "Hi Broil" (honestly, I couldn't tell you exactly what that means, but it makes the top coils very hot, lol). I arranged a small rack atop a shallow pan, and cooked for about 5 minutes on each side. These turned out a perfect medium-rare, but I think this would be made even more delicious by charring on the grill before serving, just to get some extra texture.

This was a perfect weeknight dinner, taking only an hour to prep and cook, along with homemade mashers and a big huge dinner roll. Matt got me totally addicted to these rolls, and now I carb-load at every dinner!

~Enjoy!