How to Cook Round Steak
How to cook round steak always gets heated conversations going among home chefs. There are a number of ways to cook this cut of beef, but only a select few will yield really great results.Round steaks are generally less expensive than other cuts. Round steak is cut from the back leg of the cow, where the meat is very lean. The good news about lean meat is it makes a guilt-free main course if you're counting calories; the thing to be cautious about with lean meats is overcooking. With so little fat, the meat can quickly dry out and become tough. Tenderizing will help -- good marinade brings out the meat's flavor and promotes tenderness (Worcestershire sauce fits the bill in this recipe).
Transcript
-Hey everyone, I'm Judith. Well, today, I'm gonna be showing
you how to make a simple better steak, and you
don't need that many ingredients to do so. So, what
you'll need is 1 cup of classic Worcestershire sauce; 2-3
pounds of boneless sirloin round or flank steak, today, we'll
be using flank steak; 4 teaspoons of steak seasoning or
salt and pepper to taste if you don't have steak
seasoning, but we have some lovely seasoning,
which we'll be using for our steak today. So, quite
simply, the first process, we put our steak into a
dip dish, and all we gonna do is marinate that
steak with our Worcestershire sauce like so and that will
just give a really intense and beautiful flavor ready for
grilling. So, we wanna refrigerate that for about 30 minutes
to up to 3 hours. The more you can do
it, the better because in all of those nice flavors
infused into the stake and that will be ready for
grilling.
So, we'll be back in a little bit and we'll
get grilling. So, we have refrigerated our flank steak for
about 2 to 3 hours now and it's looking good
nice and marinated. So, we've drained off any excess Worcestershire
sauce, taking all that out of there and so finally
let's season our steak with that steak seasoning. As I
said, if you don't have any, you can just use
good all salt and pepper of course. So, we'll give
that a good chance, do to other side.
Now, right beside me, I have my grill pan going
there getting nice and hot for our flank steak. So,
if you have a barbecue of course and you go
grill on that, that's even better to use, but grill
pans work just well. Alright, so that's seasoned up nicely,
the remaining of that on there, fantastic. Okay, so that's
nice and hot now, our grill pan. So let's add
our flank steak to the pan.
And we wanna cook that. It's on a medium high
right now. We wanna cook that for about 15 minutes
for a medium rest. So, turn halfway, turn it once
and get it cooked through and yeah, then we'll be
back. So, steak is done. It's been about 15 minutes.
We turned it on the other side and that is
gorgeous now, lovely and charred on both sides. Nice grill
marks that
and nice and juicy as you can see that. Now,
make sure, you let your steak rest for at least
10 minutes before slicing into it. That will let those
juices redistribute in the meat and also prevents it from
drying out, and also the steak continues to cook a
few minutes after you've taken it off the heat. So,
it's very essential that you just let it rest for
10 minutes before you dive into it, and there you
go everyone, really delicious. That's how you make as simply
better steak.
What You'll Need
- 1 cup FRENCH'S® Classic Worcestershire Sauce
- 2 to 3 pounds boneless sirloin, round or flank steak
- 4 teaspoons steak seasoning or salt and pepper to taste
Step By Step
1
POUR Worcestershire over steak in deep dish. Refrigerate 30 min. or up to 3 hours. Drain steak and season.
2
GRILL steak over high heat about 15 min. for medium rare, turning once.
3
PLACE steak on serving plate; let steak rest 10 min. before slicing.
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