Perfect Skirt Steak Marinade with Chimichurri Recipe (2024)

June 17, 2019 by Jocelyn (Grandbaby Cakes) · Updated February 21, 2024

Skirt Steak Marinade with Chimichurri Recipe – No grill is complete without my insanely flavorful skirt or flank steak marinade with chimichurri sauce! Easy, absolutely delicious and beyond flavorful!

The Perks and Highlights for the Best Skirt Steak Marinade

Cuisine Inspiration: Latin American flavors

Primary Cooking Method: Marinating and grilling, baby!

Dietary Info: Gluten-free and absolutely full of protein.

Key Flavor: The dominant flavors are a tantalizing mix of zesty citrus, rich olive oil, salty soy sauce, tangy apple cider vinegar, aromatic garlic, and a splash of umami from the Worcestershire sauce. The chimichurri sauce adds a fresh, herby kick to round everything out.

Skill Level Required: Pretty easy

Sweet Highlights:

• Zesty Citrus Magic: The citrus juices help tenderize the steak, ensuring every bite is mouth-wateringly soft.
• Garlic’s Bold Embrace: Garlic adds a depth of flavor that transforms the marinade from good to “can I bathe in this?”
• Chimichurri Charm: This sauce is the unsung hero of the recipe, adding a fresh, herby layer
• Soy Sauce Savvy: A splash of soy brings all the ingredients together
• Grill Marks for Days: There’s something undeniably magical about the smoky goodness that a grill imparts on steak, making this dish a summertime (or anytime!) favorite.

What is Skirt Steak?

Skirt steak is a long cut of beef that’s sliced thinly from the diaphragm muscles of the cow. It is one of the most flavorful cuts of beef but can be a little on the tougher side because of the connective tissue in the cow’s diaphragm muscles. That’s where marinades come in to help tenderize the meat.

Ingredients

The flavor is unreal. Because of the texture of skirt steak (I love to use it here in my carne asada as well) and flank steak, I wanted to make sure I used a marinade recipe that would really infuse a ton of flavor and also help to tenderize the meat. The texture is very different than this london broil, cube steak orribeye steak, which is much more tender.

The ingredients contained in this marinade including:

1. olive oil
2. orange juice
3. lime juice
4. soy sauce

1. Worcestershire sauce
2. apple cider or red wine vinegar
3. minced garlic

Ingredients like lime juice and soy sauce add acid to really break down the toughness of the steak, and it couldn’t taste better if you ask me. That citrus essence gets right down in each and every bite. Put your completed marinade in a resealable plastic bag and add your steak pieces. Refrigerate and marinate for 6 to 7 hours.

Can You Marinate Too Long?

Optimally, for tough steaks like skirt and flank, it’s best to marinate it no longer than 24 hours in the refrigerator. Beyond overnight marinating is overkill. Also, never re-use a marinade.

How to Cook Skirt Steak

Before placing your marinated skirt or flank steak on the grill, it’s important to liberally season the meat on both sides with salt and pepper. Allow your charcoal or gas grill to get good and hot.

Place your steak on the grill and cook both sides for 4 to 6 minutes. The meat should be perfectly charred with wonderful grill marks and have a golden brown color. Remove from the grill and allow the meat to rest for around 5 minutes.

After grilling your steak and allowing it to rest is the best time to cut it. Take your steak and always cut against the grain in thin slices.

Adding Chimichurri Sauce

Adding my chimichurri sauce, takes this recipe to a whole new level y’all. This chimichurri sauce is so fresh with clean flavors. Cilantro and parsley are already so fresh but when added with fresh lime juice, the essence is just so wonderful. It is a lovely accent to this dish.

You can whip this chimichurri recipe up in your heavy duty blender or food processor. The flavors just come together so perfectly with the steak.

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