Quick and Easy Flank Steak

Oxygen and Iron's recipe for this week is a quick and easy Flank Steak. This cut of steak is lean and flavorful, which tastes best when it is marinaded. Flank steak is prepared quickly under high heat, and is generally served medium rare and thinly sliced. Try this week's recipe and let us know your thoughts.

Ponzu-Glazed Flank Steak-

cooking rice with green onions is an ideal side to soak up the pan sauce. For some color on the plate, sauté bell pepper slices and drizzle with sesame oil.


2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
2 tablespoons low-sodium soy sauce
1 tablespoon honey
2 teaspoons bottled ground fresh ginger (such as Spice World)
1 (1-pound) flank steak, trimmed

Preheat broiler.

Combine first 5 ingredients in a small saucepan over medium-high heat; bring to a boil. Cook 3 minutes, and remove from heat.
Place steak on a foil-lined broiler pan. Brush half of soy mixture over steak; broil 5 minutes or until browned. Turn steak over; brush with remaining soy mixture. Broil for 5 minutes or until browned. Remove from oven; wrap foil around steak. Let stand 5 minutes before slicing.
Serve steak with pan juices.

Yield: 4 servings (serving size: 3 ounces steak and 1 tablespoon pan juices)
CALORIES 188 (30% from fat); FAT 6.2g (sat 2.3g,mono 2.2g,poly 0.2g); IRON 2.1mg; CHOLESTEROL 37mg; CALCIUM 31mg; CARBOHYDRATE 7.1g; SODIUM 330mg; PROTEIN 25.1g; FIBER 0.3g

Happy Cooking,

Linda and Rachel