Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Marinated Top Sirloin

I've been spoiled this summer, eating rib eye steaks that I found on sale but my stash of steak is dwindling and I needed to replenish my cache of carcass.

I found top sirloin to be on sale this past weekend and as always, I buy a little to test the tenderness & flavour of the meat. This cut is underated as it's very flavourful, inexpensive and more forgiving to grill than a flank steak.

I tried this steak with a basic steak seasoning and I also marinated it...both versions were juicy and easy to chew. Treat this cut like a flank steak, grill it to no more than medium doneness, cut it into slices against the grain and for a quick marinade, leave it to absorb your flavours of choice in a zip-lock bag for an hour in room temperature. As always....seconds are encouraged!

Marinated Top Sirloin

1 tsp grated ginger
1 Tbsp Worcestershire

2 Tbsp olive oil

2 Tbsp minced garlic

1 Tbsp wasabi paste

salt & pepper to taste


  1. Add the ginger, Worcestershire, olive oil, garlic and wasabi in a large zip-lock bag. Mix well and add your steak. Squish the marinate well to coat the steak well. Marinate for 1 hour in room temperature or in the fridge if grilling much later.
  2. Season your steak with salt & pepper or your favourite steak seasoning. Grill on high heat for 3 minutes a side.

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5 comments:

Patricia Scarpin said...

Peter, my husband would love this!

Peter M said...

Patricia, steak is a macho dish!

Katie Zeller said...

Macho, shmacho!
I would love this - a bit more rare for me, please!

Peter M said...

Me too Katie but the others wouldn't have touched the meat done rare.

test it comm said...

I prefer rarer as well, but the grill marks look really good.