One of my dearest friends Tucker was in town, my older brother Ned was turning 28, and Kelly just moved to Texas with her fiance.
Sunday was a busy day, and deserved a celebratory and stressless meal.
My mom makes hands down the best ale marinated flank steak and with her recipe, and Tucker's credit card, we headed to Trader Joes.
It was nice to have Tucker as a co-chef, she's a great baker, chopper, stirrer, and cook.
Look at her go!
Fresh ginger is one of the most under utilized spices, at least in my kitchen I'm going to work on changing that...
The steaks marinated in the fridge for about 10- hours
I rotated them once at the 5 hour mark
Some helpful oven cooking reminders:
- Remove the steaks from the oven just short of your desired doneness, as they continue to cook.
- Allow the meat to rest 5- 10 minutes before carving (so the juices can settle and be redistributed throughout the meat)
- There is actually a proper way to slice flank steak - against the fibers
Serve it up!
While the steaks marinated, we snacked.
And as we snacked I was presented with the cutest/coolest apron EVER. Tucker's parents had sent me new cooking flare for my birthday - I wore it all around the apartment, even when I wasn't cooking!
Thank you Tucker family!
Then we ate... (sans camera)
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Sadly, I neglected to capture the whole meal.
Ale marinated flank steak
Fingerling potatoes
Spinach and feta
DELICIOUS
But the next day, we had leftovers!
Lets be honest though, leftovers can be just as fun!
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