Steak Wrapped Asparagus is a delicious dish that looks as good as it tastes. It’s perfect for the holidays and requires only a little prep before cooking. Steak Wrapped Asparagus will really liven up your dinner table.
To create this dish flank steak is first sliced, then placed in a marinade of soy sauce, mirin, barley miso and red rice vinegar. The marinated steak slices are then wrapped around approx. three asparagus stems and secured with a toothpick. Finally the bundles of steak and asparagus are placed in the oven for approx. 45 mins.
Flank steak has a lot of flavor and that flavor can be amped up when marinated in distinctive flavors. The marinade also works as a tenderizer, as flank steak can be a little chewy on its own. Marinating and cutting against the grain when slicing, will allow you to really enjoy the flavor of the steak.
If done right Steak Wrapped Asparagus is a melt in your mouth dish that will bring a smile to you and your family’s faces. My foolproof system of getting that melt in your mouth situation is to make a tester, a sample of Steak Wrapped Asparagus to taste and make sure I have the rest just right. This trick will help you avoid overcooking, because no one wants overcooked flank steak.
Steak Wrapped Asparagus
Ingredients
- 2 lb flank steak
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 2 tbsp mirin
- 2 tbsp red rice vinegar
- 2 tsp barley miso
- 2 bunches asparagus pref. jumbo
- Generous drizzle olive oil
- 1/2 tsp kosher salt
- 1/2 tsp toasted sesame seeds
Equipment & Utensils
- Cutting board and chef knife
- Toothpicks
- 2 Large baking sheets
- Resealable bags
Instructions
- Whisk together soy sauce, mirin, vinegar and miso until completely combined and set aside.
- Place flank steak on cutting board and cut into 2 inch slices, making sure you cut against the grain of the meat.
- Place steak slices into a resealable bag and pour marinade on top of it. You may have to use two bags, dependent upon the size of your resealable bags.
- Remove the air from the bag and seal, then move the steak strips around so that they get coated by the marinade.
- Allow to marinate for 2 hours.
- Once you have finished marinating remove steak slices from the marinade and discard what is left of the marinade.
- Trim the stalks from the asparagus, then rinse and dry with paper towels.
- Grab a bunch of three asparagus stems and wrap a slice of steak around them and secure with a toothpick, then place the parcel of steak and asparagus on a baking sheet.
- Continue until you have created as many parcels as your steak and asparagus allows.
- Drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with kosher salt.
- Place in a preheated oven at 425 and cook for approx. 45 minutes, but check on progress to make sure you do not overcook the steak.
- Allow to sit for approx. 5 minutes and remove toothpick.
- Sprinkle with sesame seeds before serving.
