Shoestring sweet potato fries and buttermilk onions piled on top of marinated skirt steak
Prep Time20 minutesmins
Cook Time15 minutesmins
Total Time35 minutesmins
Servings: 2
Author: Viella
Ingredients
1lbskirt steak
1/4cupSriracha
1/4cupbalsamic vinegar
1tbsphoney
1tspsalt
1tbspcanola oil
2medium sweet potatoes
1cupbuttermilk
1cupflour
1cupof onionssliced
Vegetable or canola oil for frying
Balsamic Reduction Ingredients
1cupbalsamic vinegar
1/4honey
1garlic clovesliced
Equipment & Utensils
Grill pan
Mandolinif you have one
Deep fryeror deep pan for frying
Large sieve
Saucepan
Instructions
Remove excess fat from steak if any, wash and pat dry.
Place steaks in gallon sized ziploc bag and set aside.
Mix Sriracha, balsamic vinegar, honey and salt together, and then pour on top of steaks in ziploc bag.
Make sure steaks are completely covered with marinade and then seal and place in fridge for at least 8 hours.
Once steaks are marinated remove from ziploc bags and throw out marinade.
Heat grill pan and then add canola oil.
Once oil is nice and hot, carefully place steaks in grill pan, being careful not to splash the hot oil.
Cook steaks on either side for approx. 3 mins for medium and 5 mins for medium well. Any longer and the result will be pretty dry steaks, but cooking time does depend upon your pan, and the size of your steaks, so use your discretion.
While steaks are cooking heat up oil in deep fryer or deep pan.
Slice up sweet potatoes. A mandolin works best, but if you don't have one, work on creating the thinnest fries you can.
Add fries to oil and cook until crispy, then allow to drain on paper towels.
Your steaks should be done by now, place them on a board and allow to rest.
While steaks are resting, place buttermilk in a dish and flour in another.
Drop you onion slices into the buttermilk, then pull out handfuls and place into flour, covering onions with flour completely.
Repeat until all of your onion slices have been doused in flour, then place them in a large sieve and shake off excess flour.
Make sure oil is nice and hot then add onion slices and cook until golden and crispy.
Transfer onions to paper towel to drain.
Balsamic Reduction Directions
Place balsamic vinegar, honey and garlic into a saucepan and place on high heat.
Stir until ingredients have combined and risen to a boil.
Lower heat to a simmer and reduce to half.
Strain reduction to remove pieces of garlic.
To Serve
Layer ingredients starting with steak first,
drizzle balsamic reduction,
than layer with shoestring sweet potato fries
then layer with buttermilk onions
Notes
As I mentioned previously, you can skip the balsamic reduction and add your favorite barbecue sauce instead, or no sauce at all.