Raúl Musibay: But here in Miami, a churrasco steak specifically refers to a cut of beef prepared in the Argentine style.
Jorge Castillo: It's also popular with Nicaraguans. You'll see it on the menu of many restaurants. The churrasco steak is a long flat cut of skirt steak, cut from the "plate" of the cow.
Jorge Castillo: The churrasco steak is typically marinated to make it tender and full of flavor. The Argentine version uses a mildly flavored marinade or sometimes no marinade at all.
Glenn Lindgren: We like to "Cubanize" the dish by marinating the churrasco steak overnight in our own homemade mojo marinade.
Raúl Musibay: Churrasco steak is always served with a good chimichurri sauce. We like to use our Cuban version -- it has a different flavor than the typical Argentine version!
Jorge Castillo: If you're having trouble finding churrasco cut steaks in your area, you might try a Latin American or even a Mexican market. Mexican cooks like to use this cut of meat for making fajitas. Otherwise, talk to a good butcher. Tell them you want a skirt steak, cut from the plate and sliced long. It should look something like the picture below.
To make it tender and full of flavor, the churrasco steak is typically marinated in this marinade:
INGREDIENTS:
3 pounds beef skirt steak, cut longTo make the marinade:
Mash garlic, salt, and peppercorns into a paste, using a mortar and pestle. Stir in sour orange juice, onion, and oregano. Let sit at room temperature for 30 minutes or longer. Whisk the garlic-orange juice mixture with the olive oil until well blended.
Preparing the meat is very easy. Place the meat in a large bowl or pan. Add enough mojo marinade to cover the meat. Place a cover over the bowl or pan and place in the refrigerator a minimum of five hours, but preferably overnight.
Grill the marinated steaks outdoors on a gas or charcoal grill -- make sure your coals are hot and white! You can cook them however you like your steak -- from rare to well done. However, we recommend that you cook it RARE!
The rarer the meat, the more tender and flavorful!
Serve the meat with the chimichurri sauce -- it tastes great!
Don't make churrasco steak without this delicious chimichurri sauce!
Chimichurri is used on many types of Cuban and Argentine style steaks.
Cuban Chimichurri Sauce RECIPE HERE
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