Asian Glazed Grilled Steak – Cooking with Thas

Glazed, Grilled and Good…

It’s that time of the year when weather really rules most of my decision. It’s highly unpredictable and unreliable. You never know what is waiting for you, it could be sunny and bright or it could be rainy and gloomy. The transition from Summer to Fall is not a good time for someone like me who still hasn’t learned to enjoy the rainy evenings and the gloomy landscape.

Today we had yet another lousy weather and nothing seemed appealing to me. I had been writing and writing for the past few weeks. You guessed it wrong! It was not for my cook book, it was for my first year research report. Have I told you how I hate writing reports? Don’t even get me started on that. After a day long writing about scientific experiments, it feels really good to write about food, cooking and my thoughts.

While browsing through my picasa album on this lousy day, the picture of this Asian glazed grilled steak put a smile on my face. I thought now that you made me smile, I am going to write about you right away. Last Sunday, we had an unbelievably great day; weather wise. Seeing the clear sky and the shining Sun, we went for a motorcycle ride and on our way back did some meat shopping. I saw my hubby heading straight to the steak aisle and he grabbed a few of them. He said: lets grill and I replied: I am thrilled.

I made an asian glazed marinade for the steak, marinated it for an hour and grilled it to perfection. It was the best tasting steak we had this Summer.

Asian Glazed Grilled Steak

Ingredients:

Steak- 2

For marinating:

Ginger-Garlic paste- 2 tsp
Soy sauce- 2 tbsp
Worcestershire Sauce- 1 tbsp
Rice Vinegar- 1 tbsp
Chili paste or Sambal Oelek- 1 tsp
Honey- 1 1/2 tbsp
Ground Pepper- 1/4 tsp
Salt- not needed as soy sauce and Worcestershire sauce have salt.

Instruction

In a large ziplock bag, combine all the ingredients mentioned for marinating.
Put the steak into the bag, close the bag and shake it to coat the marinade evenly on the steak.
Keep the steak in the refrigerator for an hour or more.
Have your grill ready, spray non-stick cooking spray over the grill.
Place the steak on it and grill it keeping the heat to medium.
Flip it over and brush the remaining marinade over the steak and grill till it has cooked well.
Don’t over cook as the steak would turn hard.
Remove from the grill and serve along with grilled potatoes, grilled corn etc.

For making dipping sauce:

Make a second batch of the marinade and cook it in a saucepan till it turns slightly thick.
You could use this to pour on the steak while having it. This is just an optional step.

How to bake the steak:

Marinate the steak.
Pre heat the oven to 450 F.
Bake it for 30-35 minutes or according to how you want your steak to be.
Make sure to flip it over and brush with the marinade every 10 minutes.

Asian Glazed Grilled Steak

Ingredients

Steak- 2

For marinating

Ginger-Garlic paste- 2 tsp
Soy sauce- 2 tbsp
Worcestershire Sauce- 1 tbsp
Rice Vinegar- 1 tbsp
Chili paste or Sambal Oelek- 1 tsp
Honey- 1½ tbsp
Ground Pepper- ¼ tsp
Salt- not needed as soy sauce and Worcestershire sauce have salt.

Instructions

In a large ziplock bag, combine all the ingredients mentioned for marinating.
Put the steak into the bag, close the bag and shake it to coat the marinade evenly on the steak.
Keep the steak in the refrigerator for an hour or more.
Have your grill ready, spray non-stick cooking spray over the grill.
Place the steak on it and grill it keeping the heat to medium.
Flip it over and brush the remaining marinade over the steak and grill till it has cooked well.
Don't over cook as the steak would turn hard.
Remove from the grill and serve along with grilled potatoes, grilled corn etc.

For making dipping sauce

Make a second batch of the marinade and cook it in a saucepan till it turns slightly thick.
You could use this to pour on the steak while having it. This is just an optional step.

How to bake the steak