Circle the calendar, folks! It’s Monday night and guess what?? I COOKED DINNER! While yes, camp was just as tiring as it always is, I had prepared ahead and made sure that we had enough ingredients in the house to make multiple meals this week. Granted, one of the meals this week is “just” going to be pasta with sauce, but tonight, I had a major desire to grill out. The beautiful weather helped, thats for sure!
Tonight, I made (in case you couldn’t translate the title) Grilled steak with lime and chile. I’m a HUGE fan of the chili-lime combo, and I’ve even made a chile-lime pork tenderloin but this one had a bit of a different technique. The main difference was the fresh lime juice (limes were $0.05 a piece!) and chopped garlic instead of crushed. So, here’s my recipe for:
Bistec a la Parrilla con Lima y Chile
Ingredients
- 1 1.5 lb. flank steak, trimmed
- juice of 5 fresh limes
- zest of one lime
- 3 cloves garlic, chopped
- 1 Tbsp. chili powder
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 1/8 tsp. crushed red pepper
Directions
Combine all ingredients except the steak in a shallow pan or ziplock bag. Score the steak against the grain about 5 times on each side, then add the meat to the marinade. Allow to marinate at least 30 minutes up to 3 hours. Grill on a hot grill until cooked to your liking, though for flank steak, medium to medium-well is perfect. Slice against the grain, and serve with fresh corn tortillas.
I made some grilled red peppers to go with this delicious steak, and ate strips of peppers with the steak wrapped up in the warm tortillas. Seriously a great meal! This meat would’ve been great by itself, but these tortillas we got yesterday really made the meal. There may or may not have been was also a McD’s hot fudge sundae as dessert… it was cold, fudgy, and just what I was craving!
Now, meet our new friend, won today at Safari Land to keep us company. His name is Mr. Monkey. Say hello, Mr. Monkey!
Mr. Monkey took about 30 rounds of the game “Smokin’ Token” to win (which, has a total double entendre for its name that I JUST got… did you get it?) He kept me company on the bus ride home, and is now happily living on our sofa. Mr. Monkey, just so you know, has a “big face” and “floppy tail” and was hugged by each and every camper on their way out today. (note to self, Lysol Mr. Monkey.)
Tomorrow, dinner will take a bit of a trans-Atlantic flight to Italy… bet you can’t wait!
Camper quote convo of the day: Camper 1: “Mara, I know we just eated lunch, but can we get pizza? And cotton candy? And soda?” Camper 2: “No, silly, we don’t have enough tokens to buy that stuff! Lets just play games.” Camper 1: “Ok!”
Mara Out.
hahaha about the lysol comment!!
I want grilled veggies!!
hungry hungry hippo!!
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I love the flavor of fresh lime juice. Awesome meal after a day at camp!
Mr. Monkey is very cute…
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I love mr. Monkey….
Congratulations on winning him… 
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I’m using Purell from just looking at Mr. Monkey.
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mr. monkey is so cute!
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Look at you, you lil grill master! Looks delish
still lovin those camper quotes… Too funny!
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Mr. Monkey is a cutie!
I love that charred pepper.
Have fun at camp today!
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Glad you were able to cook tonight! Dinner looks great, as usual.
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Your flank steak looks soooo good! How do you keep the meat tender? I can never figure it out with red meat. It always ends up being really tough.
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Mmmmm…great dinner! And Mr. Monkey is too cute!
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great looking dinner! i love red peppers
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Mr. Monkey is adorable, and I love anything chili lime as well. Emphasis on the chili definitely too…
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hahahah Thank you so much for sharing those comments the campers made. that’s really so cute and SUCH a great way to show that there’s more to life than just food – especially food that isn’t so good for ya!
You have wiiiise campers Mara. I’m sure you took part in their education!
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Great dinner! Way to prepare for a super delicious feast. I can attest to the greatness that is Mara’s grilled red peppers, so I know this dish must have been rockin’!
I love the monkey and the fact that it now needs Lysol
The camper comments are too cute, too! I want to go to camp!
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Hey Mara, cute eek-eek (that’s what my daughter called them when she was little)
I luv my flank steak med. rare and find it’s more tender the less you cook it. Just be sure to let it rest at least 5 min. and cut at an angle against the grain. Your marinade sounds delish!
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You can cook steak for me any time – you obviously have skillz. With a z!
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