Chef Michael Symon's skirt steak with chimichurri and cauliflower 'rice'
Chef Michael Symon joined "Good Morning America" on Friday to make a recipe from his latest cookbook, "Fix It With Food: Every Meal Easy."
Skirt steak with pistachio chimichurri and cauliflower "rice"
"Here, an herby, salty, citrusy chimichurri is enhanced with heaps of crunchy cauliflower, transforming it into a kind of loose salad," Symon said. "The saucy salad is the perfect foil to the savory grilled steak. You can make the chimichurri a day or two ahead to save time; just store it in an airtight container in the fridge."
Ingredients
3 tablespoons golden raisins
1 cup riced cauliflower
2 tablespoons salt-packed capers, rinsed
1/4 cup roasted pistachios
1 garlic clove, minced1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
1/4 cup finely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
1/4 cup fresh mint leaves, thinly sliced
Grated zest and juice of 1 orange
1 teaspoon sherry vinegar
1/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 (12-ounce) skirt steak, trimmed of silver skin
Directions
Set a small saucepan over medium-high heat. Add the raisins and 1/4 cup water, and bring to a simmer. Remove from the heat, and let stand for 5 minutes to rehydrate.
Drain the raisins, and add them to a large bowl along with the cauliflower, capers, pistachios, garlic, cumin, pepper flakes, parsley, mint, orange zest, orange juice, vinegar and 1/4 cup of the olive oil. Season with a pinch of salt and a twist of pepper and toss to combine.
Preheat a grill or grill pan to medium-high heat.
Drizzle the steak on both sides with the remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil and season with a few pinches of salt and twists of pepper. Put the steak on the grill and cook until nicely charred and medium-rare, about 3 minutes per side. Set aside to rest, loosely tented with foil, for 5 minutes before thinly slicing it against the grain.
Serve the sliced steak topped with the pistachio chimichurri/cauliflower salad.
“Reprinted from Fix It With Food: Every Meal Easy” Copyright © 2021 by Michael Symon and Douglas Trattner. Photographs copyright © 2021 by Ed Anderson. Illustrations copyright © 2021 by Stanley Chow. Published by Clarkson Potter, an imprint of Random House."
