Description

Two great drinks equals one fantastic marinade for skirt steak, the juiciest and most flavorful piece of meat you can put on a grill. It's smoky and subtly sweet. The flavors are balanced perfectly with the bitterness of the coffee in the grill marks. I r

Ingredients

• 2 large cloves garlic, minced
• 1 (12 fluid ounce) can or bottle cola-flavored carbonated beverage
• 1/2 cup freshly brewed strong coffee
• 1/4 cup rice vinegar
• 2 tablespoons ketchup
• 1 1/2 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon crushed dried rosemary
• 1/4 teaspoon Louisiana-style hot sauce, or to taste
• 1 (1 1/4 pound) beef skirt steak - trimmed of large fat chunks
• salt to taste
• 1 pinch cayenne pepper, or to taste

Steps

1. 1. Place garlic into a nonreactive bowl and whisk in cola, coffee, rice vinegar, ketchup, black pepper, 1 teaspoon salt, rosemary, and hot sauce until thoroughly combined.
2. 2. Unroll the skirt steak and cut into 6-inch lengths with the grain, using a kitchen scissors. Submerge the meat totally in the marinade; place a piece of plastic wrap onto meat and marinade surface. Marinate 8 to 12 hours in refrigerator or overnight.
3. 3. Preheat an outdoor grill for medium-high heat.