Name: Grilled Skirt Steak with Avocado Lime Crema
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: 1 pound skirt steak; 1/2 tsp kosher or sea salt; 1/2 tsp black pepper; 2 avocados (skins and pits removed); 1/2 cup sour cream (or Greek yogurt); 1/4 cup fresh cilantro; 2 cloves garlic; 2 tbsp lime juice; 1/2 tsp salt; 1/2 tsp black pepper

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Few things are as tasty as a juicy steak and things get even better when it’s with a creamy avocado sauce. Skirt steak is affordable, grills up quickly and is insanely delicious. Pair that skirt steak with the freshness of avocado and you’ve got an easy, yet impressive dinner that’s ready in less than 20 minutes. My recipe for Grilled Skirt Steak with Avocado Lime Crema has become one of my favorite summer dinners and I’m sure you’ll love it just as much.

Grilled Skirt Steak with Avocado Lime Crema

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What is Skirt Steak?

Skirt steak is a long thin cut from the diaphragm of the cow. Skirt steak has visible grain loaded with beefy flavor that’s best cooked quickly over high heat. The grain runs across the width of the skirt steak, to serve skirt steak you want to cut against the grain as shown here.

How to Make Grilled Skirt Steak with Avocado Lime Crema

With it’s intensely beefy flavor skirt steak needs very little to be great. To prepare the skirt steak you want to pat both sides dry with a paper towel and season generously with salt and pepper. Over high heat on a grill (or grill pan) cook the skirt steak for 4-5 minutes on each side for medium doneness. Transfer the skirt steak to a cutting board and allow to rest for 5-10 minutes before slicing against the grain on a bias.

While the skirt steak is resting prepare the avocado crema. In a food processor add in avocados, sour cream ( you can also use Greek yogurt in avocado crema if that’s what you have on hand), cilantro (no need to chop, you can even throw in the stems as they have tons of flavor), lime juice, garlic, salt and pepper. Blend everything together until your crema is smooth and creamy. Drizzle over the skirt steak and enjoy!

If you like this Grilled Skirt Steak with Avocado Lime Crema be sure to take a look at some of my other recipes!

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