Recipe: Yummy Brad's Marinated Flank Steak & Ravioli Marinara

Brad's Marinated Flank Steak & Ravioli Marinara. This Grilled Marinated Flank Steak is melt-in-your-mouth delicious! A marinade made with soy sauce, honey and garlic makes this cut extra delicious. Flank steak is a lean, somewhat tough but flavorful cut of beef that benefits from the tenderizing effects of a marinade.

Properly marinated, it's a wonderful steak to grill or broil. In this recipe the flank steak is marinated overnight in a flavorful combination of red wine, soy sauce, olive oil, garlic, parsley and pepper, grilled quickly. The marinade in this Grilled Asian-style Soy Marinated Flank Steak takes an uninteresting piece of steak and turns it into a mouthwatering dish! You can have Brad's Marinated Flank Steak & Ravioli Marinara using 32 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Brad's Marinated Flank Steak & Ravioli Marinara

1. It's of For the steak.
2. Prepare 3-4 lb of flank steak.
3. It's 3 cloves of minced garlic, divided.
4. You need 2 tbs of olive oil.
5. You need 1/4 cup of red wine, I used cabernet.
6. You need of Sea salt and white pepper.
7. Prepare 1/2 tsp of rubbed sage.
8. You need 1 tsp of red chili flakes.
9. Prepare 2 tbsp of balsamic vinegar.
10. It's 1 tsp of each, dry thyme, oregano, and parsley.
11. It's 3 of basil leaves, bruised.
12. Prepare 8 of lg crimini mushrooms, sliced thin.
13. It's 1 of medium sweet onion, sliced thin.
14. You need 1 tsp of brown sugar.
15. Prepare of For the ravioli.
16. You need of Proper servings of desired ravioli.
17. It's 2 of lg can crushed tomatoes.
18. You need 1 of medium can of fire roasted diced tomatoes.
19. Prepare 2 of small shallots, minced.
20. Prepare 3 cloves of minced garlic.
21. You need 1 tbsp of butter.
22. You need 4 of Roma tomatoes, cut into 1 " squares.
23. It's 2 of beef bouillon cubes.
24. It's 2 of chicken bouillon cubes.
25. It's 1 tbsp of olive oil.
26. It's 1 tbsp of balsamic vinegar.
27. You need 2 tbsp of sugar.
28. It's 1 tsp of each, dried mustard, salt, pepper.
29. It's 1 1/2 tsp of each, dried oregano, dried thyme, chili powder.
30. Prepare 6 of lg fresh basil leaves, chopped.
31. You need 1 1/2 cup of red wine.
32. It's 1/2 cup of quality parmesan cheese, grated.

Remove the steak from the marinade, drain any excess liquid and transfer to a pan. You can marinate your steak for much longer than this, it depends on how strong you want the marinated flavor to be. Because this is a soy based marinade, I. Flank steak is a fairly popular cut of beef, and for good reason — it's flavorful, inexpensive, and incredibly versatile!

Brad's Marinated Flank Steak & Ravioli Marinara step by step

1. Marinate the steak. Add all ingredients for steak except mushrooms, 2 cloves garlic, onions, and brown sugar in a large ziploc bag. Mix well and add steak. Remove as much air from bag as possible. Place in fridge overnight..
2. When ready to cook, start with the marinara sauce. Heat a lg Dutch oven over medium heat. Add olive oil and shallots. Saute until shallots sweat off but do not brown. Add garlic and saute a couple more minutes. Add rest of ingredients except ravioli and parmesan cheese. Bring to a simmer and adjust seasoning to taste. Simmer at least an hour, covered..
3. Heat 2 lg frying pans over medium heat and get 4 qts salted water on to boil..
4. Add 1 tbs oil to each pan. Be careful when you add the steak to the pan. The oil may pop a bit. Add the mushrooms and onions to the other pan. Cook steak until it browned well on all sides. If pan is oven safe. Put into a 375 degree oven on the middle rack for 8-10 minutes. Saute mushrooms and onions until the water has sweated off..
5. Turn heat to medium low. Continue to saute until you start to see caramelization. Add remaining garlic and brown sugar. Saute until well caramelized..
6. Meanwhile cook ravioli per instruction. Drain and rinse in hot water..
7. Remove steak from oven and let rest for 5-7 minutes covered with foil. Slice..
8. Plate ravioli, top with sauce. Garnish with parmesan fresh basil and olives (optional). Plate sliced steak. Top with onions and mushrooms. Serve immediately. Enjoy..

The flank steak can be marinated a day or two ahead of time, rolled, and then refrigerated until ready to cook. Even better, the ingredients can be adjusted to whatever you have on. Place flank steak inside a gallon-sized zipper-lock bag with remaining marinade. Press out air, seal bag, and allow meat to marinate, turning occasionally, for at least Remove steak from marinade and pat dry with paper towels. Ignite a large chimney full of coals and wait until they're covered in grey ash.