Grilled Honey Chili Flap Steak recipe

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Ingredients

1 tablespoon garlic powder
2 teaspoons chili powder
2 teaspoons Mexican oregano
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
2 pounds flap steak, trimmed of fat
¼ cup honey
¼ cup fresh lime juice
¼ cup chopped cilantro
2 chipotle peppers, diced
3 cloves garlic
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
2 tablespoons chipotle mustard
1 teaspoon ground cumin
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon ground black pepper
2 limes, halved
4 flour tortillas
½ red onion
¼ cup crumbled queso fresco cheese, or to taste

Nutrition Info

738 calories
carbohydrate: 56.7 g
cholesterol: 111.6 mg
fat: 31 g
fiber: 4.4 g
protein: 57.8 g
saturatedFat: 9.8 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 1485.8 mg
sugar: 20.5 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Stir garlic powder, chili powder, Mexican oregano, 1 teaspoon salt, and 1 teaspoon black pepper together in a bowl. Sprinkle garlic powder mixture over both sides of flap steak, pat rub into meat, wrap steak in plastic wrap, and refrigerate for at least 8 hours or overnight.

  2. Whisk honey, lime juice, cilantro, chipotle peppers, garlic, vegetable oil, apple cider vinegar, chipotle mustard, cumin, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoon black pepper together in a bowl. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate 1 to 2 hours. Separate mixture equally into two bowls, one for basting and one for serving.

  3. Preheat an outdoor grill for medium-high heat and lightly oil the grate.

  4. Cook steak on the preheated grill until smoke rises from the spice rub. Turn the meat and squeeze the juice from 2 lime halves over the steak. When the spice rub begins to smoke, turn the meat again. Brush the refrigerated honey-lime basting sauce onto both sides of the steak and cook steak to your desired degree of doneness, 8 to 10 minutes per side for medium. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read 140 degrees F (60 degrees C). Let meat rest for 5 minutes and chop against the grain into bite-size pieces.

  5. Spoon grilled meat into tortillas. Top with onion, lime juice, reserved honey-lime serving sauce, and queso fresco cheese.

Recipe Yield

4 servings

Recipe Note

Flap meat, also called 'ranchera' or 'carne asada' meat, is a cheap and flavorful cut that is a staple in Mexican cooking. If you can't find flap meat then you can substitute a pounded-out flank steak.

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