Eat Skinny Be Skinny: How to Make a Tasty Steak
PIN IT!There’s nothing more satisfying than a big, juicy steak. I’m not much of a red meat eater, but when I do venture into cow territory, I go right to the steaks. No need to mess with ground beef or ribs, when I’m craving something hearty, it’s going to be satisfied with a steak. Before you go off with your “steak isn’t that healthy” dietribe, let me squash that misconception right now. Steak doesn’t have to be unhealthy or fatty, especially if you know what the labels mean. I buy 90/10 lean steak, which means it’s 90% lean and 10% fat, because you need a little fat on a good piece of meat! It still tastes the same as the regular kind, just with less of the gross fat you end up cutting off anyway!
Now that you know steak can fit into your diet, let’s chat about how to cook it. Unless you live in the wonderful parts of the world that see sun 95% of the time with warm temperatures year round, grilling isn’t always going to be possible. That doesn’t mean you have to put your steak dinners and kabobs on the back burner until summer, all you need is an oven, and last time I checked, those come equipped in most apartments, condos and homes! Broiling a steak is easy and the outcome is just as delicious as if you grilled it!
How to Grill a Damn Good Steak:
- Locate your broiler on your oven, which is the bottom part of the oven that pulls out like a drawer. [See below]
- Grease your broiler pan with non stick cooking oil and preheat your oven to the “broil” setting. If your oven doesn’t have that setting, heat your oven to 400 degrees.
- Then follow the instructions below for an easy and delicious steak with a marinade.
Red Wine Marinated Steak
What You’ll Need:
- 1/2 cup dry red wine
- 2 tbsp. steak seasoning
- 2 chopped garlic cloves
- 1 pound of lean steak, loin roast or filet mignon
How to Make It:
- Mix the wine, garlic and seasoning together in a Ziploc bag or a Tupperware with a lid. Place steak into the marinade, shake, and refrigerate for 25 minutes.
- Once steak is done marinading, place on the greased broiler pan.
- Broiling time differs on how many pounds of steak you have. For 1.8 pounds, each steak needed to be broiled from 11-16 minutes on each side for a medium rare turnout. Steaks a pound or less can be cooked for as little as 5 minutes on each side. Easiest way to check is cut through the middle to see the red-ness! A pink color indicates medium-rare, however, any purple coloring means it needs a few more minutes.
I’m a meat and potatoes kind of girl, so I served up this delicious piece of steak with lightened mashed potatoes and some mixed vegetables!
Nutritional Information per steak: 400 calories, 15 grams of fat, 35 grams of protein and 5 grams of fiber.
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