One of my London Broil methods. LOL.

[StephanieGrace]

I actually have several different ways of cooking London Broil, but I was asked a few weeks for my recipe, so here is the "technique" that I actually wrote out while making it last time...

LONDON BROIL MARINADE
12 oz. Beer (1 can)
½ tablespoon each of:
Onion Powder
Garlic Powder
Italian Seasoning
Oregano
Seasoned Salt
Paprika
Crushed Red Pepper Flakes
Chili Powder
1-2 Bay Leaves, depending on size of cut
1-2 cloves of garlic, depending on size of cut

2. Pour beer, slowly, into bowl. Add spices and whisk until only a few bubbles remain (if any).
   
3. Remove skin from garlic clove(s) and slice or sliver garlic.
   
4. Puncture meat with paring knife and insert slivers or slices of garlic.
   
5. Put frozen meat into 1-gallon zip-top bag. Pour in beer/spice mixture. Add Bay Leaf(ves).
   
6. Set in refrigerator overnight, turning every few hours as convenient for you.

COOKING:

Take meat out several hours before dinner to allow for it to reach room temperature before cooking. Set oven to broil and allow to preheat (Usually 10-15 minutes). Save liquid for "basting". Place meat on cookie sheet sprinkled with olive oil (or broiler pan, upon preference and appliance). Use spoon to drizzle liquid over meant. Cook for 10-15 minutes. Turn meat over, spoon liquid over meat, and cook an additional 10-15 minutes (before turning, I usually give a little sprinkle of pepper). Remove from oven and cover with foil. ALLOW TO REST FOR FIFTEEN MINUTES. Remove Garlic slivers [unless you enjoy biting into chunks o' garlic], slice and enjoy!



I will try and post my other ways, but my favorite method can't be done until I manage to get my hands on a meat tenderizer. This one is really just me adapting to life without being able to beat the meat into submission before cooking. LOL. Since I couldn't take a tenderizer to it, I decided to make a marinade so that the meat wouldn't end up chewy. (I've been told that this recipe is even good reheated in the microwave, which was very flattering to me. LOL).

Usually, I'd rub butter (Country Crock, in my life) over the meat, add my spices, then beat, but I can't do that. LOL. (Please note that I'd use the same spices, but not the measurements above for this method). I'll get it up ASAP; I'll try and borrow a tenderizer tomorrow and will buy some meat when we can afford to. LOL.

Enough rambling...

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Stephanie Grace
http://stephaniegracetats.blogspot.com

[HJ Hess]

Oh, you wicked woman! Here it is, 1:40AM my time, and I am craving some yummy london broil with your special-recipe marinade.
Oh, how wicked of you.
I will have to make this recipe for Father's Day for The Best Husband. He will surely love it!
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[Green Gal]

Broil what IS a Broil or broiler?????. I have read it often in Us or English recipes but I have no idea what it is or how to do it. Some days Im convinced it is just a fancy way of saying cooking in the oven ( Baking / roasting) other times I think it is grilling food. Can anyone explain>

[Lynn]

Broiling is done in the oven, but instead of the heat coming from the bottom and heating the entire cavity, the heating element is on the top. I suppose it could be considered an inverse of grilling. Place food on a tray under the broiler. It is usual to cook the food about half way through, then turn it over and finish the other side. My mother always broiled with the oven door ajar, but I have no idea why. Does anyone else? I seldom broil anything.

[StephanieGrace]

Hope you like it, HJ! :-)

Green Gal: So, Lynn beat me to the punch about the broiling thing... Oh well, but let me not fail to add that if your oven has a pull-out thing on the bottom, it could be a broiler. A lot of ovens now have a storage drawer there and a broil feature for actual oven part, but it could be worth mentioning, I guess. LOL.

Lynn: I've never heard of the door ajar while broiling... I'm going to have to look into that! LOL. (Watch me try it and set my apartment on fire. LOL). THere's got to be some website or another that will enlighten us.

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Stephanie Grace