Peach Nectar Marinade Skirt Steak

Experimenting with marinade flavors is something that everyone should do. Put down the bottle of balsamic vinegar and step outside your marinade comfort zone and try marinating a steak in peach nectar. You’ll love the subtle sweet peachy flavors that a peach nectar marinade brings to a skirt steak.

Peach Nectar Marinade Ingredients

Peach Nectar Marinade Ingredients

Peach Nectar – The heavy lifter of the marinade. Brings a subtle sweetness and peach flavor to the marinade.

Olive Oil – Olive oil serves as a crucial component in beef marinades for two reasons. Firstly, its rich texture helps to coat the meat evenly, ensuring that the marinade ingredients stick to the surface for maximum flavor infusion. It also helps distribute the marinade throughout the meat.

Red Wine Vinegar – Brings some acidity to the marinade and helps balance out the peach nectar sweetness. The acidity of red wine vinegar helps to tenderize the beef by breaking down its fibers, resulting in a more tender and juicy texture after cooking.

Garlic Powder  – Garlic powder helps the flavor of beef marinades due to its potent flavor. Its concentrated powder form ensures a robust garlic taste throughout the meat.

Onion Powder – Adds onion flavor depth which is distributed throughout the beef.

Smoked Paprika – Brings some smokiness to the meat.

Ancho Chili Powder – Brings a little heat to the marinade to balance out the sweetness.

Annatto Seeds – Doesn’t bring much in terms of flavor but will add a touch of red to the marinade. Basically, annatto is a red food coloring.

What is Peach Nectar?

Peach nectar is a concentrated liquid extracted from ripe peaches, carefully crafted to preserve the fruit’s natural sweetness and tanginess. Its versatile nature extends beyond a just a beverage, serving as a valuable ingredient from cocktails to desserts, offering a sophisticated addition to a variety creations.

Peach nectar offers a unique and flavorful addition to beef marinades due to its natural sweetness and acidity. The fruity peach nectar complements the savory notes of beef, creating nice balance of flavors. Also, the sugars in peach nectar help to caramelize the exterior of the meat when cooked, encouraging Sear Marks. The acidity in peach nectar along with the red wine vinegar serves as a tenderizing agent, breaking down the proteins in the beef and resulting in a more tender piece of beef.

What is a good cut of steak for marinating?

Skirt Steak is great choice for marinating. With its coarse grain and rich beefy taste, skirt steak readily absorbs marinades, allowing flavors to penetrate deep into the cut and enhance its natural juiciness. Also, the peach nectar marinade will tenderize this cut, breaking down its connective tissues for a more tender and succulent result when cooked.

Peach Nectar Marinade

How to grill skirt steak.

First, start with a clean grill. Turn the gas grill up to medium high and bring the grill temp up to 500 degrees Fahrenheit.

Brush some of the marinade off the skirt steak before placing it on the gas grill. You don’t want to take all of the marinade off the meat because the marinade is where the flavor comes from. However, too much marinade will prevent nice Sear Marks on the beef due to the liquid will steam.

Place the steak over direct heat and close the lid. After three minutes open the lid and with a pair of tongs rotate the beef 30 degrees and grill for another 3 minutes. Then with the tongs flip the steak and grill for another 3 minutes. Bring up the skirt steak up to medium temp. Look for an internal temp of 135 degrees Fahrenheit.

Peach Nectar Marinated Steak

After you’ve confirmed the internal temp with a meat thermometer, remove from the grill and let the skirt steak sit for 5 minutes. The temp will rise a few more degrees to about 140 degrees Fahrenheit while it sits. Once the juices relax after the beef sits, slice the steak against the grain for the best result. Serve and let your guests enjoy the sweet heat flavor of chili pepper and peach nectar.

Sliced Skirt Steak Marinated in Peach Nectar

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Peach Nectar Beef Marinade

By Drew – Serves: 2

Prep Time: 60 minutes – Cooking Time: 12 minutes

Experimenting with marinade flavors is something that everyone should do. Put down the bottle of balsamic vinegar and step outside your marinade comfort zone and try marinading steak in peach nectar. You'll love the subtle sweet peachy flavors that a peach nectar marinade brings to a skirt steak.

Ingredients

• 1 Skirt Steak
• 1 can peach nectar
• 1 teaspoon Garlic Powder
• 1 teaspoon Onion Powder
• 1/4 cup of Olive Oil
• 1/4 cup Red Wine Vinegar
• 1 tablespoon paprika
• 1 tablespoon ancho chili powder
• 1 teaspoon Annatto seeds

Instructions

1

Place all ingredients in a zip lock bag for at least one hour up to 12 hours.

2

Preheat your grill to 500 degrees F.

3

Take the skirt steak out of the marinade and wife off excess liquid.

4

Place steak over medium high direct heat.

5

Grill for three minutes and rotate 30 degrees,

6

Grill for another three minutes then flip the steak.

7

Grill for a few more minutes until the beef hits an internal temp of 135 degrees F.

8

Remove from the grill and let sit for 5 minutes.

9

Slice the beef against the grain and serve.

10

Enjoy!

Notes

Make sure your grill is clean before grilling.