steak and tomato salad

"the best salad I ever had" is a strong statement, but uttered by david when he stood over the sink and ate it.

1 c. halved small cherry tomatoes (from the farmer's market!)
1 1/2 c. sliced grilled flank steak that has been rubbed with butter, then dry mustard, salt and peppered and cooked in a skillet
half cubed avocado
1/3 c thinly sliced green pepper
1/3 c thinly sliced vidalia onion
1/2 chopped fresh jalapeno
1/4 c chopped T cilantro or 1/2 T cilantro paste incorporated into dressing

toss with juice from 1/2 lime, 1-2 T. champagne vinegar, and olive oil to taste. salt and pepper to taste.

Steak Teriyaki

You can either pan-fry or grill this steak, either way you'll want to sear it on very high heat. If pan frying, I recommend using a large cast iron frying pan or griddle pan.
Ingredients

* 1/3 cup mirin rice wine
* 1/3 cup sake
* 1/3 cup soy sauce (if cooking gluten-free, use gluten-free soy sauce)
* 1 Tbsp sugar
* 1 Tbsp fresh grated ginger

* 1 1/2 to 2 lb flank steak or skirt steak
* Olive oil or grapeseed oil

Method



1 Combine the mirin, sake, soy sauce, sugar, and grated ginger in a large, shallow bowl. Place the steak in the marinade and let marinate for at least an hour, and up to 48 hours. If marinating for more than an hour, keep chilled until an hour before you plan to cook.


2 When ready to cook, remove steak from marinade, reserving the marinade. Place steak on a plate and set aside. Place marinade in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Boil for 10 minutes, or until the marinade has reduced to a thin glaze, becoming your teriyaki sauce.

Please note that if you are concerned by the idea of reusing the marinade after raw steak has been sitting in it, you will be boiling the heck out of this marinade, killing anything that may have decided to grow in it during the marinating process. Also steak isn't the same as chicken. People eat steak raw (beef carpaccio). Salmonella is not a problem with steak; it is with chicken. If you are still concerned, make twice as much marinade, and reserve half to boil down to make the sauce, using the other half as a marinade.