grilled honey chili flap steak

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• dry rub:
• 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
• sauce:
• 1/4 cup honey
• 1/4 cup fresh lime juice
• 1/4 cup chopped cilantro
• 2 chipotle peppers, diced
• 3 cloves garlic
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 2 tablespoons apple vinegar
• 2 tablespoons chipotle mustard
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 2 limes, halved
• 4 flour tortillas
• 1/2 red onion
• 1/4 cup crumbled queso fresco cheese, or to taste

Recipe

Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 10 mins Ready Time: 8 hrs 35 mins


• 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.
• whisk honey, lime juice, cilantro, chipotle peppers, garlic, vegetable oil, apple 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.
• preheat an outdoor grill for medium-high heat and lightly oil the grate.
• 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 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.
• spoon grilled meat into tortillas. top with onion, lime juice, reserved honey-lime serving sauce, and queso fresco cheese.