Beef chuck eye recipes?

[eleny]

I didn't plan on getting them but they were on sale buy and get free, so I picked up two packages. Each package has two steaks.

I thought I could marinate and then grill two of the steaks and slice up for hot sandwiches on rolls. I'm not in the mood for brazing.

Any other ideas? Or ideas for the grilling? I've read that they should be medium rare or they can be tough.

[Stinky The Clown]

1. Those are my very favorite steaks

Cheap, very tender, and tasty, but butt ugly and not fond of being overcooked.

Bring them to room temp, rub with olive oil and sprinkle with salt, pepper, garlic powder and dried oregano. Rub that in and then grill over very high heat. I like them rare. Maybe close to medium rare is still okay. By medium they start to get chewier but are still pretty tolerable. But more than that is not good.

As a great summer alternative, make a beef salad. I posted this someplace, but can't find it now.

Grill the steak (chuck eye is perfect for this) to medium at most. Rare is better. Let it cool and then slice it maybe a quarter inch thick. Pull out any big chunks of fat or gristle or silverskin. Then marinate it in:

Sliced sweet (vidalia) onion - maybe a 1/2 large one
Chopped or thin sliced garlic - maybe 3 or 4 cloves
Fresh parsley, basil, oregano - chopped coarsely (you could also use dry)
Olive oil - maybe 1/4 cup
Balsamic vinegar - 1/4 to 1/2 cup
Red wine - 1/2 cup
Worchestershire - tablespoon or so (optional)
Salt and pepper

You could eat this as is or toss it with some cold grilled veggies or put it on top of a salad. It keeps for maybe a week because of the acid in the marinade.

[eleny]

2. I remember you posting the recipe!

Thanks for the re-do.

I just need to clarify - you grill them twice? Once to rare, then do the rub with olive oil etc - and then grill again but not too much and then marinate with the longer list of ingredients. Then serve on the salad.

[Stinky The Clown]

3. A geeze ...... sorry about that!

I reread what I wrote. Yup, it sounded like that's what I was saying. Doh!

I edited the whole paragraph. You only grill them once. :)

As an aside ...... your avatar ..... weren't your lips red? When did they turn blue?

On edit ..... my brain must be fried ...... the cold marinated salad ...... everything I wrote is valid ........ but ........ you can also mix it with cold rice or cold al dente penne, too. And to **that** add cold grilled veggies, too.

[eleny]

4. Thanks for the re-write!

It's Democratic Blue lipstick for now since the primaries are just about over and the presidential campaign season is on. I change lip colors every once in a while. :D