Entraña (Grilled Skirt Steak)

Name: Entraña (Grilled Skirt Steak)
Total time: 25 min
Cuisine: Argentinian
Ingredients: 800g beef skirt steak; 3 garlic cloves, crushed; 1 tsp dried oregano; 2 tbsp olive oil; 1 lemon, juice; 2 tsp coarse sea salt; 200g watercress

Skirt steak seared hot with garlic and oregano, full of flavour and quick to cook.

Time25 min
LevelEasy
Costabout £3.34 a head

Cost is worked out from Aldi and Tesco shelf prices in October 2026. Your shop and brands will differ.

4 servings

Ingredients

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800 gbeef skirt steak
3garlic clovescrushed
1 tspdried oregano
2 tbspolive oil
1lemonjuice
2 tspcoarse sea salt
200 gwatercress

Method

1
Rub the steak with the garlic, oregano, olive oil and salt. Leave for 15 minutes.
15 min
2
Heat a griddle pan or barbecue until smoking hot.
3
Cook the steak for 3 minutes per side for medium rare. It should be well charred.
6 min
4
Rest for 5 minutes, slice across the grain, and squeeze over the lemon.
5
Serve on a bed of watercress.

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