Marinated Flank Steak - BeMyOwnChef Recipes

Pineapple juice, soy sauce, and honey are used as a marinade for this flavorful steak. This mouthwatering flank steak recipe can also be made with other beef cuts.

Prep time: 10 minutes plus marinating time.
Cooking time: about 15 minutes plus standing time.

Ingredients:
3/4 cup pineapple juice
2 cloves garlic, peeled
1/4 cup soy sauce
One 1-inch cube ginger, peeled
1 medium-size jalapeño pepper, halved, cored, and seeded
1/4 cup honey
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 3/4 pounds flank steak, well trimmed


Directions:
1. Puree all ingredients except steak in a food processor. Pour marinade into a large self-sealing plastic bag, add steak, seal, turn to coat well, and refrigerate 6 hours or overnight.

2. Preheat the grill or broiler. Remove steak from marinade, pat dry on paper towels, and grill over moderate
coals or broil 4 inches from the heat until steak is the way you like it. 5 to 6 minutes on each side for medium-rare and 6 to 7 minutes for medium. Flank steak cooked beyond medium will be tough. Let stand about 10 minutes, then, starting on the shorter side of the steak, slice on the bias and across the grain as thin as possible. Serves: 4.

Cavatelli Sausage With Broccoli - BeMyOwnChef Recipes

Ingredients:
1/2 lb. or 2 cups dried Cavatelli or other small shell−shaped Italian pasta
*Boil till soft, drain and set aside.
1/2 lb. or 3 links sweet Italian Sausage
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 bunch broccoli
1 1/4 cup chicken broth
1/4 cup raisins
1 tbls. unsalted butter
Parmesan cheese


Directions:
Cut sausage or Squeeze sausage from casings and saute in a heavy skillet or frying pan.
Stir until no longer pink and sausage has broken down into small chunks.
Remove sausage with slotted spoon leaving juices in pan.
Cut broccoli into 1 inch pieces and saute in juices or drippings from the sausage.
Stir gently til it begins to brown. Add garlic and saute 1 minute more.
Add broth and raisins and simmer until the broccoli is tender, about 3minutes.
Do not over cook. Finally, add butter and stir to melt. Add, with sausage, to cooked pasta and serve with parmesan cheese.

Margarita Grilled Tiger Prawns - BeMyOwnChef Recipes

Grilled Tiger Prawns is always something delicious to cook and share at home. Just remember to cook more as the take-up rate will be fast...

Ingredients
12 - 16 counts of Tiger Prawns
1 cup papaya juice (250ml)
1/3 cup cilantro chopped fine (80ml)
1/4 cup tequila (60ml)
1 – 2 Thai chili chopped finely (depends on how hot you want)
2 tablespoons of peanut cooking oil (30ml)
Garlic salt and pepper to taste
1 half-ripe papaya (cut to thin strips)

Directions
Peel and devein the tiger prawns.
Place into a re-sealable plastic bag.
Add tequila, papaya juice, cilantro, Thai chili and cooking oil.

Mix in bag to evenly coat shrimp.
Place in refrigerator for 30 minutes.

Prepare the barbecue for direct grilling. Preheat the griller to high heat.
Remove tiger prawns from refrigerator & pat dry.
Use remaining marinade or sauce and heat for 10mins & mix with papaya strips. (set aside)
Season the prawns with garlic salt and pepper.
Oil the grill and place prawns on direct heat for 2 minutes per side.Or until the prawns are bright pink and opaque all the way through.

Serve with garnish and half-ripe papaya strips on plate.