Barbecue season is heating up and Bourbon Brown Sugar Glazed Flank Steak is sure to please the most picky of palates. Bourbon Brown Sugar Glazed Flank Steak won’t empty your wallet either. A great reason to fire up the grill, chill a few drinks and invite your friends over for a simple summer dinner.
What’s special about the Bourbon Brown Sugar Glazed Flank Steak is summed up in two words; the sauce! Amazing flavorful sauce with just a touch of heat. A sweet, lick your plate when no one is watching, incredible kind of sauce. I want some more Bourbon Brown Sugar Glazed Flank Steak Sauce!
So what are you waiting for? Get yourself to the store, pick up some Flank Steak and fire up the grill! Trust me, you’ll thank me later after just one taste of Bourbon and Brown Sugar Glazed Flank Steak.
- 1½ pounds flank steak
- ½ cup Bourbon
- ¼ cup soy sauce
- ½ cup dark brown sugar
- 1 tsp red pepper flakes
- ¼ tsp freshly ground black pepper
- ¼ tsp corn starch
- Place flank steak in large bowl.
- Add all remaining ingredients, except cornstarch, to bowl.
- With your hands thoroughly work in all ingredients into flank steak, getting into all the nooks and crannies.
- Place steak in ziplock bag and pour sauce from bowl into bag. Close and place in refrigerate for a minimum of 1 hour, 3-4 hours is best.
- Heat grill on high.
- Remove flank steak from plastic bag, gently shaking to remove excess marinade. Reserving marinade for glaze.
- Place flank steak on grill and cook for 4-5 minutes, turn, grill for an additional 4-5 minutes. Remove from heat. Steak should still be pink in the center.
- Allow steak to rest on cutting board for 10 minutes, while preparing glaze.
- Heat marinade in small sauce pan over medium high heat until sauce begins to simmer. Reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes.
- Remove small amount of sauce and mix with corn starch. Return cornstarch mixture to pan and whisk continuously until thickened.
- Cut flank steak on the bias into strips and serve with Bourbon glaze spooned over top.
Recipe adapted from Sugar Steak with Bourbon by Amanda Hesser: Food 52
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Thank you! A wonderful surprise and blessing! I appreciate the lovely feature!
Blessings,
Shari
This looks so moist and delicious! For some reason, cheaper steaks always turns out terrible for me. Wish I knew why!
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Thank you Rachel. A good cut of meat is important for a great steak. I appreciate you stopping by.
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Shari
This looks so delicious! I featured it on this weeks highlights for the Creative Exchange. Hope to see you tomorrow!
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Wow, Thanks Bobbie. I am looking forward to your new party, but I will not be able to participate until next week. Heading out of town in the morning. So sorry to miss it.
Totally made me drool this morning!!! Pinning and sharing on FB!!
Hugs from Freedom Fridays:))
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Thanks Evelyn I appreciate the social love!
Thank you for linking up to Tickle My Tastebuds Tuesday last week. As one of the co-hosts, I will be featuring your recipe on Tickle My Tastebuds Tuesday this week on my site, Detours in Life. Congrats! Please stop by and grab a feature button when you get a chance.
Thank you Alecia. I am honored and greatly appreciate the feature! Linking up again this week!
Blessings,
Shari
So Cassie couldn’t decide between your incredible recipes, so we are featuring both of them! We are thrilled. Pinned. Hugs! Lou Lou Girls
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Wow, Thanks! I can’t wait til this evening to see them. I’m a happy girl!
Blessings,
Shari
I have never cooked a flank steak before but I see really great recipes with them. I will have to give it a try. Thanks for linking up to the Bloggers Brags Pinterest Party. I’ve pinned your post to the Bloggers Brags Pinterest Board
I enjoyed all the great posts this week at Bloggers Brags. Thank you for pinning.
Blessings,
Shari
Your steak looks amazing, Shari! Thanks for sharing at Foodie Friends Friday!
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Thanks Cindy! The Bourbon Sauce is so good I am tempted to eat it with a spoon and forget the flank steak 🙂
Blessings,
Shari
My mouth is watering. This looks amazing!
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Thanks Melissa. I appreciate you coming by for a visit.
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Shari
Dear Shari,
Every week I look for one “IT” recipe to feature at Inspire Me Monday – one recipe that stops me in my tracks.
This week, your Bourbon Brown Sugar Glazed Flank Steak is it!
I can’t wait to try it and share it with my husband!
Congratulations for being one of my featured guests this week at Create With Joy! 🙂
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Thank you for the feature of my Bourbon Brown Sugar Glazed Flank Steak. I am honored. Can’t wait to see it!
Blessings,
Shari
Oh my! My mouth is watering!! Thanks so much for joining us at Freedom Fridays!!
Thanks Jamie. The pleasure was all mine!
My mouth is watering just looking at your glazed steak picture. Pinned. Thanks for sharing this on Merry Monday.
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You are so sweet Erlene. I did make this recipe twice last week. It was pretty darned yummy! Blessings to you, friend!
Bourbon and brown sugar give a very profound flavor to meat! Thanks for coming and linking up at The Weekend Social. Please be sure to come back next week starting Thursdays at 9PM EST on culinaryflavors.gr! I hope to see you there!
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Thanks for stopping by for a visit Katerina. I did enjoy linking up with the Weekend Social Party and look forward to returning next week.
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Shari
G’day! These look great! Am salivating now! Thanks for hosting such a great party! Sharing the love today!
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Thanks Joanne for sharing the love and visiting the Wonderful Wednesday Blog Hop and sharing your awesomeness!
This looks so delicious! Thank you for sharing at The Wednesday Round Up! I’m sharing this on my FB page this evening at 5:45 pm CT! http://www.facebook.com/LovePastaBlog
We hope to see you back next week!
Emily
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Shari, this looks SO GOOD! My hubby will love this. Pinning 🙂
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Thanks, my husband couldn’t get enough, so I am making it again tomorrow night!
Wow does this steak look amazing! I found you over at the Treasure Box Tuesdays link party. I host Tickle My Tastebuds Tuesday and would love it if you linked up this recipe. I’m sure our party goers would love it as much as I do. Here is the link http://bit.ly/1lNY6hK. Have a wonderful day!!
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Thanks Lori, I will be sure to come by and link up.
Blessings,
Shari
so mouthwateringly delish!
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Thanks! I appreciate you coming by and taking a moment to share.
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Shari
Pardon me while I wipe the drool off my keyboard!!
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Ha, you make me laugh 😉
Hi Shari, Though I am a vegetarian, I am sure my friends would love to try this recipe. Feel free to come share this recipe to my link party. Link : http://a-kaleidoscopic-dream.blogspot.com/2014/06/woot-woot-its-friday-1.html
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I appreciate you sharing Aishwarya! I will be sure to stop by and link up!
I totally think I need to try this! Yum!
Thanks again for joining the Link Up this week!
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It was my pleasure and thanks for stopping by.
Oh this looks soooo yummy!
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Thank you Marjorie! I enjoyed this steak so much last week I am making it again this week! Can’t get enough of a good thing 🙂
I am actually going food shopping this morning and was going to look at flank steaks for tomorrow. May try your glaze now. Thanks so much for sharing 🙂
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The flavor of that sauce is amazing! I am making this again tomorrow for our Father’s Day BBQ. One of my Fav’s!
Shari,
DELISH! Your flank steak looks like it would just melt in your mouth. Great pictures!
Blessings and definitely sharing!
Diane Roark
Thanks Diane. I was definitely licking my plate clean! Have a wonderful Father’s Day Weekend!
Blessings,
Shari