Skirt steak and tortillas from the Konro Grill

By Ralph de Kok · Video 16:23

A metre of skirt steak, grilled in a matter of seconds and served in Mexican tortillas: Mexican-style grilling on a Japanese barbecue.

Mexican-style grilling on a Japanese BBQ: why not! Ralph marinates the inside skirt in a spicy marinade and grills it on the Konro Grill at a blistering temperature in just a few minutes. The meat is then served in tortillas, with two homemade sauces.

Ingredients

For the wraps

• inside skirt (Ralph uses a 1.5 kg piece)
• tortillas
• maize (tinned)
• chilli beans or other beans (tinned)
• head lettuce
• fresh coriander
• grated cheese (cheddar or mature, to taste)

For the marinade

• 125 ml olive oil
• 2 tbsp South American rub
• ¾ tbsp ground cumin
• 2 tbsp paprika
• 1 tbsp curry powder
• a pinch of chilli flakes
• a pinch of salt

For the cream sauce

• crème fraîche
• a pinch of cumin
• a pinch of salt
• grated zest of ½ a lemon
• grated zest and juice of ½ lime

For the tomato sauce

• tin of diced tomatoes in tomato juice
• ½ red chilli, sliced into rings
• 4 to 5 slices of jalapeño (from a jar)
• a pinch of fleur de sel

Preparation

1. Mix the ingredients for the marinade together.
2. Cut the meat into pieces and leave it to marinate in the fridge for at least 30 minutes.
3. Mix the ingredients for the cream sauce together, adjusting the quantities to suit your taste, and set aside.
4. Mix the ingredients for the tomato sauce together, largely to your own taste, and set aside.
5. Light the barbecue and set it to the highest temperature you can achieve.
6. Grill the meat on both sides for about 1.5 minutes until it reaches a core temperature of about 43 °C.
7. Remove the meat from the barbecue and leave it to rest until it reaches a core temperature of 52 to 55 °C.
8. Cut the meat into strips against the grain.
9. Fill the tortillas with lettuce, beans, sweetcorn, meat and cheese, to taste.
10. Fold them over and leave them on the grill for a little while longer until the tortillas have grill marks.
11. Serve the stuffed wraps with your choice of sauces.