Grilled Miso Garlic T-Bone Steak

This dish was adapted from a Saveur Magazine website (saveur.com) recipe, Garlic and Red Miso Porterhouse. While I didn’t use red miso paste because I had the brown version in my refrigerator, I used more garlic than I normally use in a marinade. I also added sake to the marinade, which was not in the original recipe. This was a tasty and easy way to grill a steak, and the marinade would work with other meats.

Enjoy!

Ingredients

1 lb.	500 g.	T-Bone steak or larger
½ in.	15 mm.	Knob of ginger (goeng1, 薑), crushed in a garlic press
6 cloves	6 cloves	Garlic (syun3, 蒜), crushed in a garlic press
2 Tbs.	30 ml.	Soy sauce (si6 jau4, 豉油)
2 Tbs.	30 ml.	Miso paste (min6 si6 zoeng3, 麵豉醬)
2 Tbs.	30 ml.	Sake (ceng1 zau2, 清酒)
½ tsp.	2.5 ml.	Ground white pepper (baak6 wu4 ziu1, 白胡椒)
1 tsp.	5 ml.	Sesame oil (maa4 jau4, 麻油)

 

Equipment

22.5 in.	57 cm.	Covered charcoal or gas grill (or larger)

 

Instructions

1. Marinate the beef for at least one hour or overnight in the refrigerator with the ginger and garlic crushed in a garlic press, soy sauce, miso paste, sake, ground white pepper, and sesame oil. If marinating the beef overnight, take it out of the refrigerator at least one hour before cooking.
2. Prepare the charcoal or gas grill for direct cooking following the manufacturer’s instructions. Light the charcoal or preheat the gas grill accordingly. Soak the mesquite wood for smoking (hickory, oak, or any other wood can be used) for one hour if desired. I do not use soaked wood and prefer to use dry wood.
3. If using a charcoal grill, arrange the lighted coals on one half of the grill. The side of the grill with the coals (the “hot” side) will be used to grill the beef and the side without the coals (the “cool” side) will be used for smoking. For a gas grill, follow the manufacturer’s instructions as to which burners to leave on for direct cooking. Put the smoking wood onto the coals or as per the instructions for the gas grill.
4. Place the beef on the hot side of the grill. Allow the beef to brown for 1½ to 2 minutes uncovered. Rotate the beef 90⁰ to produce cross-hatched grill marks.  Allow the beef to brown for another 1½ to 2 minutes uncovered. Flip the beef over and allow to brown for 1½ to 2 minutes uncovered.
5. Move the beef to the cool side of the grill and cover the grill. Allow the beef to smoke for 4 minutes covered. Remove the beef from the grill and allow the beef to rest for at least 5 minutes before serving.