Continental · Beef

Salt Steak Recipe

Salt Steak is a Continental beef recipe made with 6 ingredients in 9 steps.

Salt Steak

Ingredients

  • 7 plain brown sheets of butcherpaper
  • 2 cups coarse salt, divided use
  • 3 pounds sirloin steak
  • ½ pound butter, melted
  • 1 onion, sliced
  • 8 tablespoons prepared mustard

How to make Salt Steak

  1. Preheat barbecue grill.
  2. On full sheets of butcher paper spread 1 cup salt roughly ½-inch wider than the sirloin steak.
  3. Place the sirloin steak on the salt and spread 1 cup salt on top.
  4. Tightly wrap the butcherpaper around the steak and tie with cord.
  5. Soak the package for 20 minutes in very cold water.
  6. Once steak has finished soaking unwrap steak, discarding salt, and place on a very hot grill for 20 minutes each side, turning only once.
  7. Slice into thin strips and place in a pan with ½ pound melted butter.
  8. Simmer gently or heat in a chafing dish.
  9. Serve on hamburger buns with sliced onion and prepared mustard

Notes

Makes 6 servings

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