Our 35 Best Grilled Steak Recipes

Fire up the grill: it's the fastest and most delicious way to get that steak cooked and on the dinner table.
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3-Ingredient Grilled Steak, Pineapple, and Avocado Salad
A fresh, bright pineapple dressing ties together this irresistible steak dinner.
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Dry-Rubbed Flank Steak with Grilled Corn Salsa
This spicy and sweet powerhouse seasoning blend packs layers of flavor onto grilled flank steak.
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Grilled Steak Panzanella Salad with Tomato Vinaigrette
Make the most of ripe summer tomatoes by turning their juices into a dressing for this grilled bread and hanger steak salad.
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Grilled Steak Salad with Beets and Scallions
If you don't feel like making aioli, use prepared mayonnaise and season it with mustard and garlic.
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3-Ingredient Chipotle-Lime Grilled Steak
Serve this versatile grilled steak over rice or set it out with tortillas and all the toppings for an easy Sunday-night taco bar.
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Grilled Flatiron Steak with Toasted Spice Vinaigrette
There's nothing quite like perfect summer tomatoes or steak hot off the grill. Combine the two and be sure there's plenty of bread around—the sauce at the bottom of the plate is liquid gold.
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Sliced Strip Steak with Arugula and Parsley
Kick off the summer cooking season with a bright and bold steak salad dinner.
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Grilled Steak, Vegetable, and Quinoa Salad with Yogurt-Tahini Dressing
Salads don't always need to be a bowlful of lettuce. Here cumin-rubbed grilled steak gets tossed with a mix of grilled vegetables and quinoa.
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Chipotle-Coffee Steak Salad with Grilled Corn and Tomatoes
Get all the sweet, smoky, and spicy flavors of a Mexican-inspired cookout in this blissful steak salad.
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Jalapeño and Lime–Marinated Skirt Steak Tacos
A spicy, tangy marinade helps tenderize this flavorful cut of meat, which is perfect for tacos.
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Ember-Grilled Steak with Bay Leaf Browned Butter
For the best grilled steak, skip the grates: put your steak directly on the charcoal. Chefs everywhere know it: Fire is where the magic happens.
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Chi Spacca's Bistecca Fiorentina
If you don't enjoy very rare meat, keep these steaks on the grill until they reach 120°; they'll still be rare, but less aggressively so.
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Grilled Steak Sandwiches with Marinated Watercress, Onion, and Tomato Salad
A popular cut in the West, tri-tip is also called "triangle roast." It comes from the bottom sirloin.
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Grilled Steak and Radishes with Black Pepper Butter
Double the peppery butter and keep it refrigerated for the next time you're making steak—we guarantee you'll want it.
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Flank Steak with Bloody Mary Tomato Salad
Our favorite Bloody Mary fixings make a juicy accompaniment for grilled flank steak. The salad tastes better if prepared a few hours ahead.
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Homemade Montreal Steak Seasoning
Why buy this classic steak rub when you can make it yourself? Inspired by the flavors of pastrami, this rub is incredible on every cut of meat.
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Spiced and Grilled Steaks With Citrus Chutney
The sugar in the dry spice mix will help these steaks take on color quickly, so keep a close eye on them.
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Strip Steak with Japanese Dipping Sauce
Ponzu, a citrus-based sauce used in Japanese cuisine, forms the base of tart and tangy dipping sauce.
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Skirt Steak with Chimichurri Sauce
With a flavor-to-cost ratio that works strongly in your favor, this thin cut cooks quickly for an impromptu BBQ.
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Grilled Steak with Parsley-Parmesan Salad
There's something about a simple mix of fresh parsley, lemon juice, and shaved Parmesan that just makes a big piece of meat sing.
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Grilled Soy-Tamarind Denver Steaks
Soy sauce, tamarind chutney, honey, and freshly grated ginger make up the marinade for this Asian-inspired steak.
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Grilled Flank Steak with Rosemary
The steak served at Chamberlain's Prime Chop House in Dallas, Texas, is flavored with a soy sauce and honey marinade. Pour a Merlot with dinner, and serve a spice cake with peach ice cream for dessert.
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Grilled Bistecca with Herby Fish Sauce
Why baste your steak with fish sauce? It's called umami. Get into it.
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Red Wine–Marinated Hanger Steaks with Flatbreads
Grilled flatbreads, made from store-bought pizza dough, are the perfect accompaniment for the juicy steaks.
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Grilled Rib Eye with Paprika Vinaigrette
Smoky, sweet, crusty, and beefy, with charred bones to gnaw on: If this isn't a perfect steak, we don't know what is.
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Grilled Skirt Steak with Herb Salsa Verde
The secret to this flavorful sauce, which is delicious with almost all grilled meat and fish, is to use any herb that looks good at the market. Just be sure to include parsley: It gives the salsa backbone.
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Grilled Flatiron Steaks with Tomatoes and Tapenade
An assertive wet rub gives these steaks a nice crust on the grill. And the spice from the meat pairs with the pungency of the tapenade to play deliciously against the tomatoes and watercress.
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Grilled Bone-In Rib Eye
Let it rain with the kosher salt—for the best flavor, you want to season these simple steaks really well before they get grilled.
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Grilled T-Bone Steaks with Balsamic Onion Confit
These sweet-savory onions are the perfect side for grilled steak. Any leftover slow-cooked confit is delicious on its own, spread on crostini as a simple appetizer.
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Stuffed Flank Steak
More work than a steak seasoned on the outside, but so worth it.
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Grilled Steak Salad with Tomato Vinaigrette
Everyone needs a great steak salad recipe in their repertoire—this one is exactly that.
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Grilled Skirt Steak and Pepper Sandwiches with Corn Mayonnaise
Choose a baguette or loaf of ciabatta to make these hearty, flavor-packed sandwiches.
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Steak On a Hot Rock with Wild Herb Butter
Grilled steak doesn't have to be cooked on a grill! This recipe makes use of super hot rocks for a perfect campfire meal.
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Chris Lilly's Flank Steak and Shiitake Yakitori
This grilled flank steak recipe is a perfect marriage of authentic Asian flavors and grilling techniques. If you've ever enjoyed grilled meat skewers at an Asian farmers' market—Guangzhou, for example—this dish will put some good memories and wow in your mouth.
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Grilled Beef, Jícama, and Apple Salad
A crunchy, herb-packed salad is the perfect contrast to rich steak in this Thai-flavored dish.