The Minimalists Marinated Steak

• 1/4 cup soy sauce
• 1 teaspoon minced peeled fresh ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon minced garlic
• 1 tablespoon honey, molasses, or hoisin sauce
• Freshly ground black pepper
• Juice of 1/2 lime
• 1 to 1 1/2 pounds boneless steak (like rib-eye, skirt, or strip) or 1 1/2 to 2 pounds bone-in steak (like rib-eye or T-bone)

1. Preheat a grill until hot and put the rack no more than 4 inches from the heat source.
2. Mix together the first 6 ingredients; taste and add more of anything you like.
3. Turn the steak in the sauce once or twice, then let it sit in the sauce until the grill is hot.
4. Turn the steak one more time, then put on the grill; spoon any remaining sauce over it.
5. For rare, grill for about 3 minutes per side for steak under an inch thick.
6. For larger or more well-done steak, increase the time slightly.
7. Many other ingredients can make this basic sauce somewhat more complex in flavor (as long as you dont add too many at once and end up muddying the flavor):
8. 1 teaspoon to 1 tablespoon mustard
9. About 1 teaspoon sesame or other roasted-nut oil
10. About 1 tablespoon peanut butter or tahini (sesame.
11. paste); some sesame seeds or finely chopped peanuts are good, too
12. Some onion, scallion, or shallot, minced or pureed
13. 1 tablespoon or more horseradish or 1 teaspoon wasabi powder
14. Some minced lemon, lime, or orange zest
15. About 1 tablespoon minced fresh cilantro, plus more for garnish
16. Up to 1 tablespoon ground cumin, up to 1 teaspoon coriander, or a combination
17. Some minced jalapeno, hot red pepper flakes, or Tabasco or other hot sauce to taste
18. About 1 tablespoon Worcestershire or fish sauce (nuoc mam or nam pla, sold at most Asian markets)

soy sauce, fresh ginger, garlic, honey, freshly ground black pepper, lime, boneless steak

Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/the-minimalist-s-marinated-steak-386675 (may not work)