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Air-Fried Skirt Steak with Creamy Mushroom Peppercorn Sauce

Air-Fried Skirt Steak with Creamy Mushroom Peppercorn Sauce

By @chef1

A delicious and relatively simple recipe for air-fried skirt steak, topped with a creamy peppercorn sauce infused with the rich flavor of black mushroom.

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Ingredients

  • ●6-8 oz Skirt Steak
  • ●1 tablespoon Olive Oil
  • ●1/2 teaspoon Garlic Powder
  • ●0.25g Salt
  • ●0.15g Black pepper
  • ●1 tablespoon Butter
  • ●1, finely minced Shallot
  • ●1 tablespoon, coarsely cracked Black Peppercorns
  • ●1/4 cup Beef Broth
  • ●1/4 cup Heavy Cream
  • ●30g Mushrooms, white, raw
  • ●1 teaspoon, chopped fresh Parsley

Instructions

  1. 1
    Pat the skirt steak dry with paper towels.
  2. 2
    Lightly brush the steak with olive oil and season generously with garlic powder, salt, and freshly ground black pepper.
  3. 3
    Preheat your air fryer to 400°F (200°C) if your model requires it.
  4. 4
    Place the skirt steak in the air fryer basket in a single layer.
  5. 5
    Air fry for 6-8 minutes for medium-rare, or longer depending on your desired doneness. Check the internal temperature with a meat thermometer (130-135°F for medium-rare).
  6. 6
    While the steak is cooking, melt the butter in a small saucepan over medium heat.
  7. 7
    Add the minced shallot and finely chopped 30g mushrooms; cook for 5-7 minutes until softened.
  8. 8
    Add the cracked black peppercorns and cook for another minute, until fragrant.
  9. 9
    Pour in the beef broth and bring to a simmer, scraping up any browned bits from the bottom of the pan.
  10. 10
    Reduce heat to low, stir in heavy cream and gently simmer for 3 minutes to thicken slightly.
  11. 11
    Stir the mushroom cream sauce and taste; use only the listed salt and pepper.
  12. 12
    Let the steak rest for 5 minutes after air frying.
  13. 13
    Slice the steak thinly against the grain.
  14. 14
    Spoon the creamy Mushroom peppercorn sauce over the sliced steak.
  15. 15
    Garnish with freshly chopped parsley.

Recipe details

Category
Main course
Preparation
30 minutes

Estimated total: 61 minutes. Planning estimate: stated duration ranges use their midpoint; standard preparation, heating and handling allowances are included. Overlapping tasks are counted once. Resting/chilling is included in total time.

How these estimates were calculated
  • Prepare measured ingredients: 10 min planning allowance (vegetable_prep)
  • simple prep: 5 min planning allowance (simple_prep)
  • transfer: 2 min planning allowance (transfer)
  • oven preheat: 15 min planning allowance (oven_preheat)
  • transfer: 2 min planning allowance (transfer)
  • pan preheat: 3 min planning allowance (pan_preheat)
  • sauce heat: 3 min planning allowance (sauce_heat)
  • transfer: 2 min planning allowance (transfer)
  • simple prep: 5 min planning allowance (simple_prep)
  • transfer: 2 min planning allowance (transfer)
  • garnish: 2 min planning allowance (garnish)
  • Cooking overlaps preparation or other cooking; a separate cooking subtotal is omitted.
  • Chosen 10-minute initial preparation allowance includes implicit chopping and measuring; written preparation is not counted here again.
  • Skirt Steak: Midpoint of stated quantity range
  • Beef, plate steak, boneless, inside skirt, separable lean and fat, trimmed to 0" fat, all grades, raw. Mass unit, portion_id is null.
  • Olive Oil: USDA tablespoon portion weight
  • Olive oil, salad or cooking, 1 tablespoon.
  • Garlic Powder: USDA tsp portion weight
  • Spices, garlic powder, 1/2 teaspoon.
  • Table salt; unknown quantity means sodium is omitted, not guessed.
  • USDA black pepper; documented seasoning allowance applies only to to-taste/pinch amounts.
  • Butter: USDA tbsp portion weight
  • Butter, salted, 1 tablespoon.
  • Shallot: Medium/unspecified shallot assumption: 40 g edible, from Carolyn Ketchum recipe; actual bulb size varies (https://alldayidreamaboutfood.com/steak-diane/)
  • Raw shallot with documented standard bulb weight when counted; actual size varies.
  • Black Peppercorns: USDA tsp, whole portion weight
  • Spices, pepper, black, whole peppercorns used for 'coarsely cracked' form. 1 tablespoon is 3 teaspoons.
  • Beef Broth: USDA cup portion weight
  • Soup, beef broth or bouillon canned, ready-to-serve, 1/4 cup.
  • Heavy Cream: USDA cup, fluid (yields 2 cups whipped) portion weight
  • Cream, fluid, heavy whipping, 1/4 cup fluid.
  • Replace unknown truffle-mushroom sauce with weighed fresh mushrooms cooked in the existing cream sauce.
  • Parsley: USDA tbsp portion weight
  • Parsley, fresh, 1 teaspoon chopped. Matched to 1/3 tablespoon portion.
  • Mushrooms, white, raw: Replace unknown truffle-mushroom sauce with weighed fresh mushrooms cooked in the existing cream sauce. Original: {"item":"Black Truffle Mushroom Sauce","amount":"1 tablespoon"}. Authored: {"item":"Mushrooms, white, raw","amount":"30g"}.
  • Salt: Chosen weighed edible amount; not an inferred yield from the original count, package or vague amount. Original: {"item":"Salt","amount":"to taste"}. Authored: {"item":"Salt","amount":"0.25g"}.
  • Black pepper: Chosen weighed edible amount; not an inferred yield from the original count, package or vague amount. Original: {"item":"Black Pepper","amount":"to taste"}. Authored: {"item":"Black pepper","amount":"0.15g"}.
  • Mushrooms, white, raw: Replace unknown truffle-mushroom sauce with weighed fresh mushrooms cooked in the existing cream sauce. Original: {"item":"Black Truffle Mushroom Sauce","amount":"1 tablespoon"}. Authored: {"item":"Mushrooms, white, raw","amount":"30g"}.
  • Salt: Chosen weighed edible amount; not an inferred yield from the original count, package or vague amount. Original: {"item":"Salt","amount":"to taste"}. Authored: {"item":"Salt","amount":"0.25g"}.
  • Black pepper: Chosen weighed edible amount; not an inferred yield from the original count, package or vague amount. Original: {"item":"Black Pepper","amount":"to taste"}. Authored: {"item":"Black pepper","amount":"0.15g"}.

skirt steak · air fryer · truffle · peppercorn sauce

Estimated nutrition per serving

862 calories · 46.1 g protein · 16.3 g carbohydrate · 70.3 g fat · 4 g fiber · 565 mg sodium

Source and basis: USDA FoodData Central and reviewed product references; ingredient-based calculation per serving. Documented USDA or manufacturer portion weights; all listed ingredient mass included before cooking losses. Full ingredient matches and assumptions below.

Recipe Context

This recipe was created with the following context in mind:

Saturday
dinner
winter
Requested: 8 min
1 person
Craving: italian