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
- 1Pat the skirt steak dry with paper towels.
- 2Lightly brush the steak with olive oil and season generously with garlic powder, salt, and freshly ground black pepper.
- 3Preheat your air fryer to 400°F (200°C) if your model requires it.
- 4Place the skirt steak in the air fryer basket in a single layer.
- 5Air 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).
- 6While the steak is cooking, melt the butter in a small saucepan over medium heat.
- 7Add the minced shallot and finely chopped 30g mushrooms; cook for 5-7 minutes until softened.
- 8Add the cracked black peppercorns and cook for another minute, until fragrant.
- 9Pour in the beef broth and bring to a simmer, scraping up any browned bits from the bottom of the pan.
- 10Reduce heat to low, stir in heavy cream and gently simmer for 3 minutes to thicken slightly.
- 11Stir the mushroom cream sauce and taste; use only the listed salt and pepper.
- 12Let the steak rest for 5 minutes after air frying.
- 13Slice the steak thinly against the grain.
- 14Spoon the creamy Mushroom peppercorn sauce over the sliced steak.
- 15Garnish 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: 198.45 g · USDA reference 172158
- Olive Oil: 13.5 g · USDA reference 171413
- Garlic Powder: 1.55 g · USDA reference 171325
- Salt: 0.25 g · USDA reference 173468
- Black pepper: 0.15 g · USDA reference 170931
- Butter: 14.2 g · USDA reference 173410
- Shallot: 40 g · USDA reference 170499 · Portion reference
- Black Peppercorns: 8.7 g · USDA reference 170931
- Beef Broth: 60 g · USDA reference 171538
- Heavy Cream: 59.5 g · USDA reference 170859
- Mushrooms, white, raw: 30 g · USDA reference 169251
- Parsley: 1.27 g · USDA reference 170416
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.
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