Sugar Grilled Steaks
Sprinkled generously with sugar, the grill’s fire caramelizes these Sugar Grilled Steaks, leaving a sweet and tasty char. So good!
The snow just keeps on falling around here, making for one of the snowiest seasons on record. But that hasn’t been reason enough to quit grilling outdoors. No siree!
Armed with a shovel and the image of a hot grilled steak in his mind, Blake can conquer any snow topped deck.
And just take a look at these Sugar Grilled Steaks! They are serious drool-worthy material. Sprinkled generously with sugar, the grill’s fire caramelizes the steaks, leaving a sweet and tasty char. They are SO GOOD!
I completely have my husband to thank for finding and trying this recipe. Blake discovered it last fall while flipping through a new book I had just received, “The Reluctant Entertainer”. The book’s author, Sandy Coughlin, is also the woman behind the blog of the same name, and I’m happy to call her my friend.
I love reading the comments people leave on Sandy’s blog. These people are from real life. Like you and me.
Sandy provides inspiration for simple and gracious hospitality, encouraging people to be more courageous, joyful, and authentic in their relationships. She teaches others how to give themselves permission to be unperfect. Because that’s just what we are, folks!
Somewhat unrecognizable after this past weekend’s snowfall, those black lumps covered in snow are our grills. It really has been quite the winter. Which makes a grilled steak, with a hint of summer, all the more fantastic.
Do you grill during the winter months?
Sandy's Sugar Grilled Steaks
Cook Time:6 minutes
Calories per serving: 780
Ingredients:
- beef steaks, trimmed of excess fat (We use strips or ribeyes, at 3/4″ to 1″ thick.)
- olive oil
- sugar
- Lawry’s seasoned salt
Directions:
Tenderize steaks with a mallet. Rub both sides of meat with olive oil, then coat both sides generously with sugar and Lawry’s. This is a vague recipe, open for your own experimentation with amounts. But after increasing the sugar and Lawry’s each time we’ve made this, we’ve liked this recipe more and more.
We prefer our steaks medium-rare. Blake grills the steaks on a super hot grill, searing only about 2 to 3 minutes on each side. Remember that when you take your steaks off of the grill, the meat will continue to cook.
From “The Reluctant Entertainer”by Sandy Coughlin (This recipe is titled “Cousin Jim’s St. Louis-Style Steaks” in the book – we just refer to it as “Sandy’s Sugar Grilled Steaks” in our house!)
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Absolutely we grill in the winter. We moved our grill to the front porch since that is covered and go to town year round no matter what the weather. :) I even have a picture of us grilling fajitas during a snow storm. My mister just pulled the grill up to the sliding glass door and opened the door to turn things as needed.
Can’t wait to try this recipe. :) I bet this would be good on chicken too.
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And now I’m craving steak at 10:54am. Isn’t Sandy’s book the best?
I hope you give Sandy’s recipe a try, Kristen! And, yes, her book is great!
Yes I grill! in the garage…
Looks delicious! We definitely grill during the winter. I love being reminded that warmer weather will be here again!
Oops! That was supposed to say grilling! LOL
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That’s one thing I miss come winter is drilling! I don’t grill when its cold!
Thank you to everyone for your comments, facebook likes, twitter follows, and email sign-ups! It was wonderful to hear from all of you, and I’m smiling to know that winter’s bite doesn’t stop most of us from grilling! I’m happy to announce that Rita is the winner of Sandy’s book, The Reluctant Entertainer. I will email you, Rita. Thanks again, everyone! Happy grilling!
We always grill in the winter….and waiting until spring to splurge on a new one!
Thats really interesting that you use sugar on steaks, I can imagine the flavour it gives like you’ve described. Is it completely neccessary to use flavouried salt? I’m only asking because I don’t think I can get that kind of salt here in the uk and I’m wondering if I can just use normal salt?
Hi Harriet! I did a little web search and found a “make your own Lawry’s” – http://www.food.com/recipe/copycat-lawrys-seasoned-salt-17051. There was another person from the UK in that post’s comments, saying they can’t find Lawry’s, too. I’m sure the steaks would still be good with regular salt, but if you want to give this a try, it might be worth it. Because the Lawry’s is really good on this!
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We like to grill during the winter months but we don’t do it quite as much.
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We’ve been doing lots of burgers lately. Yum.
we grill at least once a week during the winter!!!
I’d be honored to win my own copy of Sandy’s book……I am
wearing out the Library’s copy………..
Had to laugh at your shoveling a path to get to the grill. Yep, been there, done that! :) We are a year roundgrilling family. This has been a VERY white winter here in CT. In fact, we are getting more this evening. That’s not stopping me, dinner is on the grill!
This recipe sounds wonderful! My husband would be very happy if I treated him to this one evening.
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we love to grill in the winter. the mister made sure to shovel a spot out specifically for the grill :)
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I liked you on facebook! Those steaks sound wonderful. Someday, maybe I’ll learn how to grill!
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We LOVE to grill in the winter months and can’t wait to try this recipe!
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YES – we grill outside all year round! Oh, we live in Maryland – we have snow, etc. – doesn’t matter! Nothing tastes so good as grilled meat!
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We were just talking about this – we have always grilled all year long. Just shovel off the grill and have at it.
We do a lot of grilling in the winter. Those steaks look amazing! I “liked” you on facebook. Hope to win the cookbook.
I would love to try Sandy’s sweet steaks on the grill. Thanks for sharing the pic.
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I hope to win Sandy’s RE book. Thanks for the giveaway.
We live in the south, and we love to grill in the winter.
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Absolutely! Why not grill regardless of 2′ of snow on your back porch during record breaking snowfalls? :D
i live in the southern california desert – OF COURSE i grill in the winter – in fact i was going to grill a steak today – but the wind was blowing sooo hard i didn’t want to start the grill..so – i had to put it in the freezer. when i do grill it i will use this recipe!!! sugar and steak!! who woulda thunk it! thank you for the chance to win this book.
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I love to grill in the winter, because usually it means that my husband it cooking!
Sugar on a steak! Wow, I would have never have thought of that but it makes sense that it would caramelize on the grill. I don’t have an outdoor grill so no grilling for me in the winter or summer unless it’s on a grill pan on the stove!
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I have never used sugar on steak before grilling. But, I bet it tastes wonderful. You can bet I’ll be trying it this summer.
Love Sandy! Love her book! Love this recipe!
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And My Grill Master does grill on occasion throughout the winter. We LOVE the grill!
We grill all year long here in Maryland; however, we did skip it last winter when we had 5 feet of snow!
No…we don’t grill in the winter. But I can’t wait for everything to thaw out so we can get to it!
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We do not grill during the winter months. The grill is put away to hibernate during the winter and enjoy the well-deserved time off!
We seem to grill as late into the fall as we can stand and start up again as early as we can. Only occasionally have we grilled in the winter but you’ve got me tempted!
It never occurred to me to add “sweetness” to steak…Sandy never stops amazing me with her creative hospitality! And to add to the comment, YES we do grill all year round! Steaks have to be grilled IMHO :)
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Right now I only have a george forman and I use it all year round. I can’t wait to get a real grill though!
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I grill sometimes in the winter, but if it’s really cold I break out the George Foreman :)
Wow! That’s a lot of snow. I have periodically grilled in the winter, though I haven’t this year. We live in the NW (actually 5 hours north of Sandy and I was honored to meet her at one of her daughter’s soccer games last year) and our winters aren’t very cold…just very wet!
Those steaks look so yummy! I’m always paranoid about cooking steak because I rarely cook beef and am so afraid of ruining it.
We haven’t grilled this winter but I’ve seriously thought of putting our little electric grill in the garage so we can use it!
Love this recipe and so does the grill master in my home, the hubs! Cant wait to try it.
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I wish I could grill in the winter months! Im currently living in an apartment and am a college student but it seems like it could be a part of my life some day in the future to be such a dedicated grill-er.:)
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Don’t really grill too much during the winter months. Here in the NW it’s way too rainy and my patio isn’t covered.
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I liked you on FB! Many of our friends grill in winter, but we haven’t done it yet. Maybe it’s time to try it!
Regardless if we’re at home in Wisconsin, or our current station in Corpus Christi, TX, we most certainly do grill in the winter! A real treat. And if it were always steaks like this one, my fiancée would be a happy, happy man.
Cheers,
*Heather*
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We love to grill in the winter!
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There can be 2 feet of snow outside and were still grilling! Grilling makes meal planning easy and healthy!
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We are lucky to live in So Cal and DO grill regularly. I think I would manage to do so regardless of where I lived! Thanks for the generous give…..