Get Grilling Season Started With These 20 Best Steak Recipes

This warm, shining sun can only mean one thing: It's grilling season. Invite your friends over, turn on the grill, cover your table with plenty of iced drinks, put on your favorite summer playlist, and when the grill is smoking hot, it's time to get that meat sizzling. We recommend that you celebrate the start of the season of endless weekend grill parties in the most decadent way, with some rich, tasty steak.

This recipe requires the steak to be marinated in a spicy, salty, sweet, and caffeinated rub, before being cooked over cedar planks. If you're looking for a flavor-packed recipe, this is the one for you.

For the Cedar Grilled Flat Iron Steaks With Coffee Rub recipe, click here.

This refreshing, citrusy salad is perfect for all those summer parties and picnics  it has everything you need for a tasty, balanced meal in one bowl. The sweetness of the fruit is balanced out by salty goat cheese and rare steak.

For the Citrus Steak Salad recipe, click here.

Sometimes, you can't do any better than a classic recipe. This grilled steak recipe is the last recipe you'll ever need of you're looking for the best and simplest way to cook the perfect steak.

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Marinade your skirt steak in this spicy Mexican sauce to add some fiery heat to your summer grilling party. Serve with salsa, beans, corn tortillas, and a margarita, for the best weekend fiesta.

For the Grilled Adobo-Marinated Skirt Steak recipe, click here.

Create an authentic steakhouse experience in your own home, by grilling tender dry-aged strip steaks. Serve with a simple grilled corn salsa for a healthier summer party.

For the Dry-Aged Steaks With Grilled Salsa recipe, click here.

Swap the beef steak for a bison steak for a healthy alternative grilling meat this summer. The skirt steak is a tender cut of meat, and is much more affordable than several of the other cuts. Season gently, as the bison itself has a deep, rich flavor.

For the Grilled Bison Skirt Steak recipe, click here.

Lettuce leaves are filled with spiced, grilled steak, a sweet cucumber slaw, and a fragrant, coconut yogurt sauce, to make these exotic, Burmese lettuce wraps. This will be the most unusual grilled steak recipe you'll eat this summer.

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Use the flat iron steak cut, grill it to medium-rare, and slice it thinly, before adding it to a spicy Mexican sandwich. This is a great hassle-free, easy-to-prepare, summer grill-out option, which is easy to multiply if you're feeding a crowd.

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These skewers smell so fragrant and herbal when cooking on the grill, thanks to the fresh sprigs of rosemary. Alternate steak and sausage on the skewer, for a meaty treat that everybody will love.

For the Grilled Rosemary Skewers of Steak recipe, click here.

Grill the steak and the potatoes together, before topping the potatoes with crumbled blue cheese, which will melt all over them. This is the creamiest, saltiest steak recipe, which every cheese-lover will adore.

For the Grilled Steak With Blue Cheese Potatoes recipe, click here.

Serve these quick-cooking skirt steaks with the classic Argentinian spicy sauce, chimichurri. Rub the steak with cumin, garlic, and lime before you grill it, to add to the flavors in the spicy sauce.

For the Grilled Skirt Steak With Chimichurri recipe, click here.

Serving sandwiches is a great way to feed a crowd. You just need to grill the steak, and then everybody can build the sandwiches themselves. The salty goat cheese will melt perfectly against the heat of the steak, and the arugula will add a peppery crunch.

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Liven up your steak by marinating it in a garlic-citrus sauce, and serving it with a refreshing, herbal tzatziki salad and some warmed pita breads. Everyone will love this Mediterranean take on classic grilled steak.

For the Grilled Steak With Tzatziki Salad recipe, click here.

Give your steak a spicy kick with this chile-focused sauce. Hanger steak is an earthy, intense cut of meat, and the hot, balsamic salsa marries beautifully with that taste.

For the Hanger Steak With Salsa Piccante recipe, click here.

Turn your grilled steak into easy-to-eat finger food by slicing it up in these Mediterranean-inspired wraps. Combined with feta, oranges, and mint, this is a great combination of salty, sweet, fresh, and rich.

For the Mediterranean Grilled Steak Wraps recipe, click here.

Make the most of the season's fragrant ramps, and blend them into a chimichurri sauce. The gentle, delicate spice from the ramps helps cut through the richness of this marbled cut of steak.  

For the Ribeye Steak With Ramp Chimichurri recipe, click here.

Tacos make the perfect summer party food: Everybody can build his or her own meal from a combination of simple ingredients. Make hosting even easier on yourself by cooking everything to go in the tacos on the grill, just like these steak and squash tacos require.

For the Skirt Steak With Summer Squash Tacos recipe, click here.

Although this recipe does require you to make your own harissa, we promise that it is easier than it sounds, and that the rest of the recipe requires almost no effort at all. Simply marinade the steaks in the spicy sauce overnight, and throw them on the grill the next day.

For the Spicy Harissa Steak recipe, click here.

We have to admit that we find this dish a bit intense for breakfast, but it makes for the most indulgent lunch or dinner. Cook the steak in the most simple way, and top with a perfectly crispy fried egg for a rich, tasty, and easy dish.

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Grill the steak, slice it thinly, and toss it in this Thai-style salad. This fragrant salad has a sweet-and-sour dressing, and is packed full of fresh, crunchy vegetables.

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