So, I just got the Ninja Foodi Smart Indoor Grill which doubles as an air fryer and mini oven. I have another cheaper indoor grill but tends to produce smoke and always triggers my smoke sensor. So far, though the Ninja grill is larger, it hasn’t emitted any smoke nor triggered my smoke sensor and produces better grill results.
Here’s how to make steak using it.
Ingredients for Marinade
- 2 tbsp Lee Kum Kee black pepper sauce
- 2 tbsp water
- Salt to taste
Preparation
- Get your steak (minimum 1″ thick and preferably from Costco).
- Put that steak in a ziploc bag.
- Mix water and sauce and pour into the ziploc bag.
- Zip the bag and turn a few times and let marinate for 1 to 8 hours.
Cooking Instructions
- Insert thermometer into middle of side of steak such that the tip is at the center of the thickest part.
- Turn on the Ninja grill by pushing the grill button.
- Click the left up/down arrows to choose a doneness level. I like medium rare.
- Push the thermometer / preset button to start the preheat phase
- Sprinkle salt on both sides of the meat.
- When preheating is done, it will beep and tell you to insert the steak. Do so.
- Sometime later, it will beep and tell you to flip the steak. Do so, preferably using silicone-tipped tongs.
- Sometime later, it will be done and tell you to get the steak out. Do so and wait 5 minutes before enjoying.
Grill Vegetables (optional)
To complement the steak, you can grill some vegetables in the Ninja grill also. Here are the veggies that grill well.
- Asparagus
- Zucchini
- Tomatoes
- Onions
- Bell pepper
- Jalapeno peppers
- Tomatillo peppers
- Corn
Instructions
- Cut vegetable in half or in slices.
- Remove spicy seeds from peppers.
- Slather with / baste in oil.
- Sprinkle coarse salt and pepper.
- Turn on Ninja grill
- Push grill button
- Push right up/down to set the time to 6 minutes
- Push thermometer / preset button twice to skip preheating
- Put veggies in grill
- The grill will beep when done.
