Dinner · 240 min · hawaiian

Pipikaula

This is the kind of Hawaiian dinner you’ll make on repeat — flank steak and soy sauce, 240 minutes, big payoff. At 530 calories and 59g protein per serving, it fits easily into a high-protein day. Simple enough for a Tuesday, good enough to serve to guests — that is the whole idea.

✓ USDA-verified nutrition data

Ingredients

• 2 lb Flank steak
• 1/2 cup Soy sauce
• 1/4 cup Brown sugar
• 3 cloves Garlic
• 1 tbsp Fresh ginger

Steps

1. Slice the flank across the grain into thin strips and marinate in the shoyu mixture at least 4 hours.
2. Arrange on a rack and dry in a 175°F oven 3–4 hours until jerky-chewy but still pliable.
3. Flash-sear the strips in a screaming-hot pan 30 seconds per side for a caramelized crust.
4. Serve as pupu with rice; pipikaula is Hawaiian beef jerky with a sear, and it disappears fast.
5. Pipikaula keeps 2 weeks refrigerated — it is the original Hawaiian road-trip food.

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