Rum-pepper Steak Sandwiches

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1/2 cup dark rum
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon fresh coarse ground black pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 5 cloves garlic, crushed or 2 1/2 teaspoons instant minced garlic
• 1 (1 1/2 lb) flank steaks
• 1/2 cup fat-free mayonnaise or 1/2 cup light mayonnaise
• 16 slices tomatoes, 1/4 inch-thick (about 3 tomatoes)
• 2 teaspoons prepared horseradish
• 8 slices red onions, 1/2 inch-thick (about 2 onions)
• 16 slices sourdough bread (1-ounce each)
• 2 cups thinly sliced romaine lettuce

Recipe

• 1 to prepare marinade, combine first 5 ingredients in a large zip-top plastic bag.
• 2 trim fat from steak, and add steak to bag.
• 3 seal and marinate in refrigerator at least 2 hours, turning bag occasionally.
• 4 remove the steak from bag, reserving marinade.
• 5 pour the marinade into a microwave-safe dish.
• 6 microwave marinade at high 1 minute or until mixture boils.
• 7 to prepare flavored mayonnaise, combine mayonnaise and horseradish, and set aside.
• 8 prepare grill.
• 9 place steak and red onion slices on a grill rack, and grill onions 4 minutes on each side, basting with the reserved marinade.
• 10 remove onions from grill.
• 11 turn the steak, and grill an additional 8 minutes or until steak is desired degree of doneness.
• 12 remove steak from grill.
• 13 place bread slices on grill rack, and grill 2 minutes on each side or until toasted.
• 14 cut steak diagonally across grain into thin slices.
• 15 spread 1 tablespoon flavored mayonnaise on one side of each of 8 toasted bread slices.
• 16 divide steak, onion slices, lettuce, and tomato slices evenly among 8 bread slices.
• 17 top with remaining bread slices.