Marinated Skirt Steak Ssäm Red Kimchi Purée & Ginger Spring Onion Sauce

When it comes to cheap steak—not shit that the supermarket puts on sale because it’s been sitting around, but steaks that aren’t from the expensive and cherished rib and loin of the cow—skirt steak is the steak to get. When we were thinking about putting a beef ssäm on our menu, we knew the cut would be skirt, called ‘hanger’ in New York.

The trick: there’s only one skirt steak on each cow and it’s not widely available in butcher shops or supermarkets. But you can substitute sirloin