Tag: Beef Steak

Bistek (Filipino Style Beef Steak)

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Bistek Tagalog Recipe

My mother makes the best bistek. I love the sauce that she makes to go with the beef steak. Soy sauce with a good spritz of calamsi or lemon juice enhanced by black peppers, fragrant garlc and soften onions which were cut in rings.

The sauce is as delicious as the meat.  The combination of the soy sauce and calamansi really make the beef extra special.  This is a favourite Sunday lunch.

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Steamed savoy cabbage photo by Jean Morton

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Bistek Photo by Jean Morton

Bistek (Filipino Style Beef Steak)

Ingredients
1 lb beef sirloin, thinly sliced or frying steak
1/4 cup soy sauce
1 piece lemon or 3 pieces calamansi
1/2 tsp course ground black pepper
4 cloves garlic, crushed
1 large onion, sliced into rings
3 tbsp cooking oil
salt to taste

Cooking Procedure

  • Tenderise the beef steak with a wooden mallet.
  • Then marinade the beef in soy sauce, lemon (or calamansi), and ground black pepper for an hour or so.
  • Drain the beef steak and set aside the marinade.
  • Heat the cooking oil in a pan then stir fry the onion rings until the texture becomes soft. Set aside.
  • Using the same pan, add the garlic and saute until brown and fragrant.
  • Add and fry the drained marinated beef until it turns brown.
  • Pour the marinade and bring to a boil.
  • Lower down the heat and simmer for 15 to 20 minutes or until meat is tender. Add water as needed.
  • Add the stir-fried onions.
  • Salt to taste.

Serve hot with boiled or fried rice. Or better yet, some steam vegetable such as savoy cabbage which has an extra crunch.

E N J O Y!

Beef Steak (Bistek)

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My favourite animal is steak.
– Fran Lebowitz

Mine too!

Beef Steak (Bistek), photo by Mae Mercado-Sanguer

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BEEF STEAK INGREDIENTS:

  • beef sirloin,  sliced thinly
  • 3 tablespoons soy sauce
  • 7  pieces calamansi or 1 piece lemon
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 4 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 large white onion, sliced into rings
  • 3 tablespoon cooking oil
  • 1 cup water

PROCEDURES:

1. Prepare the beef.  My mother used to make the most melt in the mouth bistek.  She used to tenderise the beef before proceeding with the recipe.  To tenderise the beef, she would pound the meat.

2  She would  Marinade beef in soy sauce, calamansi or lemon and ground black pepper not less than 30 minutes.  She ensured that the meat was well covered with the marinade.

3.  Next, she heats the  oil in a pan then add the garlic, then the marinated beef (without the marinade) until they turn brown.

4. Pour the marinade and add water, boil,  lower down the heat and simmer for 15 to 20 minutes or until meat is tender.

5. Add the white onions and cook for another minute.

Enjoy with hot boiled rice.

6. Ready to serve.