Bistek
A weekend Filipino dinner made with beef. Ready in about 1 hour 18 minutes. Difficulty: more effort.
- 1 hr 13 minPrep (about)
- 5 minCook (about)
- 1 hr 18 minTotal time
- 4Servings
- More effortDifficulty
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Join the waitlist Not nowIngredients
Main ingredient
- 1 ½ lb beef
Fresh & other
- 2 lemons
- 5 cloves garlic
- 5 onions
- 1 ½ cups water
Sauces & oils
- ⅓ cup + 2 tbsp soy sauce
- ⅓ cup + 2 tsp olive oil
Spices & seasonings (1): salt
- 2 pinches salt
How to make it
Steps in our own plain words.
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Marinate beef in ground black pepper, lemon and soy sauce for at least 1 hour.
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Note: marinate overnight for best result, 1.
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Heat your cooking oil in pan then pan-fry half of your onions until the texture becomes soft.
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Set aside, 2.
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Drain the marinade from the beef.
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Set it aside.
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Pan-fry your beef on the same pan where your onions were fried for 1 min per side.
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Remove from the pan.
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Set aside, 3.
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Add more oil if needed.
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Cook garlic and rest of the raw onions until onion softens, 4.
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Pour the remaining marinade and water.
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Bring to a boil, 5.
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Add beef.
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Cover the pan.
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Simmer until the meat is tender.
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Note: Add water as needed, 6.
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Season using ground black pepper and salt as needed.
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Top with pan-fried onions, 7.
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Move to a serving plate.
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Serve hot, share.
On the side: Steamed rice
A side we added to round out the meal. It is not part of the original recipe.
How to make it (25 min)
- Rinse the rice. Simmer it covered in water (2 cups per cup of rice) for about 18 minutes, then let it sit 5 minutes. Fluff with a fork.
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Join the waitlistRecipe from TheMealDB, adapted from the original. Steps rewritten in our own words. Times are estimates.