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Breaded Steak Recipe (Lomo de Res Apanado)

Breaded Steak Recipe (Lomo de Res Apanado)

A weekend Colombia dinner made with beef. Ready in about 3 hours 25 minutes. Difficulty: more effort.

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Ingredients

How many people?

− 4 people +

Recipe makes 4

Main ingredient

  • 2 lb beef Shopping tip: Ribeye or sirloin steak.

Fresh & other

  • 1 cup all purpose flour
  • 2 cups breadcrumbs
  • 3 eggs

Sauces & oils

  • 1 cup alinos sauce
  • For frying oil Shopping tip: Vegetable or olive oil.
Spices & seasonings (4): ground cumin, salt, black pepper, parsley
  • 1 tsp ground cumin
  • To taste salt
  • To taste black pepper
  • 2 tbsp parsley Shopping tip: Fresh flat-leaf (Italian) parsley. Curly works too.

How to make it

Steps in our own plain words.

  1. Place every piece of steak in between two big bits of plastic plus using a mallet, pound it until it's about ¼″ to ½″ thick.

  2. Place your pounded steak in a glass container.

  3. Add the aliños sauce.

  4. Let it rest for around 3 hours or overnight in the fridge.

  5. Add the parsley, spices, bread crumbs and flour to a plate or bowl.

  6. Cover the steak on every side with the flour mixture.

  7. The eggs, and finally the flour mix again.

  8. Wait until the pieces of steak are coated.

  9. Either add them right to a pan using oil.

  10. Keep going for cooking or layer them.

  11. Do it on parchment paper until ready to fry.

  12. Add the oil to a large pan over medium heat.

  13. Wait until it begins to smoke lightly.

  14. Add the breaded steak.

  15. Cook it for around 3 to 4 minutes per side until golden.

  16. Take them out of the oil.

  17. Place on a plate lined using paper towels.

  18. Drain off any excess oil.

  19. Serve.

On the side: Green salad

A side we added to round out the meal. It is not part of the original recipe.

How to make it (10 min)
  1. Rinse the salad greens. Slice the cucumber.
  2. Put it all in a bowl and toss with the dressing just before eating.

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Recipe from TheMealDB, adapted from the original. Steps rewritten in our own words. Times are estimates.