Chivito sandwich
A weekend Uruguayan dinner made with beef. Ready in about 1 hour. Difficulty: more effort.
- 25 minPrep (about)
- 35 minCook (about)
- 1 hrTotal time
- 4Servings
- More effortDifficulty
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Join the waitlist Not nowIngredients
Main ingredient
- 8 sirloin steaks
Fresh & other
- 2 ¾ oz milk
- 2 oz butter
- 1 tbsp molasse
- 8 oz water
- 9 eggs
- 1.1 lb bread flour
- ⅓ oz yeast
- Splash egg wash
- Sprinkling sesame seed
- 4 onions
- To serve garlic
- 8 bacon
- 8 slices ham
- 8 slices mozzarella
- 4 tomatoes Shopping tip: Fresh, ripe tomatoes (Roma or vine).
- ¼ lettuce
Sauces & oils
- To serve mustard
- To serve chimichurri sauce
Spices & seasonings (1): salt
- ⅓ oz salt
How to make it
Steps in our own plain words.
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For your brioche buns heat your milk with the butter and molasses till the butter has melted.
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Add your cold water and egg to this mix.
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Salt and yeast in a large bowl place flour.
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Mix.
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Add the milk and water mix.
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Stir with a wooden spoon until mixed.
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You don't have to knead your dough, it's perfectly fine to do this by hand using wooden spoon, this doesn't need.
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Do it to be very thorough.
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Cover using a damp towel plus stick in the fridge overnight.
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The next morning knead dough on a floured surface for a little.
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Cut into eight equal pieces.
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Shape these into balls.
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Place on a sheet pan lined with parchment paper.
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Cover again with damp towel.
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Let rise for about an hour until double in size.
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Turn the oven on to 425°F.
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Brush your buns using either milk, heavy cream or egg wash.
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Sprinkle with sesame seeds, if wanted.
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Bake for about 15-20min until golden.
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Let cool.
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For the toppings chop the onions.
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Cook in a bit of butter.
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Let caramelize, this may take ten.
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Do it to 15 minutes.
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Stir every so often.
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Rub your steaks with a bit of garlic.
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Grill or fry eggs plus pepper, the bacon and the steaks using salt, toast your buns after having cut in half.
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Spread mustard on one bun half, layer every chivito with some lettuce, a tomato slice, one bacon stripe, a slice of cheese, a slice of ham and steak.
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Place fried egg on top.
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Sprinkle on plenty of chimichurri and some onions right before serving.
On the side: Chips
A side we added to round out the meal. It is not part of the original recipe.
How to make it (1 min)
- Pour the chips into a bowl.
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Join the waitlistRecipe from TheMealDB, adapted from the original. Steps rewritten in our own words. Times are estimates.