Portuguese prego with green piri-piri
A weekend Portuguese dinner made with beef. Ready in about 2 hours 27 minutes. Difficulty: more effort.
- 2 hr 22 minPrep (about)
- 5 minCook (about)
- 2 hr 27 minTotal time
- 4Servings
- More effortDifficulty
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Join the waitlist Not nowIngredients
Main ingredient
- 3 beef fillets
Fresh & other
- 1 clove garlic
- Leaves parsley Shopping tip: Fresh flat-leaf (Italian) parsley. Curly works too.
- 3 ciabattas
- 3 arugulas Shopping tip: Arugula (UK: rocket).
- Small bunch basil leaf Shopping tip: Fresh basil leaves, not dried.
- Small bunch parsley Shopping tip: Fresh flat-leaf (Italian) parsley. Curly works too.
- 1 jalapeno
- 3 green onions Shopping tip: Green onions (scallions).
- ⅔ garlic
- ¾ tsp superfine sugar Shopping tip: Superfine sugar (UK: caster). Regular sugar works.
Sauces & oils
- 2 ½ tbsp olive oil
- 1 ½ tbsp vinegar
- 1 ½ tbsp vinegar
How to make it
Steps in our own plain words.
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Rub your garlic over your steaks then put in sandwich bag and tip in parsley stalks, sherry vinegar and the olive oil.
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Leave for 1-2 hours.
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To make the sauce.
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Put all the ingredients in a blender using 1 tbsp water and whizz till as smooth as possible.
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This will make more you’ll need for your recipe but will keep for week in an airtight jar.
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Heat griddle or frying pan to high.
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Brush away your garlic and parsley stalks from the steaks.
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Season well.
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Sear the steaks for 2 min on every side then rest on a plate.
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Put the ciabatta halves on your plate, toasted-side down.
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Do it to soak up any juices.
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Slice the steaks then stuff in your rolls with the green sauce and rocket.
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)
- Rinse the salad greens. Slice the cucumber.
- Put it all in a bowl and toss with the dressing just before eating.
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Join the waitlistRecipe from TheMealDB, adapted from the original. Steps rewritten in our own words. Times are estimates.