Bistek Tagalog (beef with onions and soy sauce)

Bistek Tagalog………..If the Americans love their fillet mignon with gravy, tenderloin steak with mushroom sauce, We filipinos have love our own steak.  Yes, Bistek is a steak – the Philippines way. It’s a tasty and simple recipe to cook your beef. It is a dish made with common ingredients such as soy sauce, calamansi and onions which is always present inside our cup board. As I always mention to my blog – good food doesn’t have to be complicated. For your reference, I already posted the pork version of this recipe – Pork Steak Tagalag…………..Did you know that onions is the richest dietary source of quercitin, a potent antioxidant which is specifically linked to inhibiting human stomach cancer. Onions also have historically been used to treat asthma, too. Its action in asthma is due to its ability to inhibit the production of compounds that cause the bronchial muscle to spasm and to relax bronchial muscle.

Ingredients: serves 3-4 persons

• 500 gms beef sirloin- blade cut / thinly sliced
• 1 large white onions cut in rings
• 1/4 cup soy sauce
• 1 tbsp baking soda (to keep the steak more tender)
• 5 cloves minced garlic
• 5 pcs calamansi or 1 whole lemon juice
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 1 tsp ground pepper
• 1/2 cup water
• 3 tbsp oil

Procedures:

• In a container with cover, combine all ingredients together except onions and oil. marinade for a minimum of 2 hours
• In a wide teflon pan, heat oil and caramelize onion for 5 minutes. remove and drain onions. set aside.
• On the same pan with the same oil, seared steak on both side.  Seared on your desired doneness. Do not over cook.
• The pour over remaining marinade mix. cook for about 2 minutes then topped with caramelized onions
• Transfer in a serving plate. Serve hot with rice.

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