Asian Beef with Stuff

Asian Beef with sauteed greens, shiitake and rice

Asian Beef with sauteed greens, shiitake and rice
One night I opened the fridge to find a wilted (but not rotten) 1/2 bunch of cilantro, some ginger and not much else. I had a rib-eye in the freezer. I always have garlic, shallots, onions in the drawer and chiles from my dad’s garden in the freezer. I threw what I had in the food processor and made this dish that turned out FREAKING amazing. Unfortunately, I didn’t write down what I did.

That’s why I have this site, if I didn’t post my recipes, I could never reproduce anything I cook! So, I tried to remember what I did. And I elaborated on it with the extra items in my fridge (greens and mushrooms). It, once again, was so delish. And I took notes. Having totally improvised this though, I left it open to interpretation with the recipe title.

Recipe: Asian Beef with Stuff

Ingredients

    Marinade/Sauce:

  • 2T soy sauce
  • 2T fish sauce
  • 3T canola oil
  • Handful of cilantro (stems and all)
  • 2t peppercorns
  • 3 cloves garlic
  • 1T brown sugar
  • 2 inches ginger (peeled and roughly chopped)
  • 2-3 small chiles


  • ~1lb of your favorite cut of beef (I usually use rib eye)


  • Big pile of saute greens
  • 1 c. chopped shiitakes
  • 2 shallots thinly sliced

Instructions

  • Put all the marinade ingredients in a food processor or blender. Zap until it’s a soupy paste. Pour that over your steak(s). Let that sit for as long as you have. In the fridge if you have a long time. If I have an hour or less, I let it sit on the counter, covered.

  • Once you’re ready to cook, shake some of the marinade off the steak(s) and cook them on the stovetop until it’s the desired doneness. I like mine still mooing. Remove the steak and let it rest on a cutting board.

  • Add shiitakes and greens to the pan with a little water, if needed, to loosen the crusty steak-bits. Cook for a couple of minutes then pour in the remaining marinade. Toss once in a while until mushrooms and greens are cooked.

  • Remove mushrooms and greens from the pan, squeezing them with tongs or slotted spoon to remove as much of the liquid/sauce as you can. Set aside.
    Sliced beef in marinade/sauce
  • Add sliced shallots to pan and reduce the remaining sauce.

  • When it’s the sauce syrupy and, well, saucy, thinly slice your steak and toss it back into the sauce.

  • To serve, put a mound of rice, a scoop of greens/mushrooms and top with the beef.

Quick Notes

I can’t decide if the shiitakes worked or not. Try it both ways and let me know!

Number of servings (yield): 2

Meal type: dinner

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