Japanese Beef Steak with Garlic Soy Sauce

Seared sirloin steaks sliced and served with a warm garlic, soy and mirin butter sauce.

TIME BREAKDOWN
Prep: 15 min
Cook: 20 min
Total: 35 minutes
Vegetarian
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Nuts
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Serves
4 people
Difficulty
Easy

Ingredients

  • 4 sirloin or rump steaks, about 200g each
  • 1 tbsp sunflower oil
  • Salt and black pepper to taste
  • For the sauce: 4 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
  • For the sauce: 3 tbsp light soy sauce
  • For the sauce: 2 tbsp mirin
  • For the sauce: 1 tbsp rice vinegar
  • For the sauce: 20g butter
  • 4 tbsp finely grated mooli (daikon), to serve
  • 2 spring onions, finely sliced

Method

  1. Take the steaks out of the fridge 30 minutes before cooking. Pat dry and season well with salt and pepper.

  2. Heat the oil in a large frying pan over a high heat until smoking. Cook the steaks for 2 to 3 minutes on each side for medium-rare, or longer to taste. Transfer to a board and rest for 5 minutes.

  3. Reduce the heat to medium, add the butter and garlic to the pan and cook for 1 minute until golden. Add the soy sauce, mirin and rice vinegar and simmer for 1 minute.

  4. Slice the steaks against the grain, spoon over the sauce, top with the grated mooli and spring onions and serve with rice.