Bistek Tagalog recipe

This Saturday’s Signature dish is an easy-to-cook meal that is very much common among Filipinos. This may be because it is likely that the ingredients are conveniently available as they are staple in every Asian kitchen, particularly soy sauce.

Ingredients:

250g beef sirloin, cut in 6 slices
1 tbsp kalamansi or lemon juice
1 tbsp soy sauce
1 tsp ground black pepper
3 tbsps oil
1 onion, sliced into rings

Directions:

1. Marinate the beef in kalamansi or lemon juice, soy sauce and pepper.
2. Heat the oil and pan-fry the beef until medium-rare. Transfer to a plate. In the remaining oil, saute the onion until tender. Garnish the beef with the onion rings.

If you want perfectly cut and thinly sliced beef, ask for beef schnitzel from your butcher or get them pre-packed at the supermarket. Click here for more cooking tips.

Happy cooking!

Source: The Food of the Philippines
by Periplus World Cookbooks