Pan Fried Asian Spiced Marinated Aussie Sirloin by Dirk de Cuyper, Chef Patron at Saucery
Dirk de Cuyper, Chef Patron at Saucery – Pan Fried Asian Spiced Marinated Aussie Sirloin.
Ingredients
- 2 Aussie sirloin steaks
- ½ tsp minced garlic and minced ginger
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- ½ tsp Chinese Five spice
- 100gr ground coarse black pepper
- 1 tsp sesame oil
Mashed Potatoes
- 200g mashed potatoes
- Juice of 1 lemon
- 2tbsp sesame oil
- 50g butter
- Salt pepper to taste
Stir Fried Vegetables
- 400g mixed Asian mushrooms
- 1 grated carrot
- ½ tsp minced ginger and garlic
- 1tbsp soy sauce
- Splash of rice wine
- 1 tbsp thinly sliced scallions
- Splash vegetable oil
- Salt and pepper taste
- 1 pinch sugar
Sauce
- 2 cups beef or chicken stock
- 1 tsp diced shallots
- 1 tsp chopped ginger
- 1 tsp chopped garlic
- 1/2 cup of orange juice
- 1 Tbsp tomato paste
- Chinese five spice to taste
- Splash vegetable oil
Method
- Trim off a little of the excess fat. Cut the steak lengthwise into 2 strips, then cut into 4 equal cube-like portions.
- Marinate the steak pieces with garlic, ginger, 5 spice, and sesame oil.
- Roll the marinated pieces of steak in the coarse pepper. Then, panfry on all sides. Set aside ready to plate.
Mashed Potatoes
- Cook the peeled potatoes until tender. Drain the water and dry quickly on the stove top. Then, finish mashing and fold in all the ingredients.
Stir Fried Vegetables
- Heat the wok, add the ginger and garlic.
- Then, add the vegetables and toss around.
- Deglaze vegetables with soy and rice wine. Then, add salt, pepper, and sugar.
- Finally, fold in the scallions.
Sauce
- Heat oil in a saucepan. Then, add ginger, garlic, and shallot.
- Sautee without colouring. Then add orange juice and reduce it by half.
- Add the beef or chicken stock.
- Reduce for a little longer and add the tomato paste and 5 spice.
- Reduce until a sauce consistency is reached.