Japanese Teriyaki Beef Steaks

Recipe from Just One Cookbook

Serves 3

Ingredients:

1. 3 beef rib eye steaks

2. ½ tsp. corn starch (optional)

3. 1 tsp. water (optional)

4. ½ Tbsp. roasted sesame seeds (optional)

5. 1 stalk spring onion chopped

6. 1 TBS cooking oil

Teriyaki Sauce:

1. 4 TBS soya sauce

2. 4 TBS sake

3. 4 TBS mirin

4. 8 TBS water

5. 2 inch ginger chopped and pressed or blended

6. 1/2 onion chopped and pressed or blended

7. 1 tsp. sugar

Directions:

1. Mix well all the the ingredients for Teriyaki Sauce.

2. Marinade beef steaks with 4 TBS of the Teriyaki sauce in a zip-lock bag, and keep in the fridge for 30 minutes.

3. In a separate bowl, add corn starch with water and mix well for thickening sauce.

4. In a sauce pan, bring Teriyaki sauce to boil for 5 minutes to evaporate the alcohol in the sake.

5. Stir in the corn starch mixture to the sauce to thicken the sauce. Set aside.

6. Heat oil in pan on medium high heat, drain steaks from marinade and add into the pan. Fry for 2 minutes. 

7. Turn over and fry for 1.5 minutes for medium-rare done-ness.

8. Pour 2 TBS Teriyaki Sauce over each steak and let it bubble a little.

9. Remove the steaks from the pan to a plate before the sauce starts to burn. 

10. Let the steaks rest to allow succulent juices to distribute for 5-10 minutes before slicing.

11. Sprinkle a little bit of roasted sesame seeds and spring onion on top of the steak.

12. Serve with the leftover Teriyaki Sauce on the side for extra drizzle.

Additional Information:

Yes, you guessed it. Tonight we had Teriyaki again for dinner, this time around, Teriyaki beef steaks. It tasted very good. Daddy FECS like beef steaks. J didn't like it as much. He prefers Teriyaki chicken or salmon.

References:

http://www.justonecookbook.com/beef-teriyaki/

Rib-eye steaks from Netto Supermarket

Mix in the sauce ingredients

Press in 1/2 an onion

Press in 2 inch ginger

Heat sauce on sauce pan

Let it boil for 5 minutes to evaporate the alcohol from the sake and mirin

Add in corn starch mixture to thicken sauce, stir and set aside

Heat pan on medium high heat, drain and add in beef steaks and fry for 2 minutes

Turn over and fry for 1.5 minute

Drizzle about 2 TBS Teriyaki sauce on top of each steak

Serve with salad and potato or rice