A juicy and simple to prepare plate consisting of beef strips marinated with soy sauce, ginger, garlic and ponzu sauce.
Prep time: 45 minutes (includes marination time)
Marination time: 40 minutes
Cooking time: 3-5 minutes
Total time: 48-50 minutes
Yield: 5 people
The following ingredients are designed for a yield of about 5 very hungry people.
INGREDIENTS
- 250 grams/0,5 of beef strips (you can either ask the person that sells you meat to cut it into strips or buy 250g of carpaccio and cut it into thin trips later)
- 2 fists of basmati rice per person
- 2 fistfuls of cilantro
- (OPTIONAL) black pepper or any spice you like
FOR THE SAUCE
- 3 Inches of ginger, thinly sliced
- 2 or 3 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
- 3 spring onions + a bit of their greenery, thinly sliced OR 2 white onions, thinly sliced (white onions are usually stronger
- soy sauce
- ponzu sauce
PROCESS
- STEP 1
toss the beef strips inside of a medium-large baking tray with tall borders along side ginger, garlic, onions and fill 3/5 of it with soy sauce and the remaining 2/5 of it with ponzu sauce. leave it to marinate for about 40 minutes. - STEP 2
when the meat is almost done marinating start cooking the rice in a medium large pot filled with boiling water, once the rice is done cooking take it out of the pot and place it in a bowl - STEP 3
while the rice is cooking set up a medium-large skillet and heat it up until it’s hot, then toss the meat and the sauce you used to marinate in in the skillet until it’s cooked to your preference - STEP 4
serve the meat and rice separately, garnish the meat with the remaining cilantro and a bit of scallions if you wish.
Tips & Notes
- while editing this page in search of some shortcuts or corrections I noticed that this recipe is very difficult to mess up, the only thing you have to be aware of is how cooked you want the meat
- you can change the type and amount of spices used in the seasoning and marinating process to please your own tastes
