This is my own recipe, so there are no measurements. Everything is to taste.
Bistek, by the way may be a
corruption of the English 'beef steak.' But it could also be derived from the Spanish bistek.
Who knows? But, this is beef steak Filipino style.
2 lbs beef, fillet mignon if you can afford it, but sirloin is fine, cut
into strips (que horror if you use fillet!)
lemon juice, maybe half a cup
soy sauce
freshly ground black pepper
salt
medium size onion, cut into rings
cooking oil
Marinate beef in lemon juice, soy sauce, pepper and salt for at least an hour
before cooking. When ready to cook, heat skillet, add oil and sautee onion until
transparent. If I am in a hurry at this time, I just add the marinading beef
and the marinade together and cook the meat until tender in high heat - that's
it. It takes about 10
minutes to cook this, sometimes, even shorter when you want it rarer.
I am so partial to lemon (or calamansi) juice so sometimes I add more juice
than necessary.
Serve while hot with rice.
If I am not in
a hurry, after sauteing the onion, I carefully transfer the onion in a serving
dish, leaving the oil in the pan. Then, I add the meat to the still hot oil
and cook the pieces until they are tender. Then I add the marinade and simmer the
concoction for a little while, savoring the aroma.
When the meat is cooked to my satisfaction, I carefully arrange the meat over
the bed of onion rings and pour the marinade over the meat and onions like
sauce. Then I garnish
with parsley. Then I serve with rice. Then I eat. I sometimes have fun cooking you know?
