Bistek Tagalog: Filipino Beef Steak in Tangy Sauce Topped with Onions | Cooking with Kurt

calamansi juice

🥗Healthier: lime juice

💰Cheaper: lemon juice

Lime juice provides similar acidity and flavor.

beef sirloin

🥗Healthier: chicken breast

💰Cheaper: pork shoulder

Chicken is lower in fat; pork is often cheaper.

Marinate the thinly sliced ribeye steak in soy sauce, lime juice, lemon juice, minced garlic, dark brown sugar, and ground black pepper.

Heat coconut oil in a pan and sear the marinated beef until browned.

Remove the beef and set aside. In the same pan, add sliced onions and sauté until they are tender.

Prepare the sauce by combining minced garlic, soy sauce, lemon juice, dark brown sugar, ground black pepper, beef stock, cornstarch, and water in the pan.

Bring the sauce to a simmer until it thickens, then return the beef to the pan to coat it in the sauce.

Serve the beef topped with sautéed onions and garnished with sliced scallions.

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