Filipino Poormans Steak Bistek A La Pobre Food

BISTEC A LO POBRE - STEAK AND POTATOES WITH FRIED EGGS

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Bring vegetable oil to 360 F in a large pot and preheat the oven to 200 F. Peel and cut the potatoes into french fries while waiting for the oil to heat.
• Cook fries in hot vegetable oil until golden. Drain on a cookie sheet lined with paper towels, season with salt, and place in the oven to keep warm.
• Pour the excess vegetable oil carefully into a separate container, leaving about 3 tablespoons in the skillet, or use a new skillet.
• Sauté onions in the vegetable oil until soft and golden brown, about 10 minutes. Remove onions and place in a shallow pan or casserole dish, and place in the oven with the french fries.
• Chop the garlic finely. Season one side of the steaks with salt and pepper and sprinkle with half the chopped garlic. Pound steaks with a meat hammer to flatten them, then flip them and repeat on the other side with the remaining garlic.
• Sauté steaks on high heat, turning once, until browned on both sides and cooked to desired doneness. Place steaks over onions and return to the oven.
• Add a little oil to the skillet and fry the eggs, sunnyside up. Season with salt and pepper if desired.
• Remove the potatoes, steak, and onions from the oven while the eggs are cooking. Distribute the onions among 4 plates, top with a portion of the fries, and lay the steaks on top. When the eggs are ready, top each steak with a fried egg. Serve immediately.

FILIPINO POORMAN'S STEAK (BISTEK A LA POBRE)

Steps:

• Pat the beef dry.
• Marinate beef in soy sauce,1 teaspoon of sugar, lemon juice, fish sauce,garlic, pepper and oil (to lock the moisture in meat) for 30 minutes to an hour.
• Put the pan in high heat, heat oil till smoking hot and stir-fry beef along with the marinade until cooked and tender. This takes about 5 minutes.
• Add the remaining 1 teaspoon of sugar and onion rings, sautee until translucent and slightly caramelized. Serve immediately.

FILIPINO-STYLE BEEF STEAK WITH ONION AND BAY LEAVES (BISTEK)

Steps:

• Slice steaks in half lengthwise. Following natural seams in meat, cut each half into 2-3 pieces and set aside.
• Heat 1 Tbsp. oil in a large skillet over medium. Add bay leaves; cook until beginning to brown around the edges, about 1 minute. Add onion and 1/2 cup water. Cover skillet (use a baking sheet if you don't have a lid) and cook until onion is partly tender; it should have lost its raw bite but still have some crunch, about 5 minutes. Transfer onion and bay leaves to a plate with a slotted spatula or tongs.
• Increase heat to medium-high and bring remaining liquid in skillet to a boil. Cook until only 2 Tbsp. remains. Scrape into a small bowl and stir in lemon juice and soy sauce. Set sauce aside.
• Wipe out skillet and heat remaining 1 Tbsp. oil in skillet over medium-high. Season reserved meat with salt. Working in batches, cook meat undisturbed until dark brown, about 2 minutes. Turn and cook until second side is lightly browned, about 45 seconds. Transfer to a platter.
• Reduce heat to medium (let skillet cool a little if it is very hot) and cook reserved sauce in skillet just to let flavors meld, about 1 minute. Add 1-2 Tbsp. water if sauce is too concentrated. Pour over meat and top with onion and bay leaves.

BISTEK (FILIPINO BEEF STEAK)

Steps:

• Combine soy sauce, lime juice, garlic, sugar, fish sauce, and pepper in a bowl. Taste and adjust to your liking. Add sliced beef, making sure it is coated evenly. Marinate for at least 30 minutes or up to 1 hour.
• Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a wok or pan over medium-high heat. Fry potatoes in the hot oil until the edges turn golden brown, 7 to 10 minutes. Transfer to a plate.
• Heat remaining oil in the same pan over medium-high heat and fry onions until edges turn brown, 7 to 10 minutes. Transfer to the same plate.
• Heat the same pan over medium-high heat. Reserve marinade and fry beef in batches, adding more vegetable oil if necessary, until browned and no longer pink in the centers, 5 to 7 minutes. Transfer to the plate and continue with remaining beef.
• Pour the reserved marinade into the pan with water to deglaze, scraping up the browned bits from the bottom of the pan using a wooden spoon. Taste and adjust seasonings. Return beef back to the pan with some onion, leaving remaining onion for garnish; reduce heat and let simmer until sauce has thickened, 7 to 10 minutes.
• Slide beef and sauce onto a serving plate. Garnish with remaining onion. Place potatoes on the side and serve.

FILIPINO BEEF STEAK

Steps:

• Whisk the lemon juice, soy sauce, sugar, salt, and pepper together in a small bowl. Place the sliced steak in a large bowl; pour the lemon juice mixture over the steak and toss to coat. Sprinkle with the cornstarch and lightly mix. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 1 hour, up to overnight.
• Heat 1/4 cup vegetable oil in a large skillet. Remove the beef slices from the marinade, shaking to remove any excess liquid. Fry the beef slices in batches in the hot oil until they start to firm, and are reddish-pink and juicy in the center, 2 to 4 minutes per side. Remove the beef slices from the skillet and set aside on a serving platter.
• Heat the olive oil in a small skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir the onion and garlic in the hot oil until the onion is golden brown, 5 to 7 minutes; pour over the beef slices.