Easy Pinoy Bistek Recipe

This Easy Pinoy Bistek Recipe is a popular Filipino recipe also known as Beef Steak. It is made of thin slices of beef (preferably lean) that is marinated in a soy-sauce citrus mixture before frying.

This Easy Pinoy Bistek Recipe requires simple ingredients and is easy to make.  Next to adobo, bistek is one of the most common pack-lunch (baon) for kids and adults because it keeps well for hours.

Recipe for Pinoy Bistek:

Easy Pinoy Bistek Recipe

Recipe by Yummy FoodCourse: MAIN COURSECuisine: FilipinoDifficulty: Easy

Servings

4

servings

Prep time

20

minutes

Cooking time

50

minutes

Calories

580

kcal

Total time

1

hour 

10

minutes

This Easy Pinoy Bistek Recipe is a popular Filipino recipe also known as Beef Steak. It is made of thin slices of beef (preferably lean) that is marinated in a soy-sauce citrus mixture before frying.

Ingredients

• 1 kg beef, (use lean beef), sliced thinly

• 4 tbsp soy sauce

• ½ cup calamansi juice

• 3 tbsp garlic powder

• 2 tbsp fish sauce (patis)

• 1 ½ cups water

• oil, for frying

• 2 pieces, large onions, cut into large rings

Directions

• Mix calamansi juice, garlic powder and fish sauce. Pour over meat and marinate for 3 hours or overnight.
• Heat oil in a frying pan. Shake off excess marinade from meat and pan-fry in batches. Cook meat for a few minutes on both sides. Heat oil in a frying pan. Shake off excess marinade from meat and pan-fry in batches. Cook meat for a few minutes on both sides.
• Return all of the meat into the pan.
• Add water to the leftover marinade and pour onto the meat. Cover.
• Simmer for half an hour or until meat is tender.
• Stir in soy sauce. Add onions and cook for another couple of minutes.
• Squeeze the juice of one or two calamansi before removing from heat.

Notes

From Wikipedia:

Bistek, also known as “Filipino beef steak,” consists of thinly sliced beef marinated in soy sauce and calamansi and then fried in a skillet that is typically served with onions.

From Wikipedia

Other BEEF recipes may be found HERE.

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