Bistek
Ingredients
| Ingredients | Measure |
| Beef | 1 lb |
| Soy Sauce | 5 tablespoons |
| Lemon | 1 |
| Garlic | 3 cloves |
| Onion | 3 parts |
| Olive Oil | 4 tbs |
| Water | 1 cup |
| Salt | 1 pinch |
Instruction
- Marinate beef in soy sauce, lemon (or calamansi), and ground black pepper for at least 1 hour
- Note: marinate overnight for best result
1
- Heat the cooking oil in a pan then pan-fry half of the onions until the texture becomes soft
- Set aside
2
- Drain the marinade from the beef
- Set it aside
- Pan-fry the beef on the same pan where the onions were fried for 1 minute per side
- Remove from the pan
- Set aside
3
- Add more oil if needed
- Saute garlic and remaining raw onions until onion softens
- Pour the remaining marinade and water
- Bring to a boil
- Add beef
- Cover the pan and simmer until the meat is tender
- Note: Add water as needed
- Season with ground black pepper and salt as needed
- Top with pan-fried onions
- Transfer to a serving plate
- Serve hot
- Share and Enjoy!