Who said one has to go to restaurants to eat the best, tender, succulent beef steak with chimichurri sauce?
The sides and steak make the meal perfect for date night. Yes, if you put in all the effort, this classifies as a date night.
Let’s pull all the stops and make this memorable for your loved one. I, mostly keep these golden ideas and recipes for anniversaries and birthday dinners.
Also, I like to have generous helpings of mashed potatoes and vegetable sides. The restaurants are very stingy about sides.
That’s why I like to make steak at home, the way I like it.
If you have grievances from your last restaurant visit, you can try this easy recipe at home. I am sharing all the things you may need on your next grocery trip.
You can also opt to order halal meat online from a trusted halal meat store near you. Since meat is the star of the dish, it is best to buy it from your tried, tested, and vouched vendors.
To Prepare Steak You Would Need:
- Steak (preferred 4-inch piece of beef tenderloin)
- Olive oil
- Salt
- Pepper
- Butter
Preparation:
- Marinate the beef tenderloin with salt, pepper, and olive oil. Ideal marination time is overnight; if not possible, a couple of hours would do.
- In cast iron, drizzle some olive oil and place the marinated beef.
- For the next two minutes, keep the flame slightly high and flip each side.
- Add butter and garlic. Baste the beef with butter and cook until both sides look nicely charred.
- For accuracy sake, the internal temperature should be 50oC.
- Remove the meat from the pan and place it on a wooden board. Do not slice now, and let it rest for five to seven minutes.
If you cut it right away, Gordon Ramsay would pull his hair. He has been telling like a broken record, let the meat sit for a while to keep the juices intact.
To Prepare Sides You Will Need:
- Large potatoes
- 1 large garlic bulb
- Carrot, broccoli, Brussels Sprouts or Green Beans (whatever is available; or you like)
Preparation:
- Wash and clean potatoes and poke several holes all around with a fork.
- Rub some olive oil, drizzle pepper, and salt.
- Cover the potatoes with foil and keep them aside.
- Now, take the garlic bulb and remove the outer layer.
- Remove the excess skin, knot, and stalk.
- Drizzle some olive oil, and salt on garlic.
- Cover garlic with the foil.
- Take garlic and potatoes, place them in a tray, and bake them in the oven at 200oC for approximately thirty minutes.
- If you plan to serve vegetables as a side, drizzle them with olive oil, salt, and pepper. Then, lay them on the baking tray. Depending on the type of vegetable and their cooking time, you can remove them earlier than thirty minutes.
Chimichurri Sauce
- Handful parsley and coriander
- Salt and pepper
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 3 garlic cloves chopped
- 2 red chilies chopped
- 2 tablespoons red vinegar or apple cider vinegar
- ½ cup extra virgin olive oil
Preparation:
- In a mixer/blender, add parsley, coriander and garlic.
- Add all the ingredients and mix.
- Best to prepare the sauce an hour before serving time. The flavours enhance with some downtime.
To Serve
- On a board or serving platter, place the sliced meat.
- You can drizzle some sour cream, parmesan, or mozzarella on the steak slices (depending on preference).
- Serve roasted garlic, potatoes, and vegetables on the side.
- Drizzle chimichurri sauce generously over the steak.
Tips and Tricks
- Don’t use nonstick pans; cast iron pans give that perfect charred layer to the meat.
- Marination is the holy grail of the recipe.
- You can substitute mashed potatoes with roasted potatoes, you do you!
Parting Thoughts
There you have it. A very restaurant-style top-notch, and delicious recipe to make beef steak with chimichurri sauce.
I recommend trying it if you are very particular about your steaks. And also, don’t forget to share how you found the recipe and guide.