Bistek Tagalog

20 mins
Serves 5
tiktok.com

Directions

  1. 1Make the marinade by mixing soy sauce, lemon juice, sugar, black pepper, and crushed garlic. Set aside.
  2. 2Cut the tri tip steak into thin strips.
  3. 3Pour the marinade over the beef and let it marinate for at least half an hour.
  4. 4Heat up some oil in a frying pan. Slice up the red onion.
  5. 5Add onions to hot oil and cook until softened and slightly browned.
  6. 6Remove onions from pan and set aside.
  7. 7Add marinated steak to the pan and cook until browned.
  8. 8Remove steak from pan and set aside.
  9. 9Add leftover marinade to the pan and bring to a boil.
  10. 10Add the cooked steak and onions back into the pan. Mix well.
  11. 11Serve over rice and garnish with green onions and a bit of extra lemon juice.

Ingredients

  • 0.5 cup soy sauce
  • 0.5 cup fresh lemon juice
  • 1 tsp white sugar
  • 2 tsp black pepper
  • 6 cloves garlic
  • 1.5 lbs tri tip steak
  • 1 large red onion
  • 0 green onions
  • 0 oil

Equipment

knifecutting boardmeasuring cupglass bowlelectric pepper grindersmall potlarge bowlfrying pantongsspatula