Quick Christmas recipe for 4 - 8 people, takes only 5 mins; recipe has fillet steak, baby gem lettuce, rapeseed oil, parsley, rapeseed oil, garlic clove, red wine vinegar, oregano, red chilli, lime, fish sauce, groundnut oil and sugar.
Steak lettuce cups
Course: Quick Christmas
Servings
4 - 8
servings
Prep time
10 mins
Ingredients
- Fillet Steak: 200g fillet steak, excess fat trimmed
- Baby Gem Lettuce: 4 Baby Gem lettuces
- Rapeseed Oil: 1/2 tbsp cold pressed rapeseed oil
- Parsley: 1 tbsp chopped parsley
- Garlic Clove: 1 small garlic clove, crushed
- Red Wine Vinegar: 1 tsp red wine vinegar
- Oregano: pinch of dried oregano
- Red Chilli: 1/4 red chilli, finely chopped
- Lime: 1 lime, zested and juiced
- Fish Sauce: 1/2 tsp fish sauce
- Groundnut Oil: 1 tsp groundnut oil
- Sugar: pinch of sugar
Directions
- Take the steak out of the fridge 30 mins ahead of frying it. Mix the chimichurri ingredients with 1 tbsp water, season and set aside. Mix the ingredients for the chilli & lime sauce and set aside. Separate the Baby Gem lettuces so you have 20 leaves ('cups').
- Heat anon-stick frying panover a medium-high heat. Coat the steak in the oil, season, then fry for 2-3 mins on each side. Set aside for 10 mins, then cut into 20 slices. Place a steak strip on each cup. To serve, top half with the chimichurri and half with the chilli & lime sauce.
