Asian salad with beef

3 servings

30 minutes

Recipe from Taras Kirienko, chef of the wine bar Touche.

Energy value per serving

• Calories: 1279.4
• Proteins: 25.2g
• Fats: 111.8g
• Carbohydrates: 45g

Ingredients

• Beef steak: 300 g
• Cucumbers: 100 g
• Tomatoes: 100 g
• Fresh spinach leaves: 70 g
• Avocado: 1 pc
• Sweet pepper: 1 pc
• Vegetable oil: 150 ml
• Mirin: 50 ml
• Mitsukan sauce: 25 ml
• Water: 50 ml
• Sugar: 5 g
• Sesame oil: 145 ml
• Cornstarch: 7 g
• Hoisin sauce: 1 ml
• Honey: 70 g
• Soy sauce: 100 ml
• White wine vinegar: 10 ml
• Kohlrabi: 1 pc

Cooking steps

1. Prepare the marinade. Combine soy sauce, mirin, mentsukan, sugar, sesame oil (5 ml), and hoisin sauce in a wide container.

   Required ingredients:

   • Soy sauce: 100 ml
   • Mirin: 50 ml
   • Mitsukan sauce: 25 ml
   • Sugar: 5 g
   • Sesame oil: 145 ml
   • Hoisin sauce: 1 ml

2. Add 50 ml of water and mix well. Thicken the marinade with starch.

   Required ingredients:

   • Water: 50 ml
   • Cornstarch: 7 g

3. Place the bavette steak in a container, cover it, and let it marinate in the refrigerator for 8 hours, or overnight.

   Required ingredients:

   • Beef steak: 300 g

4. Prepare the salad dressing. Combine soy sauce, vegetable oil, sesame oil (70 ml), and white wine vinegar. Whisk vigorously until the sauce is smooth.

   Required ingredients:

   • Soy sauce: 100 ml
   • Vegetable oil: 150 ml
   • Sesame oil: 145 ml
   • White wine vinegar: 10 ml

5. Peel the kohlrabi and slice it into thin rounds. Set aside a few rounds for decoration (in restaurants, they turn them into stars using a special cutter), and cut the rest into strips.

   Required ingredients:

   • Kohlrabi: 1 piece

6. Place the bavette steak on a hot skillet and quickly sear for 1-2 minutes on each side.

   Required ingredients:

   • Beef steak: 300 g

7. Place the kohlrabi sticks in the same pan and sauté quickly.

   Required ingredients:

   • Kohlrabi: 1 piece

8. Gather all the pre-prepared ingredients in a bowl, season to taste, and dress with soy sauce and maple syrup. Arrange beautifully on a plate. You can garnish with fresh kohlrabi in round slices (in restaurants, 'stars' are made with a special cutter).

   Required ingredients:

   • Kohlrabi: 1 piece
   • Soy sauce: 100 ml

9. Cut the steak into small pieces.

   Required ingredients:

   • Beef steak: 300 g

10. Remove seeds from the bell pepper and cut it into strips.

    Required ingredients:

    • Sweet pepper: 1 piece

11. Slice the cucumber into thin half-moons.

    Required ingredients:

    • Cucumbers: 100 g

12. Remove the stems from the tomatoes and cut them into wedges.

    Required ingredients:

    • Tomatoes: 100 g

13. Cut the avocado in half, remove the pit, and peel it. Then slice it lengthwise into quarters and then into 1 cm slices.

    Required ingredients:

    • Avocado: 1 piece

14. Mix spinach, tomatoes, sweet pepper, cucumbers, and avocado in a salad bowl. Add fried kohlrabi and pieces of steak.

    Required ingredients:

    • Fresh spinach leaves: 70 g
    • Tomatoes: 100 g
    • Sweet pepper: 1 piece
    • Cucumbers: 100 g
    • Avocado: 1 piece
    • Kohlrabi: 1 piece
    • Beef steak: 300 g

15. Dress the salad with sauce and garnish with reserved slices of kohlrabi.

    Required ingredients:

    • Kohlrabi: 1 piece