Steak and Salad

A quick and juicy steak recipe with a fresh Asian-style salad. Cook the steaks on the BBQ if you have one, you won’t regret it. This recipe can easily be made vegetarian by swapping the beef for sesame roasted broccoli, crispy tofu or edamame beans (or all three!).

Method

Based on 4 servings, adjust as needed.

Step 1

Before you start cooking let the sirloin steaks come up to room temperature, this helps them to cook evenly. Season generously with salt and pepper.

Step 2

Next set a large frying pan or griddle pan, over a high heat until smoking hot. Rub the steaks with a little oil and cook for 1-2 minutes on each side for rare, 2-3 minutes for medium-rare or 3-4 minutes for well-done. If you have a digital meat thermometer the temperature should read 55C for medium-rare. Once all the steaks are cooked, set aside to rest (for a good 5-10 minutes) while you make the salad.

Step 3

For the salad, deseed and finely slice the cucumber and julienne or coarsely grate the carrots. Set aside a handful of coriander leaves, then finely chop the stalks and roughly chop the leaves. Add the sliced cucumber, grated carrot, chopped coriander and rice noodles to a large bowl, stir in the sweet chilli stir fry sauce and season to taste with soy sauce.

Step 4

To serve, divide the salad between the plates. Remove any excess fat from the steak, before slicing on an angle and arranging on top of the salad. Scatter over the remaining coriander leaves, any leftover dressing and a generous squeeze of lime.

  • Ingredients
  • Based on 4 servings
  • 30g Coriander, stalks finely chopped and leaves roughly chopped 1x Sainsbury's Fresh Packed Bunch Coriander 30g
  • 4 tbsp Soy Sauce 1x Sainsbury's Soy Sauce Reduced Salt 150ml
  • 1 Cucumber, deseeded and finely sliced 1x Sainsbury's Whole Cucumber
  • 4 Sirloin Steak 4x Sainsbury's British or Irish 21 Day Matured Thin Cut Sirloin Steak 155g
  • 1 Lime 1x Sainsbury's Limes
  • 3 Carrot, cut into matchsticks or coarsely grated 3x Sainsbury’s Carrots Loose
  • 175ml Sweet Chilli Stir Fry Sauce 1x Sainsbury's Sweet Chilli Stir Fry Sauce 175g
  • 600g Cooked Rice Noodles 2x Sainsbury's Rice Noodles 300g
  • 1 tbsp Vegetable Oil 1x Sainsbury's Vegetable Oil 1L
  • Maldon Salt to taste, 1x Maldon Sea Salt Flakes 250g
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