Tag: beef tenderloin

Posted in Main Dish

Garlic Butter Steak Bites with Potatoes and Oregano

Posted on by Myra Ortiz

YES it’s been a while since my last post 🙂 The past few weeks have been crazy busy with my son’s 5th Birthday, relatives coming home to Manila from the US, Birthdays and other events to attend to and the list goes on 🙂

And now I’m back to share one of my experiment success recipes that I’ve been making for the past few months now as it became a regular family request. This recipe is absolutely restaurant worthy and I promise it’s NOT as difficult as it looks! You can definitely make it yourself! Beef tenderloin that melts in your mouth, herb potatoes that’s simply addicting to eat and a touch of oregano just amplifies the flavor -I mean c’mon what’s not to like! 🙂

Ingredients:

  • 1/4 kilo beef tenderloin diced
  • 1 large potato cut french fries style
  • 1 clove garlic minced
  • 1 white onion (half – minced & other half cut in thick slices)
  • 1 cup sliced mushroom
  • 3-4 tbsp olive oil
  • 1/4 butter
  • sugar to taste
  • 1 tsp oregano herb

for the beef marinade:

  • salt & pepper to taste
  • 2 tbsp oyster sauce
  • half tbsp fish sauce (optional)

Let’s start cooking:

  1. Marinate tenderloin cubes by seasoning with a little salt, generous amount of pepper, add oyster sauce and just a little fish sauce (you can skip the fish sauce if you don’t have this available). Mix well and set aside in the fridge.
  2. Start by frying the sliced potatoes on high heat. remove from oil when it’s already lightly crispy and set aside.
  3. On the same pan on low heat, fry garlic and immediately remove from oil just before it’s almost brown. Set aside to add later.
  4. Again on the same pan on medium-high heat, put butter and add minced onions, tenderloin bites and oregano herbs. Cook thoroughly and sprinkle a bit of sugar (I recommend brown sugar) just to balance the flavor.
  5. Later on, add mushrooms and other half of white onions (onions are added at the end to keep it crispy and sweet) and cook for just about 1-2 minutes. Turn off the heat and add your fried potatoes and fried garlic.
  6. Top it with parsley – serve and enjoy! 🙂
Posted in Asian Recipes

Quick and Easy Tenderloin slices with broccoli

Posted on by Myra Ortiz

This super yummy all-time favorite recipe takes less than 20 minutes to make!

What you will need:

  • half kilo Beef or Pork Tenderloin (cut in slices)
  • 4 cups broccoli florets
  • 1 tbsp cornstarch (mix with 4 tbsp of water)
  • cooking oil (whichever oil you prefer – I use olive oil)
  • 1 medium size clove garlic (minced)
  • 1 tbsp butter
  • 1 tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp sesame oil
  • 3 tbsp oyster sauce
  • half cup water
  • half tbsp grated ginger
  • 1 1/2 tbsp brown sugar
  • sesame seeds (for sprinkle)

how to cook it:

  1. Season tenderloin slices with a dash of salt and pepper (set aside and let it absorb the flavor)
  2. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add the broccoli florets and blanch for about 2 mins to retain crispiness. Remove from pot, run through/plunge it with cold water and drain. (set aside)
  3. In a small bowl, mix 1 tbsp of cornstarch and 4 tbsp of water (set aside)
  4. In a non stick pan, heat about 3 tbsp of oil and cook tenderloin for about 5 mins (set aside – we’ll cook it more later, don’t worry)
  5. In the same pan, add a bit more oil then fry garlic and get it to light brown until fragrant. Add in grated ginger then throw in the butter to stop the garlic from cooking further (burnt garlic is bitter and we don’t want that!)
  6. put back your semi-cooked tenderloin and mix mix mix!
  7. Time to add the flavors in! add in oyster sauce, soy sauce, water, brown sugar and the cornstarch you prepared earlier (make sure to mix the bowl again as cornstarch may have settled). Give it a good MIX! you’ll notice the sauce getting thicker.
  8. Throw in your sliced white onions, broccoli and sprinkle with some sesame seeds
  9. Roughly mix and when you see that the onions have separated, it’s ready to serve! (even better if you top it on a hot bowl of rice!)