I’m gonna go right ahead and say that I have the best room-mates ever! Nathan is an executive chef, Ross is a cook, and Celeste is a pastry Chef. Needless to say, some pretty awesome culinary happenings have a tendency of going down here!
Thanks to Celeste’s sourdough starter she calls “Fester”, we have a steady supply of fresh sourdough bread being baked up every few days. Last night as Celeste made a couple loaves, she did some experimentation with one of them, and added sesame seeds. Not only did it turn out delicious, but it inspired me to create an “Asian Steak Sandwich”, which was not only beautiful, but delicious!
Asian Steak Sandwich
Ingredients
- 1 steak
- 2 slices of bread
- Butter
- Mayonnaise
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- MARINADE
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- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 1/2 tsp sesame oil
- 1/2 tbsp rice vinegar
- 1 clove garlic minced
- 1 tsp ginger minced
- 1 tsp brown sugar
- 1 tsp lime juice
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- VEGETABLES
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- 1/2 a large carrot julienned
- 1 piece of broccoli chopped
- 3 peas chopped
- 1 handful of sprouts
- 1 heaping tsp of chopped cilantro
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- 1 clove garlic chopped
- 1 tsp ginger chopped
- 1 heaping tsp chopped jalapeno
- 1 shallot chopped
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
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- VEGETABLE SAUCE
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- 1 tbsp rice vinegar
- 1 tbsp thai fish sauce
- 1/4 tsp sesame oil
- 1 tsp lime juice
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1 tsp hot water
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- STEAK SAUCE
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- 2 tbsp hoisin
- 1 tbsp sriracha
- 1/2 tbsp sesame seeds
- 1 tbsp hot water
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- BOK CHOY
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- 1 baby bok choy separated
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
- 1 tbsp leftover vegetable sauce
- 1 tbsp leftover marinade
Instructions
- At least a half an hour before cooking, combine ingredients for marinade in a resealable bag, add steak and let marinate for at least 30 minutes.
- Allow steak to sit at room temperature at least 30 minutes before grilling.
- Begin preparing vegetable portion of sandwich. Once chopped and julienned, add into a bowl for mixing.
- In a small pan, add 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil, heating to medium. Once heated add the portion of the vegetables to be sauteed (garlic, ginger, jalapeno,s and shallot). Saute for about 5 minutes until lightly browned. Allow to cool and toss with the rest of your vegetables.
- Add ingredients for vegetable sauce into a small bowl, whisking until combined, and toss vegetables with it.
- Drain about a tablespoon of the leftover vegetable sauce from the vegetables, along with a tablespoon of leftover marinade, and a tablespoon of sesame oil, and toss the bok choy in it.
- Heat barbecue to medium-high heat.
- While barbecue is pre-heating prepare steak sauce. Combine hoisin, sriracha, sesame seeds and hot water in a bowl, mixing until smooth.
- Once barbecue is heated, cook steak for about 3-4 minutes on each side for medium-rare, brush with steak sauce while cooking.
- Grill bok choy for about 4 minute, until lightly charred.
- Butter bread and toast on barbecue as well.
- Once steak is done, let it rest 5-10 minutes.
- Spread a layer of mayonnaise on the bottom slice of bread. Top with bok choy, and a little bit of the vegetable mix.
- Thinly slice steak, place on sandwich, drizzle with some leftover steak sauce, top with more mixed vegetables, and form sandwich!
- Enjoy.
It’s a bit of work if you’re making this for yourself, but it’s delicious and totally worth it! Of course, it wouldn’t take much convincing to invite some friends over to share this beautiful creation with.
Enjoy!
Bob