BY LENNARD YEONG @Lennardy Gochujang Steak
- Prep time 20Min
- Cook time 15Min
- Technique Sear
- Meat Beef
- Cut Sirloin
- Serves 4
This is proof that quality ingredients result in a winning home-cooked dish. This Sirloin Steak is simply cooked and finished with gochujang butter. The Aussie meaty goodness pairs so well with a Korean spice kick.
Ingredients
Sirloin steaks
- 4 Sirloin steaks
Gochujang Butter
- 500 gm butter, softened
- 220 gm gochujang (Korean, fermented red chilli paste)
- 3 cloves garlic, whole
Spring Onion Salad / Pa Muchim
- 2 tsp gochugaru (Korean chilli spice) or chilli flakes
- 2 tsp sesame oil
- 2 tsp soy sauce
- 2 tsp rice vinegar
- 1 tbsp sesame seeds
- 5 stalks of spring onions
Method
1. Grate the garlic and add it into the gochujang and softened butter, mix everything together and make sure to mix it well so that there are no clumps. Thereafter, transfer to a container and chill the gochujang butter
2. Slice the spring onions into thin strips, then toss in the rest of the ingredients listed in the spring onion salad recipe. This can be stored in the fridge or eaten immediately
3. Season the sirloin on both sides with salt and pepper
4. Sear the steak on high heat in a cast-iron skillet, turning the steak every 15-20 seconds
5. After approximately 3 minutes, once the steak has developed a nice crust, add in the gochujang butter and reduce the heat to low
6. Allow the butter to melt and keep basting the melted gochujang butter over the steak, by tilting the pan at an angle so that the melted butter flows towards the bottom of the pan, scooping the butter up with a spoon, and then drizzling the melted butter over the steak. Repeat this process for about a minute, the best way to do this is to check with a temperature probe for your desired doneness
7. Remove the steak from the pan and allow it to rest. If you desire a sauce, add a tablespoon of water into the pan, once it starts simmering, whisk in the cold gochujang butter over low heat, this forming a gochujang butter emulsion sauce
8. Serve the steak with the spring onion salad and the gochujang butter emulsion sauce and enjoy!
