Shoyu beef

A Japanese slant on beef fillet. Shoyu being Japanese soy sauce, derived from wheat, not soya beans.

The marinade should be enough for 6 fillet steaks.

Ingredients

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• 1 tablespoon mirin
• 2 tablespoons of shoyu sauce
• 1 teaspoon grated ginger
• 1 teaspoon crushed Szechuan peppercorns
• 200g fillet steaks in 2 steaks

Method

1. Add the mirin, shoyu, ginger and crushed Szechuan peppercorns together in a Lock and Lock style box.
2. Pop the steaks in the Lock and Lock box, shut the lid, shake well and refrigerate for an hour to marinade, turning after 30 minutes.
3. Place the steaks on a lightly oiled barbecue grill, griddle pan or frying pan and cook for 4 minutes, turning every minute
4. Rest for 5 minutes and serve

Serving suggestions

Serve with a green salad.

Variations

You could use a good light soy sauce as a shoyu substitute.

Chef's notes

This would be a great recipe with which to use your Jaccard meat tenderiser!

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