Bistek Tagalog

Name: Bistek Tagalog
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Filipino
Ingredients: 500g beef sirloin, thinly sliced; 1/4 cup calamansi or lemon juice; 1/3 cup soy sauce; 2 onions, sliced into rings

Bistek Tagalog/bis-TEK tah-GAH-log/

Also known as: Filipino Beefsteak

About this dish

Thin beef slices marinated in soy sauce and calamansi, pan-fried with onions.

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Ingredients

🥩500g beef sirloin, thinly sliced

🍋1/4 cup calamansi or lemon juice

🍶1/3 cup soy sauce

🧅2 onions, sliced into rings

Method

Serves 2

Marinate the beef in soy sauce, calamansi juice, and garlic for at least 30 minutes.

Sear the beef in a hot pan until browned, then set aside.

Sauté the onion rings in the same pan until softened.

Return the beef and marinade to the pan, simmering briefly.

Serve hot over rice, topped with the onions.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Bistek tagalog is a Filipino adaptation of beefsteak, showing Spanish and American culinary influence, seasoned with local calamansi citrus.

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