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- Prep Time:
- 45 min
- Inactive Prep Time:
- hr min
- Cook Time:
- 15 min
- Level:
- Easy
- Serves:
- 2 servings
Ingredients
1/2 pound white mushrooms, cleaned and quartered
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon chopped garlic
1/4 cup red wine vinegar
2 bunches watercress, washed and stems trimmed
1 carrot, julienned
1 red bell pepper, julienned
1 small jicama, peeled and julienned
2 (8-ounce) beef tenderloin filets
2 teaspoons vegetable oil
Chimichurri Dressing, recipe follows
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1 tablespoon butter
2 eggs
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
In a small hot
skillet, saute the mushrooms in olive oil. Add the chopped garlic and then deglaze the pan
with red wine vinegar. Remove from the heat and cool. Meanwhile, in a large bowl, mix
together the watercress, carrot, red bell pepper, and jicama. Add the cooled mushrooms and
toss lightly to combine. Set aside.
To flatten the steaks, coat 4 (15 by 12-inch) sheets of plastic wrap or parchment paper
with 1/2 teaspoon of vegetable oil each. Sandwich each tenderloin, with the grain running
vertically, between 2 sheets (with the oiled side facing the meat). Flatten each steak
with the flat side of a heavy cleaver or mallet, using steady, even sweeping strokes from
the center out as you would roll pie dough, until the steak is a thin oval of about 14 by
10 inches. It should be thin like a blanket, hence the name sabana. This process takes
about 5 minutes per steak.
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Preheat a lightly oiled very large nonstick skillet or cast-iron pan over high heat. Peel
the paper off the steaks and brush both sides with the Chimichurri Dressing. Sear steaks,
1 at a time, in the hot pan, about 1 to 2 minutes per side. The cooking time will not be
long because the steaks have been pounded so thin.
Melt the butter in a small hot skillet. Crack the eggs into the pan and season with salt
and pepper, to taste. Cook eggs sunny side up.
To serve, place 1 steak on a large serving plate. Toss the salad with the remaining
Chimichurri dressing to coat; serve the salad over the steak. Slide a fried egg on top of
each and serve.
Chimichurri Dressing:
1 teaspoon chopped garlic
1/4 teaspoon red chili flakes
1 tablespoon chopped parsley
3 ounces red wine vinegar
8 ounces olive oil
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