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Sabana Chimichurri Salad
Recipe courtesy Susan Feniger and Mary Sue Milliken
Show:  FoodNation With Bobby Flay
Episode:  Hispanic Los Angeles
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
1 tablespoon butter
2 eggs
Salt and freshly ground black pepper

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.

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
Salt

In a small bowl, whisk together all ingredients.

This recipe was provided by professional chefs and has been scaled down from a bulk recipe provided by a restaurant. The Food Network Kitchens chefs have not tested this recipe, in the proportions indicated, and therefore, we cannot make any representation as to the results.

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Recipe Summary
Difficulty: Easy
Prep Time: 45 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Yield: 2 servings

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