Bife Acebollado

Name: Bife Acebollado (Portuguese Steaks with Onions and Tomatoes)
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Portugal
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley; Salt and freshly ground pepper; 1 bay leaf (optional); ¼ cup tomato puree; 1 cup diced onion; 2 cups canned Italian plum tomatoes, diced; 2 teaspoons minced garlic; 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar; 1 teaspoon each salt and freshly ground pepper; ½ cup olive oil; 2 to 3 tablespoons red wine vinegar; 2 teaspoons finely minced garlic; 1 tablespoon paprika

Portuguese Steaks with Onions and Tomatoes

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Mediterranean Kitchen

By Joyce Goldstein

Published 1998

About

The sauce for this Portuguese steak dish is less highly spiced than the al diavolo. The steak itself is marinated in a piquant marinade. The Portuguese might accompany this with a hot sauce of piri-piri peppers served on the side. I have seen variations of the sauce with prosciutto and a little lemon juice.

Ingredients

Marinade

2 to 3 tablespoons red wine vinegar
2 teaspoons finely minced garlic
1

Europe
Portugal
Main course
Spicy
Gluten-free

Method

For the marinade, make a paste of all the ingredients and rub it over the steaks. Cover and let marinade 1 hour at room temperature.

Heat the olive oil in a large sauté pan over medium heat. Add the onion and cook until translucent, 7 to 10 minutes. Add the vinegar, garlic, tomatoes, puree, and bay leaf if using; simmer 3 to 5 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Stir in the p