Name: Braised Steak with Onion Rice
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 225 g/8 oz long-grain rice; 225 g/8 oz small mushrooms; 1 clove garlic; 2 bacon rashers; 25 g/1 oz butter; seasoned flour; a generous kg/2½ lb lean braising steak; 2 medium-sized onions, peeled and finely chopped; salt and freshly milled pepper; 1 onion, peeled and sliced; 1 rounded teaspoon cornflour; 1.5 dl/¼ pint red wine; 4 medium-sized tomatoes; 1 tablespoon cold water

Katie Stewart

Braised Steak with Onion Rice

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Times Calendar Cookbook

By Katie Stewart

Published 1977

About

Braising is a good method of cooking cuts of steak that are not tender enough to grill. You get plenty of good gravy in this recipe, which blends well with the onion-flavoured rice.

Ingredients

a generous kg/2½ lb lean braising steak
seasoned flour
25

Main course

Method

Trim the steak and cut the meat into six neat pieces. Dip in seasoned flour and then add to the hot melted butter in a wide saucepan or shallow frying pan. Fry quickly to brown on both sides then lift the meat from the pan. Add the onions and the trimmed and chopped bacon rashers to the hot fat. Fry gently for 5 minutes to soften the onions.

Meanwhile, trim and slice the mushrooms. Remo

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