Hanger steak with cherry tomatoes

Preparation info
  • Serves

    2

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
What to Eat Next

By Valentine Warner

Published 2014

  • About

Hanger steak, as it’s referred to by UK butchers, or onglet, as it’s called in France, is a very delicious and flavoursome cut of meat, relatively unknown here and cheap too. Despite its deliciousness it does not respond well to overcooking - it must be cooked pink at least, otherwise it becomes tough - and must be cut across the grain to ensure tenderness. It’s a cut I would not recommend to anyone who prefers their meat more towards grey than red.

This is great with fried garlic p