Marinated Beef Tenderloin Steak with Fried Egg
Ingredients
2 servings
- For the steaks
- Beef tenderloin (or veal) 2 pieces
- Garlic 1 clove
- Lemon juice 1 tbsp
- Vegetable oil 1 tbsp
- Salt, ground black pepper, dried herbs to taste
- For the eggs and the side dish
- Egg 2
- Onion 1
- Carrot 1
- Green beans 100 g
- Vegetable oil for frying
- Dill 2-3 sprigs
Step-by-step recipe
Marinating the meat
There is no need to pound the meat for this steak: it is a whole piece of tenderloin, not a cutlet.
Prepare the meat: simply flatten the pieces with your palm or the back of a knife. Be sure to blot the meat with a paper towel to remove excess moisture.
Marinate the meat. Salt and pepper the pieces and sprinkle with dried herbs. Mash a garlic clove with 1 tbsp lemon juice, coat the meat with the marinade, put it in a ceramic dish and refrigerate for 30 mins.
Eggs and side dish
While the meat marinates, make sunny-side-up eggs. Carefully pour the eggs one at a time into a hot pan with a little oil. Make sure the eggs don’t spread out and fry “compactly”: fry over medium heat until the white sets. Move the eggs to a separate plate and cover with an upturned plate.
Fry the vegetables for the side dish. Cut the onion into strips and the peeled carrot into rounds. Fry the onion and carrot together with the green beans in vegetable oil over medium heat until soft. A meat dish tastes better with fried vegetables, so it is best not to add water.
You can make almost any side dish to your taste. For example, carrot, leek and mushrooms go together very well, or you can simply replace the onion with leek.
Frying the steaks
Wipe the marinade off the meat and put it in the pan. Carefully remove any bits of garlic from the surface of the meat, then dry the meat with a paper towel. Add 1 tbsp vegetable oil to a hot pan, heat it until very hot and add the beef pieces.
Fry the steaks. Fry over high heat on one side until a golden crust forms, which takes literally 2-3 mins, then turn over, reduce the heat and fry another 2-3 mins. This method gives you meat that is rare.
If you want a well-done steak, add 1-2 mins to the time. Don’t cover the pan with a lid, or the meat will simply steam and boil.
Serving
Put the cooked pieces of meat on plates and top each piece with a fried egg. Sprinkle the eggs with finely chopped dill.
Put the side dish of fried vegetables next to it and garnish with dill.
Calories and macros
470 kcal
Serving ≈ 270 g
- Protein42 g37% of kcal
- Fat28 g54% of kcal
- Carbs10 g9% of kcal
100 g172 kcalProtein 15.2 gFat 10.1 gCarbs 3.7 g
Calculated from the recipe ingredients, excluding salt and spices. Data: USDA and Matvaretabellen.