Beef Sirloin with a Chimichurri Sauce and Crispy Fried Vegetables

This steak with chimichurri and crispy vegetables recipe is colourful and really delicious. The sauce, made with chilli, coriander, oregano, mint, chilli red wine and shallots is really flavoursome!

Ingredients

For the steak:

2 x 200g piece sirloin
½ oxo beef cube
25ml olive oil
25g butter
Salt and pepper

For the crispy vegetables:

250g self-raising flour
250ml fizzy water
1 pinch salt
1 large onion, peeled and cut into thick rings
200g broccoli, sliced
200g cauliflower, sliced

For the sauce:

50ml red wine vinegar
1 green chilli
1 shallot, diced
1 small bunch coriander
1 small bunch mint
100ml olive oil
Pinch dried oregano
Salt and pepper

Vegetable oil for frying

Method

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Pre heat the oven to 200C and a deep fat fryer to 180C.

Heat the oil in a non-stick frying pan over a medium to high heat and allow it to get very hot. Put the steak into the pan and cook for 2 minutes on each side. When the steak is charred add the butter and season. When the butter is melted, nappè the juices over the steak with a spoon. Crumble over thestock cube then allow to rest.

Move onto the veg. Whisk the flour and water together with the salt dip to make a batter. Coat the onion rings, broccoli and cauliflower pieces in the batter and fry until golden and crisp.

Meanwhile chop the chilli, shallot, and herbs for the sauce. Mix them with the vinegar and oil then season. (This can be done in a food processor.)

To serve, slice the beef and lay onto a platter with the crispy vegetables.Spoon over the sauce.