Recipe Humpdays: Southwestern Steak & 4-Bean Relish

Wednesday, 11 June 2008 in Recipe

Steaks & Beans, originally uploaded by Love Wins.

Here’s a spin to the normal black pepper saute steak we’ve all grown to love. Taken shamelessly from Allthingschill.net (hope he doesn’t mind? *meek*)

Basically in additional to adding salt and pepper to the steak, you also cover lightly with cumin and chilli powder to give it an extra kick. Place the steak onto a super hot pan (or grill) on medium-high heat for abou 5 minutes. Leave alone the entire time and flip it once (once!) for about 4 more minutes for medium rare, 2 for rare.

Then leave alone again for 10 minutes for meat to cool. (and juice to retain)

As for the bean salad, i’ve instead tried the 4-Bean Relish, from Guy Fieri on the Food Network. Again the recipe is super simple.

• 1 can white bean
• 1 can garbanzo bean
• 1 can pinto bean
• 1 can black bean
• 1/4 cup scallions
• 3/4 cup red onions, finely diced
• 1/4 cup roasted red pepper, finely dicedr
• salt & black pepper

The ingredients for the dressing:

• 1/3 cup red wine vinegar
• 4 tbsp balsamic vinegar
• 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 1/2 tsp sea salt
• 3 tbsp honey

Mix all ingredients together and let it sit in the fridge for 1+ hours. Yup! that’s it!

P.S.: Yes, i realise i need to use an actual camera, instead of relying on my gayed-up Blackberry Curve in red.