Asian Steak Tartare

This past weekend involved a lot of cooking.  Saturday, I went down to Galveston and cooked I think about 150 pounds of Sriracha Crawfish and Sunday a 6-course dinner for my Dad for Father's Day.  When Monday rolled around, I wanted something quick and delicious.  I have never made steak tartare before.  I have only seen in prepared on the Food Network.  It was perfect because I still had leftover eye of round beef from the previous night that I had not used.

Not only did I want to make steak tartare, but I wanted to make an Asian steak tartare.  This was probably the easiest meal ever prepared yet it taste like I spent forever on it.  The second I got home from work, I started dicing the beef into tiny pieces.  I seasoned the beef with soy sauce, oyster sauce, and sesame oil.  Now you do not want to use to much of these sauces because if you are going to do a fun presentation that requires putting the beef into a mold, you do not want it to have to much liquid where it will not hold its form.  Use enough of the three sauces just to add flavor and use salt for the saltiness.  I also finely minced onion, garlic and green onions to add into the mixture.  I stuck the beef into the fridge and prepared everything else.

I finely sliced the remaining of the scallions to use as a topping on the tartare.  I lucked out that my Mom had handed me several avocados the night before as I was pulling out the driveway.  I took the avocados and diced those for an additional flavor profile and color contrast.

I already had a fun idea for the presentation that involves a new dish that I had purchased.  The overall dish does require for me to make a sauce so I made a quick sauce consisting of soy sauce, lime, rice vinegar and honey.  As I was making the sauce, I wanted to add some heat to it so I thinly sliced a jalapeno.

I had grabbed a small bowl and used that as my mold for the tartare.  I added the beef in the mold first and topped it with avocados so when I placed it on the plate, the avocado would be at the bottom.  I unmolded the steak tartare in the middle of the plate and poured the sauce all around the tartare and placed the sliced of jalapenos around it.  Topped it with scallions and finished it off with sesame seeds.

This was served with some grilled bread.  I would have to say, AMAZING!!!!