Beef satay with ginger dipping sauce

Recipe by: Elaine Russell

| Photo by: ReadersDigest

EASY

Ready in 40 mins

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Prep: 25 mins Cook: 15 mins

Serves: 12

Tempting Asian steak bites, all dressed up for a party! Let these snacks-on-a-skewer kick off your next gathering or barbecue. Prepare them ahead, so they're ready to cook in an instant. The best thing about them is that they're lean enough to be heart-healthy.

Recipe provided by:

Readers Digest | Beat High Blood Pressure Cookbook

Ingredients

350g sirloin steak, cut 3cm thick, trimmed of all excess fat

3 large yellow or red capsicums, each seeded and cut into 8 triangles

4 spring onions, cut into 8cm pieces

For the dipping sauce:

½ cup (125ml) rice vinegar

½ cup (60g) finely chopped red capsicum

2 tbsp caster sugar

1 tbsp finely chopped shallot

1½ tsp grated fresh ginger

1–1½ tsp chilli-garlic sauce

½ tsp grated lemon zest

Preparation method

1.		Soak twenty-four 15cm wooden or bamboo skewers in water for 30 minutes. Freeze the steak for 20 minutes.

2.		To make the dipping sauce, mix together the vinegar, red capsicum, sugar, shallot, ginger, chilli-garlic sauce and lemon zest in a small serving bowl.

3.		Blanch the capsicums in boiling water for 1 minute. Drain, rinse with cold water and pat dry with paper towels. Toss in a medium bowl with 2 tbsp of the dipping sauce.

4.		Preheat the grill to high. Slice the steak into 24 very thin strips, then thread a beef strip, a capsicum triangle and a piece of spring onion on to each skewer, twisting the meat round the vegetables. Grill for 3–5 minutes on each side or until cooked through. Serve the satay hot, with the rest of the dipping sauce.

Some more ideas…

*Make these satay sticks with chicken or turkey breast or pork fillet instead of steak.
*You can vary the vegetables too: Try mushrooms (button or larger ones cut into pieces), zucchini rounds, snow peas – whatever you enjoy!
*To make the dipping sauce less hot, just omit the chilli-garlic sauce.

Health points

Red meat can be part of a healthy eating plan as long as you consume it in healthy portion sizes. Lean beef is an important source of B vitamins and iron, and also provides outstanding protein that your body needs. Make sure, though, that your meals contain far more vegetables and whole grains than the amount of meat.

Nutrition

kJ 230 kcal
Fat 2 g
Saturated Fat 1 g
Protein 7 g
Carbohydrate 6 g
Sodium 33 mg
salt 0.08 g
Fibre 1 g

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Printed from Allrecipes.com.au 2/09/2010