Charred steak with chimichurri sauce
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:
- Cook: -
- Easy
- Serves 6
Ingredients
- 1kg sirloin steaks
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- ½ tsp cumin
- ½ tsp coriander
- pinch cayenne pepper
For the sauce
- 1 garlic clove, crushed
- bunch coriander, roughly chopped
- bunch parsley, roughly chopped
- 3 tbsp white wine vinegar
- 75ml olive oil
Method
- STEP 1
Make the sauce by mixing together all the ingredients in a small bowl. Then set aside until ready to eat.
- STEP 2
Pat the steaks dry with kitchen paper. Mix together the olive oil, spices and a little salt, then rub or brush over both sides of meat. Heat a griddle pan or barbecue until hot and smoking. Cook the steaks for 3 mins each side for rare, 4 for medium and 5 for well done. Then remove to a board and leave to rest for a couple of mins. Slice the steaks on the diagonal into thin pieces and serve with the chimichurri sauce to spoon over.
