BBQ Beef Steaks with Polenta Fries and Crunchy Salad

BBQ Beef Steaks with Polenta Fries and Crunchy Salad

Ready in 30 minutes Serves 2-3
This dish most recently appeared in My Classic (4 Nights For 2) on Sunday, October 22, 2017.

Hopefully the weather is warm enough to crank up the BBQ tonight. Cook beef on BBQ grill for about 2 minutes each side for medium (depending on thickness), or until cooked to your liking.


Ingredients

Polenta Fries

  • 400g potatoes, scrubbed and cut into 1.5cm-thick fries
  • 40g polenta mix

BBQ Beef Steaks

  • 300g beef pave steaks (at room temperature)
  • 1 tablespoon BBQ sauce

Crunchy Salad

  • 1 teaspoon mustard (e.g. Dijon, wholegrain)
  • 1 teaspoon sweet chilli sauce
  • 1 teaspoon olive oil
  • ½ cos lettuce
  • 1 carrot
  • 1 courgette

BBQ Mayonnaise

  • 1-2 tablespoons mayonnaise
  • Remaining BBQ sauce

Steps

  1. Preheat oven to 220°C. Line an oven tray with baking paper. Preheat BBQ grill or hot plate to high (if using). Place potatoes and polenta mix into a large bowl with a drizzle of olive oil and toss well to coat. Season with salt and pepper and lay in a single layer on prepared tray. Bake for about 25 minutes, until golden and tender. Turn once during cooking.
  2. While potatoes cook, pat beef dry with paper towels then toss in a shallow bowl with first measure of BBQ sauce. Season with salt and pepper and set aside.
  3. In a medium bowl, whisk mustard, sweet chilli sauce and olive oil. Roughly chop lettuce and peel carrot and courgette into long, thin ribbons. Add veggies to bowl with dressing. In a small bowl, mix mayonnaise and BBQ sauce until combined. Set aside.
  4. When fries have 10 minutes cook time remaining, heat a drizzle of oil in a medium fry-pan on high heat. Cook beef for about 2 minutes each side for medium (depending on thickness), or until cooked to your liking. Set aside, covered, to rest for about 5 minutes before slicing thickly against the grain.
  5. While beef rests, toss crunchy salad with dressing and season to taste.
  6. To serve, load polenta fries and slices of BBQ beef steaks onto plates. Drizzle with BBQ mayonnaise and serve crunchy salad on the side.

Nutritional Information

Energy 2260 kj
540 kcal
Protein 32.9g
Carbohydrate 50.5g
Fat 21.7g