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🍽️ Juicy beef steak with beer-onion sauce and crispy french fries

672 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• Fat (for frying)
• 600 g large, waxy potatoes
• 1 tbsp flour
• 1 tbsp butter
• 2 tbsp butter
• 5 onions
• 4 rump steaks (kitchen-ready, 180 g each)
• salt
• pepper (from the mill)
• 2 tbsp vegetable oil
• 1 tsp tomato paste
• 250 ml dark beer (alternatively non-alcoholic)
• 100 ml beef stock
• 1 pinch allspice
• 1 pinch clove powder

Instructions

1. 1. Preheat the oven to 160 degrees Celsius with top and bottom heat.
2. 2. Peel all the onions.
3. 3. Finely dice one of the onions.
4. 4. Slice the remaining onions into thin rings.
5. 5. Wash the meat and pat it dry with a kitchen towel.
6. 6. Season the meat with salt and pepper.
7. 7. Heat oil in a large frying pan.
8. 8. Sear the meat on all sides in the hot pan.
9. 9. Remove the meat from the pan and place it in the preheated oven.
10. 10. Let the meat cook in the oven for about 5 to 10 minutes.
11. 11. Add the finely diced onions to the hot pan.
12. 12. Fry the onion cubes until golden yellow.
13. 13. Stir the tomato paste into the onions.
14. 14. Deglaze the pan with the beer.
15. 15. Pour in the meat stock (fond).
16. 16. Add the spices to the sauce.
17. 17. Season the sauce with salt and pepper.
18. 18. Let the sauce simmer on medium heat for about 10 minutes.
19. 19. Heat the frying oil in a pot to about 165 degrees Celsius.
20. 20. Check the oil temperature by dipping the handle of a wooden spoon into the oil.
21. 21. The oil is ready when small air bubbles rise from the wood.
22. 22. Peel the potatoes.
23. 23. Cut the potatoes into evenly thick sticks.
24. 24. Pat the potato sticks dry.
25. 25. Add the potatoes in batches to the hot oil.
26. 26. Fry the potatoes for about 5 minutes until they are soft.
27. 27. Remove the potatoes from the oil before they take on color.
28. 28. Increase the temperature of the frying oil to about 190 degrees Celsius.
29. 29. Fry the potatoes again in batches for about 2 minutes.
30. 30. Let the potatoes become crispy and golden brown.
31. 31. Remove the french fries from the oil and let them drain well.
32. 32. Sprinkle the french fries with salt.
33. 33. Strain the beer-onion sauce through a fine sieve into a clean pot.
34. 34. Bring the strained sauce back to a boil.
35. 35. Prepare the roux by mixing flour and butter in a 1:1 ratio.
36. 36. Thicken the sauce with the roux.
37. 37. Fry the onion rings in a hot pan with butter until golden brown on all sides.
38. 38. Plate the french fries and the beef steak.
39. 39. Drizzle the beer-onion sauce over the steak.
40. 40. Garnish the dish with the fried onion rings.
41. 41. Serve the steak immediately.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 672
• Protein: 49 g · Fett/Fat: 37 g · Carbs: 32 g