Wild Garlic Buttered Steak & Chips with Asparagus
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Total: 20 mins
A couple of top rump minute steaks smothered in wild garlicky butter, plus golden and crispy fried potatoes, and tender asparagus. Add that up and it’ll make a delectable dish for your dinner tonight.
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750 kcal
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Ingredients you'll need
  • 500g potatoes
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • A handful of wild garlic
  • 45g butter, softened
  • 2 top rump minute steaks
  • 200g asparagus
  • 250g cherry vine tomatoes
From your kitchen
  • 2 tbsp + 2 tsp olive oil
  • Sea salt
  • Freshly ground pepper
You'll need
  • 2 frying pans
Step by step this way
  • 1.

    Scrub the potatoes and chop them into 1cm cubes. Flatten 1 garlic clove (skin on) with the flat of your knife. Warm a large frying pan on a high heat for a few mins then pour in 2 tbsp olive oil. Add the potatoes and the squashed garlic clove to the pan with a pinch of salt and pepper. Cover and cook for 15 mins, stirring now and then till the potatoes are golden and crisp. If you pan doesn't have a lid, use a baking tray to cover the pan.

  • 2.

    Meanwhile, finely chop the wild garlic. Peel and finely grate the other garlic clove into a bowl and mix in the softened butter with a good pinch of salt and pepper. Set aside.

  • 3.

    When the potatoes have cooked for 10 mins, warm a second frying pan on a high heat for2-3 mins. Rub the steaks with salt and pepper and 1 tsp oil each. Add the steaks to the hot pan and fry for 30 secs-1 min on each side for rare, or adding 1-2 mins more for medium or well done (see our tip for cooking slightly thicker steaks). Pop the steaks on a warm board or plate and loosely wrap them in foil. Leave them to rest for 5 mins.

  • 4.

    Snap the woody ends off the asparagus. Cut the cherry vine tomatoes into two bunches. Place the pan you cooked the steaks in back on a medium-high heat for 1 min, then add the asparagus and tomatoes. Cook for 4-5 mins, turning the asparagus once or twice till its lightly charred. The tomatoes should be beginning to burst.

  • 5.

    Divide the potatoes between 2 warm plates. Add a steak each and the veg. Add the butter to the empty steak pan to melt it for 1 min, then pour it over the steak and veg to serve.

  • Tip

    Pan ahoy
    If you don't have two frying pans, you can roast the potatoes with 1 tbsp oil in the oven for 25-30 mins

  • Tip

    Bash it real good
    If your steaks are on the thicker side, you make need to cook them for 1-2 mins longer. Or you can place them between 2 sheets of baking paper and using a rolling pin, bash them till about 1-2 cm thick.

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