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Sautéed Beef with Onions over Creamy Polenta

Course Main Course
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Marinade for 15 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Servings 2
Author Sandra | Sandra's Easy Cooking

Ingredients

Marinade:

  • 3 Garlic Cloves minced
  • 1/2 Cup Beef Broth
  • 1/4 tsp Salt
  • 1/4 tsp. Ground Black Pepper
  • 1/8 tsp. Sugar
  • 1/2 Rosemary Spring
  • 2-3 Sage Leaf
  • Generous Squeeze of 1/2 Lemon 1-2 Tbs.
  • 12-14 oz of Beef Flank Steak 340g-400g /for 2 servings, sliced into strips

Stir Fry:

  • 2-3 Tbs. Oil
  • 1/2 Red Onion Sliced
  • 2 Garlic Cloves
  • Marinated Beef Flank Steak
  • 4 Tbs. Marinade
  • Salt and Pepper to taste

Polenta:

  • 2  cups Water or Milk
  • 2 tsp. Salt or to taste
  • 1.5 cup Instant/Quick-Cooking Cornmeal
  • 1 Tbs. Butter
  • Cheese /sour cream or Greek yogurt *if desired

Instructions

  1. In a Large Ziploc bag, place all the ingredient for the marinade, mix, then add cut into strip flank steak. Mix the bag to code all the slices, then let it marinade for 15 minutes, but it could be in the fridge overnight *it will give you even richer and deeper flavor.

  2. While beef is marinating, start with polenta. This is a GREAT tip how to make polenta VIDEO
  3. In a medium saucepan, add water or milk, butter, and salt, then let the water/milk come close to a boil. Measure Corn Meal, then put it in a cup or small a bowl so that you will be able to add it easier in the boiling water. LOWER the HEAT. When the water is ready, slowly add the polenta while whisking quickly. Continue whisking over low heat until the polenta thickens. Turn off the heat, keep mixing and at this point you may add more butter if you wish, mix it, then add cheese if you desire/OR Sour cream/Greek yogurt etc. Set aside and cover with the lid. This is done in matters of 5 minutes.
  4. Preheat the oil over high heat for stir fry, then add garlic and onion. Lower the temperature and let the oil get infused with both garlic and onion. Don't let it burn. Take the flank steak strips out of the marinade and reserve about 4 tablespoons of the marinade for the stir-fry. Let the beef strips get slightly brown color on both sides, then add marinade, and season with salt and pepper to taste. Let it cook over medium-high and under the lid until marinade/liquid evaporate almost in half (about 5 minutes). Turn the beef few more times.
  5. Serve it over the creamy hot polenta with perhaps a spring of rosemary for the presentation.

Recipe Notes

You may use coarsely ground cornmeal, but it does take longer to cook! Chicken, pork, turkey can be used for this recipe instead of the beef. I used beef flank steak, but you can use any cut that you have, just make sure to marinade/cook according to the cut.