Radish Shoot Chimichurri on Butter Pan Fried Steak
The other day when I was waiting to get a flu shot (surely the sexiest opening line ever), I was perusing Instagram and saw that Rail City had just started carrying radish shoots.
What the what!?!
I told myself if I didn’t faint – or even whimper – when I saw the needle, my payoff would be a bag of those spicy, beautiful little strands of flavor.
I didn’t faint.
Jedd assures me I didn’t whimper much, if at all.
So, I bounced out of the doctor’s office and into the store and came out with a bag of these bad boys.
We had some steak that needed to be used – like that’s a chore – and so the idea popped into my head to make a radish chimichurri.
I love the spicy radish flavor with the bright red wine vinegar and herbs.
This is the perfect meal for a Saturday night, with a glass of Malbec.
Radish Shoot Chimichurri on Pan Fried Steak
Serves 2.
Chimichurri Ingredients:
½ cup roughly chopped cilantro
1/3 cup roughly chopped flat-leaf parsley
1 jalapeno, seeded, deveined and roughly chopped
1 small shallot, roughly chopped
2 tablespoons radish shoots
2 tablespoons oregano
1 teaspoon kosher salt
½ teaspoon lemon pepper
¾ cup olive oil
2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
1 teaspoon ground cumin
Instructions:
Place the cilantro, parsley, jalapeno, shallot, radish shoots, oregano, salt, and pepper, in a mini-food processor. Pulse until everything is finely diced.
Spoon the mixture into a medium bowl, and whisk in the olive oil, red wine vinegar, and cumin.
Butter Fried Steak Ingredients:
1 (1 lb.) flatiron steak
1 tablespoon salted butter
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1 teaspoon coarsely ground black pepper
1 watermelon radish, thinly sliced
Instructions:
Let the steak come to room temperature for 20 minutes.
In a large skillet, heat the butter, olive oil, salt and pepper over medium heat. When the mixture is hot, add the steak and fry for 3-4 minutes a side.
Place on a cutting board and let rest for 5 minutes.
Top the steak with the watermelon radish slices, and drizzle with chimichurri.