Skip to content
Steve’s Cooking for OneOne recipe at a timeSend Steve a recipe

My Recipes

Steak Slices in Tomato Sauce

O.K. a nice one if you want to impress someone in a simple way.

PLACEHOLDER – photo wanted
Placeholder: no photo for this page yet – Steve, send one in.

O.K. a nice one if you want to impress someone in a simple way.

What you need

  • Nice steak for grilling
  • 3 large tins of chopped tomatoes.
  • Large onion
  • Garlic
  • Oregano

As I’ve stressed before use your own imagination when it comes to measuring out the ingredients. Really, I’ve learned it’s the best way of finding out, and you’d be surprised how your own logic can really ‘kick in’.

Open up the tins of tomatoes and pour into a large frying pan, and start heating gently.

Chop up the onion finely, and whatever quantity of garlic you choose and add in.

Now we have to do what is called ‘reducing’ (or as I might say — let it thicken up)

With the steak, think of how much you’d like to eat and multiply that by the number of other people you might be cooking for. What cut of steak? Make your Butcher feel good and ask his advice!

Cut off any fat and place under the grill, heat gently till you are able to penetrate the steak easily with a fork.

Preferably, slightly undercooked, remove the steak from the grill.

Place the steak onto a plate and cut into strips, say, 1.5 inches wide.

Place the strips of steak into the frying pan with the reducing tomato sauce.

This way you’ll have juice mingling with the sauce.

Sprinkle over some Oregano.

Allow to heat gently until you’re ready to serve, and the tomato sauce is of a thickish texture.

With chips?

While all this is happening have you heard ‘Frankie Goes to Hollywood’ – ‘Maximum Joy’ – Fab!

And with a drop of ‘Strongbow’ cider, – awesome!!

More from Steve Steve’s Corner →

  • My RecipesPhoto wanted

    One-Liners

    'Toast one side of bread. On the other side spread some mango Chutney, top with strong ham e.g. honey roast; strong cheese on top of that – and grill"

  • My RecipesPhoto wanted

    Pasta

    Being brought up to regard Potatoes and it's variations as the norm for British diet boiled, mashed, chipped; Pasta always meant spaghetti, which meant spaghetti...

  • Travels & DiaryKoutouloufari and Hersonnisos bay, Crete

    Koutouloufari, Crete

    It's been many years since I went to Greece. Crete was my favourite island... My return was based on the nostalgia of my youth, to Hersonnisos.

    Late Summer 2010
  • Travels & DiaryBrussels & Brugge

    Brussels & Brugge

    My Singaporean friend Benny has been living in Brussels for just over 2 years. And the oddest thing is that I still meet up with him in Asia, rather than closer to home....

    January 2010