On the Menu: Beef Misono

This recipe is my take on the ever famous Tokyo-tokyo beef misono, although I’m not particularly sure how my version compares since I’ve only had the Tokyo-tokyo version two times.  But my nieces always request this recipe whenever there’s available beef steak cut in the fridge, and being a good tita, I always oblige.   They definitely prefer beef misono over bistek tagalog, which is the only other recipe I know for beef steak cut.

I serve the beef misono over rice, of course, with no vegetables on the side.   Also I don’t quite remember if the Tokyo-tokyo version has sauce, but mine definitely doesn’t.  It turned out to be almost similar to beef tapa, but more flavorful.

Here are the ingredients I used for this recipe:

• 500 grams of beef cut into thin one-inch slices
• 3 tablespoons of soy sauce for marinade plus another 3 for the “glaze”
• 2 tablespoons of oyster sauce
• Splash of water
• Ground black pepper

The steps I did are the following:

1. First I marinated my beef slices in the soy sauce and pepper for 20 minutes. I made sure every single piece of beef was coated by mixing thoroughly with my hands.
2. After 20 minutes, I placed a heavy duty pan with some vegetable on high heat.  Once the oil was very hot I dumped in my beef, making sure that they were all in a single layer.
3. The beef released a lot of juice while frying, so I let it simmer until all the liquid had evaporated.   When all that was left was the oil I let the beef continue to fry.
4. I combined the remaining soy sauce with the oyster sauce and splash of water.   I added the sauce to my beef and stirred to coat the beef with the sauce.  Again I let the beef simmer until all liquid had dried out and adhered to the meat.
5. This is optional, but after I transferred my beef misono to my serving bowl, I quickly stir-fried some sliced onion rings in the same pan, just to absorb some of the goodness stuck to the bottom of the pan. Once the onions were translucent I used them to garnish my misono.

And that’s it! Hope you liked my version of the beef misono.  This is definitely a fam-favorite, especially with the kiddies.  Happy reading!