• Flash-fried hanger steak with wild mushrooms is deliciously tender, lightly spiced and slightly earthy. Hanger steak might be a lesser known cut of meat in comparison to fillet or rump, but it’s full of succulent flavour and will melt in your mouth. This dish will definitely become a new favourite!

    Recipe by Georgina Crouth

    Flash-fried hanger steak with wild mushrooms

    Serves: 6
    Cooking Time: 20 mins + marinating

    Ingredients

    • 2kg hanger steak
    • 70g butter
    • 2 garlic cloves
    • a few sprigs of thyme, leaves only
    • 500g mixed wild mushrooms, sliced
    • Marinade

    • 250ml (1 cup) lime juice
    • 30ml (2 tbsp) olive oil
    • 50g fresh coriander, chopped
    • 1 fresh green chilli
    • 2 garlic cloves, chopped
    • 2,5ml (½ tsp) cumin
    • salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste

    Instructions

    1

    Combine all of the ingredients for the marinade and marinate the hanger steak for 2 hours.

    2

    Melt the butter in a pan over medium heat, add garlic and thyme, and fry the mushrooms.

    3

    Fry the steak for 2 minutes on each side on a hot griddle pan or grill. Remove and cut into thin slices.

    4

    Place the steak on a plate, top with the mushrooms and serve immediately.

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