Beef and Beer

Cabin Cookin': The Very Best Recipes for Beef, Pork, Poultry, Seafood, and Wild Game in Dutch Ovens, Skillets, and Grills

I am not sure where this recipe originate from, but Beef and Beer is definitely one of my favourites. It is so easy to make.


Ingredients:
340 ml Beer
5 ml Mixed Herbs
25 ml Sunflower Oil
1 Onion – Chopped
Pinch of Pepper
5 ml Salt
2 Pieces of Steak – Cubed
1 Beef Stock Cube

Method:
Heat oil
Fry onion until soft, add meat and fry until brown.
Add the beer slowly to prevent frothing.
Add mixed herbs, pepper, salt, and beef stock cube.
Stir with a wooden spoon.
Simmer for 30 minutes or until tender.

Serving Suggestion:
Serve with mashed potatoes.

Monkey Gland Steak

This dish contains no monkey nor glands.
No-one really knows how this got its name. Though there are a few tales doing the round. One of them is that a chef in Cape Town was fed-up with the guests, and mixed some ingredients together, called it "Monkey Gland" and hoped that they will go home. It had the opposite effect: Everybody loves it!
Monkey Gland Steaks and Monkey Gland Sauces are very popular in South Africa and get served it all major steak houses and a fast food restaurants. The monkey gland sauce is used with braaivleis as well.

Ingredients:
500 g Rump Steak

Sauce:
10 ml Crushed Garlic
25 ml Mrs HS Balls Chutney
1 Chopped Onion
5 ml Mustard Powder
25 ml All Gold Tomato Sauce
10 ml Grape Vinegar (can be replaced with a brown sherry)
25 ml Worcester Sauce


Method:
Prepare steaks by beating lightly.
Combine all sauce ingredients,
Marinade steak for 2 to 3 hours. (Alternatively leave overnight in fridge in sauce)
Remove steaks from sauce and grill or fry.
Heat sauce and serve with steak

Bon Apetit!