Steak Tempe - Tempeh (Soy Bean Cake) Steak

5.0 from 7 reviews

Author: Anita Jacobson

Categories: Main Dish

Cuisines: Indonesian

Ingredients: Bean Seafood

Prep Time: 20 mins

Cook Time: 40 mins

Total Time: 1 hour

Serves: 4

Ingredients

• Steak
• 250 gram tempeh/soy bean cake (Indonesian: tempe)
• 75 gram peeled and deveined shrimp, coarsely chopped
• 1 clove garlic (Indonesian: bawang putih), minced
• 2 tablespoon corn starch (Indonesian: tepung maizena)
• 1/2 teaspoon salt (Indonesian: garam)
• 1/2 teaspoon sugar (Indonesian: gula)
• 1/2 teaspoon ground white pepper (Indonesian: bubuk lada)
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg (Indonesian: bubuk pala)
• 2 tablespoon butter (Indonesian: mentega)
• Sauce
• 1 tablespoon butter (Indonesian: mentega)
• 2 cloves garlic (Indonesian: bawang putih), minced
• 2 red cayenne chilies (Indonesian: cabe keriting merah), thinly sliced
• 4 tablespoon tomato sauce (Indonesian: saus tomat)
• 1 tablespoon chili sauce (Indonesian: sambal)
• 250 ml water
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon sugar
• 1/2 tablespoon corn starch + 1 tablespoon water
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• 1 bunch coriander leaves, thinly sliced (about 3 to 4 tablespoon)

Instructions

• Steak
  1. Cut the tempe into 1/2 inch cubes. Steam for 20 minutes. Transfer to a mixing bowl and mashed with a fork.
  2. Add shrimp, garlic, corn starch, salt, sugar, ground white pepper, and nutmeg to the mashed tempe. Mix well, knead if you must, and divide into 4 portions. Shape each into a patty shape.
  3. Heat butter in the frying pan until melted, then cook the tempe steaks until golden brown on one side, about 4 to 5 minutes. Then flip and cook the other side, another 3 to 4 minutes. Transfer to a serving plate and set aside.
• Sauce
  1. Heat butter in a frying pan (use the same pan to cook the tempe steak), then sauté garlic and chilies until fragrant.
  2. Add tomato sauce, chili sauce, water, salt, and sugar. Mix well and bring to a boil.
  3. Thicken the sauce with corn starch solution and cook until the sauce starts to bubble. Turn off heat, add the lemon juice and 2 tablespoon of coriander leaves to the sauce. Mix well, and transfer the sauce to a serving bowl (or a gravy boat if you have one).
• To serve
  1. Arrange the tempe steak on a serving plate, drizzle with some sauce, and garnish with some of the sliced coriander leaves. You can add some simple salad at the side to go with the steak.