Flash-fried hanger steak with wild mushrooms

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

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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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