This Bistek Tagalog Recipe pan-sears thin slices of citrusy marinated beef before smothering it in a deeply savory sauce and topping it with golden-seared onions. It’s one of my favorite Filipino-inspired dishes to serve over a bed of fluffy rice.

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For the Steak:

3 pounds thinly sliced ribeye, skirt, or flank steak
½ cup soy sauce
1/3 cup lemon or lime juice, or both
4 finely minced garlic cloves
2 teaspoons sugar
¾ teaspoon ground pepper
2 peeled and thickly sliced small to medium-sized sweet onions, do not separate the rings
avocado oil for searing

For the Sauce:

2 finely minced garlic cloves
¼ cup soy sauce
Juice of 1 lemon, about 3 tablespoons
1 teaspoon sugar
¼ teaspoon ground pepper
1 ½ cups of beef stock, water can be substituted
3 tablespoons of slurry, optional
Cooked jasmine rice, optional

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