Description
Delicious steak sandwiches loaded with juicy sirloin steak, sticky caramelised onions, and creamy blue cheese mayo, served on toasted sourdough with fresh rocket. Perfect for a flavorful and satisfying lunch or dinner.
Ingredients
Scale
Sticky Onions
- 2 tbsp unsalted butter
- 1 red onion, thinly sliced
- 2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
- ½ tbsp light brown soft sugar
Blue Cheese Mayonnaise
- 40g stilton, crumbled
- 2 tbsp mayonnaise
Main
- 1 large sirloin or rump steak (about 350g)
- 4 slices sourdough bread
- handful of rocket, to serve
Instructions
- Prepare the sticky onions: Melt the butter in a frying pan over medium heat. Add the thinly sliced red onion with a pinch of salt and fry gently for 15 minutes until golden brown. Then add Worcestershire sauce and brown sugar, cooking for an additional 5 minutes until the onions become sticky and caramelised. Remove from heat and set aside.
- Make the blue cheese mayo: In a bowl, combine the crumbled stilton with mayonnaise and season with freshly ground black pepper. Mix well and set aside.
- Cook the steak: Season the steak on both sides with salt and pepper. Heat a griddle pan over high heat, then cook the steak for 2-3 minutes per side, depending on your preferred doneness (2 minutes for rare, 3 minutes for medium). Remove from heat, transfer to a board, cover loosely, and let it rest for 10 minutes to retain juices. Then thinly slice the steak across the grain.
- Toast the bread and assemble: Toast the sourdough slices until crisp. Spread each slice with the blue cheese mayonnaise. Top with sliced steak, spoonfuls of caramelised sticky onions, fresh rocket leaves, and a fresh grinding of black pepper. Serve two open-faced sandwiches per person immediately.
Notes
- Allowing the steak to rest after cooking helps keep it juicy and tender.
- Use a sharp knife to thinly slice the steak for the best texture in the sandwich.
- You can substitute stilton with other blue cheeses like Roquefort or Gorgonzola if preferred.
- For a spicier kick, add a dash of hot sauce or chilli flakes to the blue cheese mayo.
- Serve immediately after assembling to enjoy the contrast between warm steak and crisp bread.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Category: Sandwich
- Method: Frying
- Cuisine: British
Keywords: steak sandwich, sticky onions, blue cheese mayo, sourdough, grilled steak, caramelised onions, easy lunch, British sandwich
