Sesame Chile Beef Tenderloin

Comments: Looks like a lot of work but it’s not. Okay, it’s a lot of work. But quit bitching and make it. It’s amazing.

Ingredients: 

• 1 LB broccoli florets
• 8 oz grape tomatoes
• 4 scallions
• 2 thumbs fresh ginger
• 1 1/2 cups Jasmine rice
• 2 teaspoons garlic powder
• 20 oz beef tenderloin steak
• 2 tablespoons sesame seeds
• 2 teaspoons red chili flakes
• 4 tablespoons soy sauce
• 5 teaspoons rice wine vinegar
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 4 tablespoons butter

Directions:

1. 1. Preheat oven to 450°
   2. Thinly sliced scallions, separating whites from greens
   3. Peel and mince or grate ginger
   4. Cut broccoli florets into bite sized pieces if necessary
   5. Halve tomatoes lengthwise
   6. Cook rice, adding half the scallion whites and 2 tsp ginger
   7. Combine sesame seeds, chili flakes, and half the garlic powder in a medium bowl
   8. Pat beef dry with paper towels and seasoned generously all over with salt and pepper
   9. Add beef to bowl with sesame chili mixture, press to coat all sides
   10. Heat a drizzle of oil in a large pan over medium heat. Add beef and seer, turning occasionally, until browned all over, 4 to 7 minutes. Transfer beef to a plate (it’ll finish cooking in the next step). Wipe out pan.
   11. While beef cooks, toss broccoli on one set of a baking sheet with a drizzle of oil, remaining garlic powder, salt, and pepper. Roast on top rack for 5 minutes
   12. Once broccoli has roasted for 5 minutes, remove sheet from oven. Carefully placed beef on empty side of sheet. Return to top rock and roast until broccoli is browned and tender and beef reaches desired doneness, 8 to 10 minutes
   13. Meanwhile, heat a drizzle of oil in the pan used for beef over medium high heat. Add tomatoes and remaining scallion whites. Cook until tomatoes begin to burst, 2 to 3 minutes
   14. Stir in soy sauce, vinegar, 1/2 cup water, and 2 tsp sugar. Cook, stirring occasionally, until mixture is slightly thickened, two to four minutes more
   15. Remove from heat, stir in 2 tablespoons butter until melted
   16. Fluff rice with a fork, stir in scallion greens and two tablespoons butter until melted and combined. Taste and season with salt and pepper
   17. Sliced beef against the grain
   18. Serve rice, top with broccoli and beef in separate sections. Spoon as many tomatoes as you like over beef