ingredients:

• 150 g beef round steaks (or tenderloin/sirloin, 1.5 cm thick)
• salt/pepper
• 1 garlic clove (chopped)
• 1 tsp soy sauce
• 1 tsp mirin
• 1 tbsp sake
• 1 tsp grated garlic

directions:

• sauce: soy sauce, mirin, sake, grated garlic
• add olive oil and garlic clove to pan and saute in low heat
• make shallow grid cuts along bottom of steak and season with salt/pepper
• heat pan to high and remove garlic and oil until there is 1 tsp oil left
• cook 1 min at high heat then flip over for 10 seconds
• reduce to low heat and cook for 10 more seconds then remove
• cover steak with aluminium foil and let it rest for 5 min
• add sauce to pan and boil until thick
• cut steak and pour sauce and sprinkle fried garlic on top