Bank holiday barbecue: Mark Moriarty’s recipe for striploin of beef with tacos and salsa roja

Barbecue bliss: striploin of beef with tacos and salsa roja. Photograph: Harry Weir
Barbecue bliss: striploin of beef with tacos and salsa roja. Photograph: Harry Weir
Serves: 2
Course: Dinner
Cooking Time: 20 mins
Prep Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

  • For the salsa roja:
  • 4 tomatoes
  • ½ red onion, diced
  • 1 garlic clove, grated
  • Handful fresh coriander, chopped, plus extra for garnish
  • Juice of half a lime
  • 1 tbs olive oil
  • ½ red chilli, diced
  • Sea salt and black pepper
  • 1 x thick cut striploin steak
  • ½ tbs olive oil
  • Sea salt
  • Black pepper
  • Corn tacos, to serve
  • Charred chimichurri, to serve
  • (For charred chimichurri see this week's roast half chicken with barbecue chimichurri recipe)
  1. Start by getting your barbecue to a high heat.
  2. To make the salsa roja, remove the seeds from the tomatoes and discard. Dice the tomatoes into small cubes and place in a bowl. Add the diced red onion, grated garlic, chilli, lime juice and olive oil, and season with salt and pepper. Stir to combine, then set aside.
  3. Season the steak with olive oil, salt and pepper, then place on the barbecue on a high heat. Cook for four minutes, then turn and cook for three to four minutes on the other side until nicely charred (you can use a probe to check internal temperature: looking for approximately 46 degrees for medium). Remove from the barbecue and allow the steak to rest for 10 minutes.
  4. To serve, spoon some salsa roja on to corn tacos. Slice the steak and add a piece on top. Spoon on some charred chimichurri (see this week’s roast chicken recipe) and garnish with some coriander leaves.
Mark Moriarty

Mark Moriarty

Mark Moriarty is an award winning chef, TV host, author and Irish Times columnist.