Chinese Rump and Hoisin-Lime Pancakes

If you’re after flavour and texture this is the one recipe you need to try! Soft pancakes are filled with succulent five-spice seasoned rump steak, drizzled with a flavor packed hoisin-lime sauce and crunchy radishes and cucumber. Yum!

Chinese Rump and Hoisin-Lime Pancakes

Recipe

Preparation: 25 minutes

Cooking: 25 minutes

Ready in: +- 50 minutes

Variations: Substitute rump with fillet or sirloin

Servings: 4

Tips: For a 20 minute meal, substitute the pancakes with store bought wraps or tortillas.

INGREDIENTS

Filling:

500g rump steak

1 Tbsp five-spice powder

2 Tbsp sesame seed oil

2 spring onions, thinly sliced

1/2 a large cucumber, sliced into thin strips (julienne)

2 radishes, thinly sliced and then halved

1 fresh red chilli, chopped

Hoisin-Lime Sauce:

1 cup hoisin sauce

1/4 cup lime juice

1/4 cup sesame oil

1 tsp garlic, crushed

2 Tbsp fresh ginger, grated

Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Pancakes:

2 cups all-purpose flour, and extra for dusting

315 ml boiling water

1 tsp sesame oil, and extra for cooking

Makes +- 20 pancakes, 15cm diameter

METHOD

1. Begin by adding all the pancake ingredients to a bowl and knead into a firm dough. Cover with cling wrap and set aside for 10 minutes.

2. In the meantime, combine all the ingredients for the hoisin-lime sauce in a bowl and season with salt and pepper.

3. Next, prepare all the fresh vegetables for the pancake filling.

4. After the initial resting time, cut the dough into golf ball sized pieces, dust flour onto a clean surface and using a rolling pin, roll each piece into a thin 15cm pancake. For a perfectly round pancake, use a bowl as a cookie cutter. Brush both sides of each pancake with sesame oil. Heat an ungreased frying pan until hot and fry each pancake (two at a time) for 1-2 minutes on each side, or until pale golden-brown. Steam the pancakes in a bamboo steamer over simmering water for 5 minutes before serving.

5. Coat the rump with five-spice powder. Pour 2 Tbsp of sesame oil into a griddle pan and add the beef when the oil is smoking hot. Cook the beef to your liking and allow it to rest for half its cooking time (rare to medium-rare rump is recommended, 2 to 3 minutes on each side). Cut the steak into thin slices.

6. Finally, fill your pancakes with a little bit of everything, wrap and enjoy!

Recipe developed and styled for Karan Beef's Beef Easy app.

Photographed by James Strack.

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