Today is the first day of the 101st Calgary Stampede, so it only seemed right for me to talk about Alberta Beef for my monthly column on CBC Radio One’s Alberta@Noon.
You can listen to the podcast here. I’m at the 13:14 minute mark.
You can find the recipes here or below.
Check this post for a list of the Grass-finished Alberta Cattle Ranchers I found in my research this week. Please let me know if you find any others to add to my list. Alberta Beef is a great way to savour life during the Calgary Stampede and to savour the joy of great food any ol’ time.
Photo of my friend Linsday Eklund at LJ Ranch in Cochrane – circa 2010 – Karen Anderson
Alberta Grass-finished flanks of beef barbecued Korean Style
Ingredients
2-3lbs flank steak
½ c. soy sauce
½ c. cane sugar
2T. toasted sesame oil
4T. lime juice
7 cloves garlic, minced
1 T. Gochujang (Korean hot pepper paste – optional – if you can’t find, use Sriracha)
Method
Score the steak with a sharp knife and place in a Ziploc bag. Whisk the remaining ingredients together and add them to the bag. Marinate the meat overnight or at least 4 hours. Remove the meat, just before grilling and pat it dry. Place the marinade in a saucepan and let it simmer until syrupy while you cook the steak. Grill the steaks 4 minutes per side. Remove and rest on a rack, tented in tinfoil for 5 minutes. Slice on the diagonal. Serve with a noodle salad, a spicy coleslaw or lettuce cups and store-bought Kimchi.
Light and Lively Noodle Salad
Ingredients
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 T ginger, minced
1 t. chili paste
¼ Mirin or rice wine vinegar
1 T sesame oil
1 T honey
1 bunch of green onions, chopped on the diagonal
1 bunch of spinach, washed and roughly chopped
1 red pepper, julienned
2 carrots, julienned
1 pkg whole wheat, rice or mung bean vermicelli noodles – cook and drain, rinse in cool water and drain again, set aside
Optional Topping
1/2 c. chopped peanuts
1/4 c. cilantro, chopped
Method
Mix the first 6 ingredients together and then add them to the remaining ingredients in a large bowl, tossing to coat. Turn out on a platter and top with the peanuts and cilantro or slices of the steak and then the peanuts and cilantro.
Karen’s Bronco Bucking Coleslaw
Notes to the Cook
I love to serve this with this meal but it is even better with pulled pork, then I call it Karen’s Kick Pork Butt Slaw
Ingredients
1 green cabbage, roughly chopped
1 red cabbage, roughly chopped
10 carrots, diced in food processor
2 red peppers, julienned
2 bunches of green onions, sliced on diagonal
2 English cucumbers – seeds removed and julienned
1 – 445ml jar Hellman’s half the fat mayo
1/2 c. rice wine vinegar
1 c. Thai Kitchen sweet chili sauce
1 – 2 jalapenos, finely diced
S&P
Method
Place all the chopped vegetables in a large bowl. Mix the mayo, chili sauce and jalapenos together and then stir them with the vegetables till thoroughly coated. Add salt and pepper to taste.
