bistek
bistek noun: a Filipino dish consisting of thinly-sliced beefsteak braised in soy sauce, calamansi juice, garlic, ground black pepper, and onions cut into rings.
Noun
bistek (uncountable)
- A Filipino dish consisting of thinly-sliced beefsteak braised in soy sauce, calamansi juice, garlic, ground black pepper, and onions cut into rings.
- Recently, I started making bistek in a pan, using New York strip or skirt steak.2020, Alvin Cailan with Alexandra Cuerdo, “The Evolution of Bistek”, in Amboy: Recipes from the Filipino-American Dream, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, “Portland Runaway” section...
- Bestsellers on the menu include chicken inasal ($16) — Filipino-style char-grilled lemongrass chicken with calamansi ponzu — and bistek and egg ($18). The latter features citrus-soy beef, Maui onion sauce and ginger scallion sauce.2024 August 21, Kelli Shiroma Braiotta, “Filipino food with a twist”, in Crave (Honolulu Star-Advertiser), Honolulu, Haw., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4, columns 1–2
- Synonyms:
- bistek tagalog
Synonyms of bistek
Origin of bistek
From Tagalog bistek, from Spanish bistec, from English beefsteak. Doublet of beefsteak and bifshtek.
Phrases with bistek
Questions about bistek
- What does bistek mean?
- Bistek means a Filipino dish consisting of thinly-sliced beefsteak braised in soy sauce, calamansi juice, garlic, ground black pepper, and onions cut into rings.
- What part of speech is bistek?
- Bistek is a noun.
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