Chef John’s Beef Braciole

Name: Chef John’s Beef Braciole
Prep time: 55 min
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 bay leaf; 454 grams beef top sirloin steaks; 1 pinch freshly ground black pepper, or to taste; 118 milliliters bread crumbs; 1 egg; 2 cloves garlic, crushed; 1 Tbsp olive oil; 1 Tbsp chopped fresh oregano; 79 milliliters freshly shredded Parmesan cheese; 3 Tbsps chopped raisins; 1 pinch red pepper flakes, or to taste; 1 pinch salt, or to taste; 355 milliliters tomato sauce; 237 milliliters water

Chef John’s Beef Braciole might be a good recipe to expand your main course recipe box. This recipe makes 4 servings with 338 calories, 33g of protein, and 12g of fat each. This recipe covers 23% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of olive oil, water, tomato sauce, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so yummy. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 55 minutes.

Instructions

Place steaks between 2 pieces of heavy plastic; pound meat about 1/4-inch thick using a meat pounder. If a piece of meat breaks off, use it to patch a thinner area.

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Meat Tenderizer

Place bread crumbs into a mixing bowl and stir in garlic, 2 tablespoons olive oil, raisins, Parmesan cheese, salt, black pepper, oregano, and egg until thoroughly combined.

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Parmesan

Black Pepper

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Olive Oil

Oregano

Raisins

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Mixing Bowl

Season steak with salt and pepper; place half the bread crumb stuffing onto the bottom 2/3 of a steak, leaving the top third of the steak without stuffing. Lightly press the stuffing onto the meat and roll the steak up into a tight roll, starting from the stuffed end. Tie 3 to 4 pieces of kitchen string around the roll to hold it together. Trim ends of string. Repeat with remaining steak and stuffing.

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Salt And Pepper

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Kitchen Twine

Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Pan-fry the steak rolls in the hot oil until well browned on all sides, 2 to 3 minutes per side.

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Olive Oil

Roll

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Frying Pan

Pour in water and dissolve pan juices and browned bits of food in the water.

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Water

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Frying Pan

Season steak rolls with salt and pepper; add red pepper flakes and bay leaf to the water.

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Red Pepper Flakes

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Water

Spread tomato sauce onto rolls. Pan liquid should cover the rolls about halfway up.

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Tomato Sauce

Spread

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Frying Pan

Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer, covered, for 10 minutes; turn rolls over and cook covered about 10 more minutes. An instant-read meat thermometer inserted into the center of the stuffing should read at least 145 degrees F (65 degrees C).

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Stuffing

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Kitchen Thermometer