Nope, this sandwich is not going to get you any marriage proposals. No 5 carat diamond rings. No serenades, or even professions of love. Nothing of that. Just dirty dishes, a messy kitchen and a lot of happy faces.

Did I mention the dirty dishes already? Because your family will devour this and will send you straight back into the kitchen for more. Provided you’re willing to do that, of course.

So if anything, it will give you more work. There’s just no magic here. Only an incredibly good, yet simple enough sandwich, that is ridiculously easy to make but tastes like you’ve slaved over it for hours!

 
Ingredients:

4 buns
4 round steaks
lettuce
1 large onion
7oz mushrooms
3 tbsp soy sauce
1/2 tsp fresh ginger
1/2 garlic clove
pepper and salt
2 tsp brown sugar
1 tbsp mirin
1/8 to 1/4 tsp sesame oil
salt and pepper
pinch dried chili flakes (or cayenne pepper)
butter

Directions:

*Doing one steak here as an example, but the topping should be enough for four steak sandwiches.

I’m using soy sauce. You could also use sweet soy sauce (Kecap) and ditch the sugar and mirin.

Add the grated ginger, garlic and a small pinch of dried chili flakes or a little cayenne pepper.

Stir in the brown sugar.

Add the mirin and the sesame oil, stir to combine and set it aside.

Slice the onion in half-quarts. Clean up the mushrooms and slice them, too.

Season the steaks with salt and pepper, but keep in mind we’ll also add soy sauce, so I only seasoned one side with salt.

Heat some butter and cook the steaks. I gave mine 3 minutes on each side.

Only flip them once and whatever you do, don’t pierce them with a fork or squeeze them with tongs. Leave those steaks alone, you hear me!

 
Transfer the steaks to a plate and cover them with foil. We need to let them rest for 5 minutes to let the juices settle.
 

Gives us time to sauté the onions for about 3 minutes. Add the mushrooms and cook until the mushrooms have softened up.

Pour the soy mix in with the veggies. Bring it to a boil and let it simmer for a minute or two, three.

Slice the steaks.

The veggies should be done by now.

 
Top your buns of choice with some butter, lettuce, the steak slices and a nice scoop of the vegetables and sauce.
 

Yup, lots of dirty dishes, but it’ll be worth it. I promise you that much!