Reno Style Beef Tataki

Song:  Cantata For Dancing

Remix:  Derek Oren and Jeremy Robson

Reno Style Beef Tataki is basically a sweetened vinegar...

sake - soy sauce or Memmi - onion - radish - red pepper marinated cooked beef roast.

Ingredients:

Three pound Rump Roast (cooked to choice...Medium works well)

2 medium white onions - sliced

2 medium Diakon 

Rice Vinegar - 1.5 cups

Soy Sauce or Memmi - 1 cup

Sake (optional) - 1/2 cup

Ground Red Pepper - 2 tablespoons

Preheat the oven to 350 F

Do not season the meat...

just bake at 350 F - approximately 25 minutes per pound for medium.

I had bought my mom these oven mitts...

which we simply call...Paws  :)

As the meat is cooking...

prepare the Daikon for pulping.

Put the pulped Daikon into a mixing bowl.

Halve the onions...

and thinly slice them (1/4 inch is fine).

Put the onions into the mixing bowl.

Add the rice vinegar (1.5 cups).

Add the Memmi or soy sauce (1 cup)

Add the sake (.5 cup).

For regular Beef Tataki...

this is all for the marinade.

For Reno Style Beef Tataki...

add two tablespoons of ground Korean or Thai red peppers.

Mix the ingredients.

Take the cooked and sliced meat

(thinly sliced meat works the best).

Put the meat into a large mixing bowl...

and add the marinade.

Mix well...

and, although it may be eaten right away...

it gains in flavor with one to two nights in the fridge.

My mother and I ate a salad with a Balsamic Vinaigrette dressing.

We then ate our fill of Reno Style Beef Tataki.

There was plenty left over for several more days of meals.

This is a very simple meal which will keep well 

in the fridge for 4 - 5 days...easily.

The first flavor is of the slight sweetness of the rice vinegar and Memmi...

within a second, the vinegar acid then takes over and gives the meat a tartness...

until the medium heat of the peppers sweeps in and fills out the rest of the flavor profile.

You may easily modify this recipe to favor any of the flavors 

by adding or subtracting the ingredient which adds its main attribute to the dish.

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In my next article...

I will be showing pictures of the neighborhood clubhouse

for the two other homes my mother had just purchased.

She took possession of one today...

and she will take possession of the other tomorrow.