A contemporary bistro plate built from three restaurant fundamentals rather than luxury clutter: an evenly crusted steak, a glossy shallot pan jus, and a butter-basted egg with a firm white and softly thickened yolk.
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Calculated estimate · per serving
Nutrition information
medium confidence
1 of 2 plated servings: one 220 g raw-weight steak, one egg, half the jus and greens; no bread, chips, or other side included
Energy
3440 kJ822 kcal
Protein
54.1 g
Carbohydrate
9.4 g
Sugars
2.7 g
Dietary fibre
1.3 g
Total fat
60.3 g
Saturated fat
25.4 g
Sodium
2090 mg
How this estimate was calculated
Calculated from the authored edible ingredient weights using representative AFCD Release 3 and USDA FoodData Central profiles, then divided by the recipe yield. Energy follows the FSANZ ingredient-contribution method. Optional serving accompaniments are excluded. The calculation uses representative raw striploin, whole egg, dairy, stock, wine, and produce profiles. It assumes about 12 g of the 35 g basting butter, half the initial neutral oil, and 80% of the egg butter remain on the plate after the authored pour-off; all jus butter, olive oil, stock, mustard, and measured salt are counted.
Calculated estimate only, not a laboratory result or personalised dietary advice. Actual values vary with brands, produce, meat trim, substitutions, final serving size, and how much cooking or rendered oil is left in the pan or skimmed. Check packaged labels for allergens and sodium; consult an accredited practising dietitian or clinician for medical dietary needs. Steak marbling and the amount of basting fat discarded materially affect this estimate; sodium counts all 8 g authored salt even when the final seasoning uses less.
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18 min
Dry-brine an even surface
Pat the steaks completely dry and set them on a rack. Use 5 g of the measured salt evenly over both steaks and reserve 3 g for the jus, eggs, and greens. Leave uncovered for 15 minutes; refrigerate if delaying longer. Heat the heavy skillet over medium-high for the final 5 minutes.
The salt has dissolved and the steak faces look matte, dry, and slightly tacky with no beads.
Common mistake: Wet meat or steaks of different thickness prevent simultaneous browning and doneness.
Recovery: Spread the food out, raise heat only after moisture drops, and hold back extra sauce until the pan is frying again.
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5 min
Lock in a burnished crust
Add the neutral oil to the properly hot skillet. When it shimmers, lay the steaks away from you and press only for 5 seconds. Leave the first face undisturbed for about 2 minutes, turn, sear the second face for 2 minutes, then hold the fat edge down for 20-30 seconds. Do not add butter or pepper yet.
Each broad face is deep mahogany and releases cleanly; the fond is brown rather than black.
Common mistake: Moving before release tears the crust; grey liquid means the pan was not hot enough.
Recovery: Pause before the next step, compare the cue, then correct heat, moisture, or seasoning while the dish is still flexible.
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5-7 min
Pepper and brown-butter baste
Lower to medium. Press the cracked pepper over the seared faces, then add basting butter, crushed garlic, and thyme. When butter foams hazelnut-gold, tilt and baste, turning every 30 seconds. Probe horizontally from an edge and remove each intact steak only at 63°C. Rest on the clean rack for 8 minutes, never less than 3. Pour off excess fat, leaving about 10 ml clean butter and brown fond; discard black solids and spent aromatics.
The crust is lacquered, butter smells nutty, and the true centre reads 63°C.
Common mistake: Early butter burns; elapsed time cannot replace the centre temperature.
Recovery: Move the pan off heat, scrape only the unburnt paste into a clean spot, add a small splash of oil or liquid, and restart gently.
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8 min
Reduce and mount the shallot jus
While steak rests, cook the minced eschalot in the retained clean fat for 60-90 seconds without darkening. Away from open flame add wine, return to heat, and scrape the fond. Reduce to about 15 ml. Add stock and reduce to 80-100 ml. Turn off heat, whisk in Dijon and the four cold sauce-butter cubes one at a time, then all resting juices. Taste now and use up to 1 g of reserved salt. Keep warm without boiling.
The jus coats a spoon continuously and a finger trail stays clean.
Common mistake: Butter before sufficient reduction makes greasy thin sauce; boiling afterward splits it.
Recovery: Lower the heat immediately, skim or stir gently, and continue at a small simmer until the surface calms.
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4 min
Baste two eggs to a custardy centre
Crack each egg into a separate clean ramekin. Melt the egg butter in the non-stick skillet over medium until foaming but pale. Slide in eggs separately. As outer whites turn opaque, tilt and spoon hot butter only over transparent white around each yolk. Use about 1 g reserved salt. Cook until whites are firm and yolks begin to thicken. For vulnerable diners, continue until both white and yolk are firm.
Every white is opaque and firm, edges are lightly gold, and yolks wobble as one thick mass.
Common mistake: High heat toughens the base; pouring over the yolk too early makes a rubbery skin.
Recovery: Lower to a gentle simmer and give it more time; texture fixes happen slowly, not with harder heat.
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3 min
Compose the hot plate
Toss dry watercress with lemon juice, olive oil, and enough remaining salt. Slice rested steak across the grain into 1 cm pieces. Spoon jus beside and beneath rather than over all the crust. Add one egg and watercress bundle to each warm plate, finish with chives, and serve. Refrigerate steak and jus separately within 2 hours for up to 3-4 days; reheat to 74°C. Cook eggs fresh.
Crust stays defined beside moist beef, glossy sauce, firm white, thick yolk, and unwilted greens.
Common mistake: Flooding softens crust; dressing watercress early makes it limp.
Recovery: Pause before the next step, compare the cue, then correct heat, moisture, or seasoning while the dish is still flexible.
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Which steak cut is best for Bistro Steak & Eggs?
Australian porterhouse, also sold as sirloin, striploin, or New York steak, balances flavour, tenderness, and price. Equal 3 cm thickness matters more than identical weight.
Why does this recipe publish 63°C instead of medium-rare?
The public safe minimum for intact beef steak is 63°C followed by at least a 3-minute rest. This recipe targets a juicy medium result rather than presenting a lower restaurant doneness as universally safe.
How do I stop the basting butter from burning?
Lower the heat first, keep garlic cloves large, and baste while foam is hazelnut-gold. If it turns black or acrid, remove the steak, discard the fat, wipe the pan, and restart with fresh butter.
How do I rescue a thin or split shallot jus?
Reduce a thin jus before butter. For a split jus, take it off heat and whisk in 5-10 ml cold water, then one fresh cold butter cube. Never repair over a hard boil.
Can I make the jus without alcohol?
Replace wine with 60 ml extra stock plus 15 ml red-wine vinegar, reduce this to about 15 ml, then add the regular 180 ml stock.
What is the decisive ready cue for Bistro Steak & Eggs with Shallot Jus?
Build a deep crust, juicy safe centre, spoon-coating jus, and tender basted egg without restaurant equipment. Look for opaque tender white, narrow crisp edge, and a domed deep-gold yolk: No transparent white remains and the yolk moves as one thick wobble rather than raw liquid.
What should I do if Bistro Steak & Eggs with Shallot Jus misses its cue?
Wet meat or steaks of different thickness prevent simultaneous browning and doneness. Spread the food out, raise heat only after moisture drops, and hold back extra sauce until the pan is frying again.
How should I scale Bistro Steak & Eggs with Shallot Jus?
Scale the measured ingredients with the serving count, then scale the vessel or work in batches. Keep the same visual finish - opaque tender white, narrow crisp edge, and a domed deep-gold yolk - rather than forcing the original timer.
Which substitutions are tested for Bistro Steak & Eggs with Shallot Jus?
intact porterhouse or striploin steaks: 2 x 200-220 g scotch fillet for more marbling, or eye fillet for a leaner plate; high-smoke-point neutral oil: canola, rice-bran, grapeseed, or vegetable oil; fresh thyme: 2 small rosemary sprigs, removed as soon as fragrant; eschalot or French shallot: 40 g Indonesian shallots or finely minced red onion
Which Bistro Steak & Eggs with Shallot Jus ingredients should not be swapped casually?
intact porterhouse or striploin steaks: Use intact whole-muscle steak. Mechanically tenderised, injected, rolled, or reconstructed beef needs its own package safety directions.; coarsely cracked black pepper: Fine pepper dust scorches quickly; add coarse pepper only after searing.; unsalted butter for basting: Contains milk.; garlic: Do not mince; small pieces burn during basting.
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Melbourneintact porterhouse or striploin steaks (steik sirloin atau has luar utuh)
Ask a high-turnover butcher, Queen Victoria Market meat counter, or supermarket for two intact porterhouse, striploin, or New York steaks cut to the same 3 cm thickness. No store mention is a live stock promise.
intact porterhouse or striploin steaks: 2 x 200-220 g scotch fillet for more marbling, or eye fillet for a leaner plate.
intact porterhouse or striploin steaks: Use intact whole-muscle steak. Mechanically tenderised, injected, rolled, or reconstructed beef needs its own package safety directions.
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Jakartasteik sirloin atau has luar utuh (intact porterhouse or striploin steaks)
Ask a trusted butcher or premium meat counter for intact sirloin or has luar cut into two even 3 cm steaks. Avoid mechanically tenderised or injected meat for this whole-cut path.
intact porterhouse or striploin steaks: 2 x 200-220 g scotch fillet for more marbling, or eye fillet for a leaner plate.
intact porterhouse or striploin steaks: Use intact whole-muscle steak. Mechanically tenderised, injected, rolled, or reconstructed beef needs its own package safety directions.
cracked pepper, garlic, thyme, shallot, red wine, beef stock, Dijon
Even-thickness steak is salted before cooking, seared before pepper and butter are introduced, and basted only after the crust forms. Its fond becomes a reduced shallot jus mounted with cold butter, while the egg cooks separately so the white can set without sacrificing the yolk.
Taste profile
Deep beef crust, brown butter, cracked pepper, glossy shallot-red-wine jus, rich egg yolk, lemon, and peppery watercress.
A contemporary synthesis of Anglo-American steak-and-eggs and French-influenced bistro sauce technique. It is not a historic canonical British formula or a Michelin-awarded recipe.
Contains or may contain: egg, milk, mustard, sulphites in wine, check stock for wheat/gluten and celery.
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Budget
Planning estimate only - not live or locally verified pricing
Indonesia
Rp190k-300k for 2, excluding a full wine bottle
Australia
A$28-42 for 2, excluding a full wine bottle
What belongs where
One dish. Distinct flavour parts.
Three separately controlled elements meet on the warm plate: whole-cut steak, mounted shallot jus, and a gently basted egg. The watercress is a fresh counterpoint, not decoration.
Bumbu or sambal?A 30-second beginner glossary
Bumbu
The dish's seasoning system: it may be ground, sliced, or left whole, but it is cooked into the food. Bumbu does not automatically mean a jarred paste.
Sambal
A chilli-led preparation with its own salt, acid, aroma, and texture. It can be fresh or cooked and usually remains a condiment, even when you make it during the recipe.
Sauce, glaze, or broth
These words describe function and texture. A broth carries the dish; a glaze coats it; neither becomes bumbu simply because it is strongly seasoned.
Pelengkap
The accompaniments that complete a plate - lalapan, rice, crackers, herbs, lime, or fried shallot. Add them at serving unless the method says otherwise.
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Main componentBuilt separately · combined later
Butter-basted porterhouse
Make it
Dry-brine, blot, hard-sear, then lower the heat for a short garlic-thyme butter baste before thermometer verification and rest.
Ready when
The crust is mahogany, butter foam is hazelnut-gold, and the centre reaches 63°C followed by at least a three-minute rest.
Keep separate
Crust colour is a flavour cue, not an internal-temperature test. Keep the rested surface away from a deep sauce pool.
Store safely
Refrigerate sliced steak promptly and reheat leftovers rapidly to the stated endpoint; do not repeatedly warm and cool.
Storage notes are conservative home-kitchen guidance. Chill perishable food within 2 hours, keep it at 5°C or colder, and follow local food-safety and package directions when they are stricter.
Sources & evidence
What supports this guide.
Sources support the specific technique or safety point stated below. Generated reference imagery is editorial guidance, not proof that this recipe has passed an independent cook test.
Grounds the Australian porterhouse, sirloin, striploin, and New York naming used in the cut-selection guidance, then pairs that intact whole cut with an independently sourced safe endpoint.
Boundary: A cut guide does not establish pan timing or sauce technique. Steak thickness, starting temperature, pan mass, and burner output still require thermometer-led cooking.
Cross-checks porterhouse with a reduced red-wine and beef-stock pan sauce, shallot, mustard, resting, and across-the-grain slicing.
Boundary: The published sauce is a reference architecture. Bumbu Lens uses its own measured reduction, butter-mounting, and egg-and-watercress service.
Applies 63°C / 145°F followed by at least a three-minute rest to intact beef steak and uses a thermometer rather than colour to verify the centre.
Boundary: Mechanically tenderised, injected, minced, or stuffed beef needs different controls; restaurant doneness preferences below this endpoint are not represented as universally safe.
Supports clean uncracked eggs, cold storage, cross-contamination control, and firmer eggs for vulnerable diners.
Boundary: A softly thickened yolk retains more risk than a fully firm egg; pasteurised egg or fully cooked yolk is the safer route for vulnerable diners.
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