'Parasite' Steak Ramdon
Post exams craving, Daughter requests ‘Parasite’ Steak Ramdon. This one is a keeper! Succulent ribeye with saucy ramyeon. Lip smackin’ good!
Servings: 3 persons
Ingredients
- 300 g ribeye steak (cut into 1 to 1 1/2 inch thick chunks)
- Salt and pepper to season the steak
- Korean Jjajang noodle x 1 packet
- Neogu Spicy Carbonara noodle x 1 packet
- 40 g butter
- 50 g shimeji mushrooms
- 3-4 sprigs of scallions
- 5-6 cups water (for cooking the noodles)
Instructions
- Cut the ribeye into 1 to 1 1/2 inch cubes and season exuberantly with salt and pepper. Set aside to marinate for 5 minutes.
- In the meantime, prepare the shimeiji mushrooms and scallions and start boiling 4-5 cups of water in a medium size pot.
- Whilst the water is boiling, in a separate heated pan on high heat, swirl the butter until it is melted, slightly golden and sizzling. At this point, sear the ribeye in the hot butter, about 30 seconds on each side, turning constantly. Be careful not to overcook the steak. Once done, take it off heat and let it rest.
- The water should start boiling whilst the steak is being seared. Once it is boiling, add the noodles and the vegetable mix from the packets and let it boil for ~3 minutes, stirring the noodles to let it cook until al dente.
- When the ribeye is nicely seared and resting, the noodles should also be cooked. Drain away some of the water from the noodles reserving 1/3 of the liquid in the pot. Set aside.
- Quickly sauté the shimeji mushrooms in the steak butter sauce for 1-2 minutes and set aside.
- Put the pot with the noodles and water back on medium heat and add the seasoning packets of Jjajang sauce and Neoguri bonara spicy sauce. You can choose to add less of the latter if you have a less spicy palate. Stir well until the sauce is evenly distributed and has thickened slightly, ~ 1-2 minutes.
- Once the sauce has thickened to the desired consistency, stir in the scallions and mushrooms and turn the heat off. Add in the fully rested ribeye on top of the noodles and serve immediately. 
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Notes
The Star ⭐️
The star of this Steak Ramdon is the beef, so get a good steak. I used NZ grass fed ribeye rather than sirloin in the movie, because we love a more fatty cut. You can use any cut of steak your preference, just make sure it’s fresh, cut thick and not overcooked.
I cut my ribeye into 1 1/2 inch cubes and seared them in hot butter on high heat. Half a minute on each side, turning constantly .... Perfection.
The Noodles
Two types of noodles are used in this Steak Ramdon - Ramen and Udon hence the coined ‘Ramdon’. I used the Nongshim Neoguri Ramyeon (spicy carbonara flavor) which is well known for its thick udon noodles and spicy flavor and the SamYang Korean Jjajang Ramen (black bean sauce noodles).
Udon is the thicker noodle whilst Ramen is the thinner cousin. I would say the two essentials from these two instant noodles are slightly different. The black bean sauce (Jjajang) seasoning of the ramen gives the sauciness but it’s the thicker udon that ultimately gives the noodle texture for this dish.
If you cannot get the exact combination of ramen and udon, remember the two keys when getting substitutes - black bean sauce seasoning and udon ramyeon. Black bean sauce (Jjajang) for the right taste & sauciness and udon noodle to bestow that yummy, thick slurrpy, noodle texture.
The Extras
There are no extras in the Parasite original, just pure steak and ramyeon. For the TSC version of Steak Ramdon, I threw in fresh scallions and mushrooms. I like more texture, more color to the noodles, and obviously more nutrition too 😊.
You can add any combination of extras but I would suggest to keep the mushrooms because they taste amazing with the steak butter sauce.
Timing
This Steak Ramdon is best served piping hot so it’s important to plan ahead and match the timing between cooking the ramdon and searing the steak. Once the ramdon starts to cool, it tends to get starchy, and you don’t want the steak to lose that juiciness if it sits out for too long, so serve them hot.
In the movie, this dish was cooked in 8 minutes but that’s not possible! Reality - I made this Steak Ramdon in ~20 minutes for Dad, including preparing the ingredients.
Multi-tasking is the name of the game cause everything kinda happens almost at the same time. So follow the recipe steps closely!