I was trying to find a way to prepare cheap beef, so I spent my days experimenting. If you marinate the meat in yogurt, the odor will dissipate, but the flavor weakens. Marinating in grated fruit reduces the smell but imparts a strange taste. Since the cut of meat is lean, I thought of marinating it in oil, but soaking it in olive oil resulted in a funky smell. Vegetable oil was out of the question. What about corn oil? Through trial and error, I finally settled on this recipe. I wonder how much strangely seasoned meat I ate in the process.

Even if you're using beef that has a lot of lean meat and little fat (like how Aussie beef tends to be), marinating it in grape seed oil gives it just the right tenderness to rival expensive, marbled beef. Add the oil first, then the red wine soy sauce; if you mix up the order, then the saltiness of the red wine soy sauce will overpower the meat and make it tough, so be careful. Adjust the quantity of red wine and soy sauce to your preference. Recipe by Mihono kitchen