45: Bitoque steak and egg (Page 140, Piri Piri Starfish)

I know I've had a lot of steak this week. It just happpened that I found one steak recipe after the other so I decided to try them all. This is another Portuguese recipe from the Piri Piri Starfish cookbook. A lot of Tessa Kiros recipes include just cracking an egg on top. Such as egg on risotto or the egg with pan-fried potatos I made a few months. The egg is an amazing ingredient.

After I finished cooking I realised my camera battery was dying so I only had enough time to take this photo. It will have to do. I need to buy another pan. It was very difficult to co-ordinate the cooking of the egg, steak and chips with just one wok.

From photos, it looks like Bitoque is usually also served with salad. But I've always thought salads were a little overrated. I chose this recipe because it is served with piri piri sauce which is the same thing as Nando's peri peri sauce, piri piri chilli and spices in oil. It tastes as good as it sounds, especially when you're dipping your chips in it. This is a very simple recipe, but it is all in the sauce! I loved it, and my egg turned out just the way I like it (slightly runny).