Ostrich with Lemongrass Sauce
Recipe supplied by 2008 winner, Yang Sing, Manchester
What you'll need:
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 2lb Ostrich Steak
- Watercress to Garnish
The Marinade
- 1/2 Teaspoon Sugar
- 1/2 Teaspoon Salt
- 1/2 Teaspoon of Chicken Powder
- 2 Teaspoons of Maggi Soy Sauce
- 2 Teaspoons of Potato Starch
- 2 Teaspoons of Dry White Wine
- 1 Stem of Celery
- 1 Small Carrot
- 2 or 3 Sprigs of Coriander
- 1 Small stem of Lemongrass
- 8oz of Water
The Sauce
- 1 Teaspoon of Oyster Saucer
- 4 Soupspoons of Satay Sauce
- 1 Stem of Lemongrass (Finely Chopped)
- 1 Teaspoon of Salt
- 1 Teaspoon of Chicken Powder
- 1 Teaspoon of Fresh Minced Garlic
- 6 to 8oz of Chicken Stock
- Pure Vegetable Oil
- Potato Starch to taste
Instructions (To Marinade)
- Cut the lemongrass, celery, and carrot into small pieces and place in a blender with the coriander and 8oz water. Blend and sieve out the juice. Place in a large bowl and add all the other marinade ingredients.
- Stir a few times with a wooden spoon.Tenderise the Ostrich steak so that it can absorb the marinade, then slice the Ostrich meat into medallions of no more than 1/2" thickness and 2" in length.
- Place the medallions of Ostrich meat into the marinade and leave for 2 hours.
Instructions (Sauce)
- Heat the wok and the vegetable oil. Put in the minced garlic, keep stirring and add the lemongrass.
- Cook for about half a minute and then add the satay sauce, the salt, chicken powder and the oyster sauce. Finally add the chicken stock and thicken with the potato starch.
- Put into a separate bowl to go in the centre of the table and allow to cool in the fridge until ready to serve.
To Cook
- Remove the medallions of ostrich meat from the marinade and either shallow fry or grill as you would a small piece of steak.
- Serve with the watercress as a garnish. Put the sauce bowl in the centre of the table so your guests can add to their dish according to taste.
- Can be served with rice or noodles as a main course dish or on its own when it becomes the prince of starters.
- Try serving with a cold bottle of Tsingtao Beer.



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