I certainly agree but let's use something that will give us a little flavor
rather than a wooden stick. Lemongrass in this case.
I tend to joke and say that lemongrass is organic fruit loops
during my cooking classes. If you've never had anything with lemongrass-
you don't know what you're missing!
For these bacon wrapped beef lemongrass lollipops- you will need:
lemongrass stalks (usually comes 3 to a bunch) you can cut each stalk to about
3 inches getting 3 to a stalk. So approximately 9 lollipops for 3 stalks.
For the beef, I used flank steak (about 1 pound) and sliced it into thin slices.
I then marinaded the flank beef slices in:
5 TBSP of soy sauce
1 heaping TBSP of hot pepper paste
1 teaspoon of a sugar (or your choice of sweetener)
(a grated apple or pear is good too!)
2 TBSP of sesame oil
mix with the flank steak and let it sit for a minimum of 20 minutes.
Then you want to make a sweet chili glaze.
~ 3 heaping TBSP of apricot jelly
~ 1 teaspoon of hot pepper seeds ( to your liking of spiciness)
~ juice of an orange
~ 1 TBSP of rice vinegar
Turn your oven on now to 400 degrees.
Time to wrap or roll. Whatever you want to call it is okay!
Take your slices of beef and wrap around the top half of the lemongrass 'stick'
(about 2 -3 slices of flank steak slices per lollipop)
Then wrap a piece of bacon (thinly cut preferred) around the beef.
Let it bake in the center of your oven for about 15 minutes.
You will see the bacon turn more brown.
After 15 minutes, turn your oven to broil,
take the sweet chili glaze and brush it on the bacon portion.
Move your pan or sheet (whatever you laid your lollipops on)
to the top shelf right under the broiler.
You want to prop the oven door open at this time...
you know so the room temperature
air flows through for circulation and doesn't dry out the food.
Once the bacon browns and almost gets a slight char- they are done.
about 7 minutes after you place it on broil.
Just ROLL with it! Let's Cultivate Food
