My favorite BGE healthy meal... Pics

CavemanCook · January 11

Polynesian seared beef and papaya.

This doesn't even sound good…

Papaya, beef, garlic, and vegetables?

The combination to me doesn't seem to work. A waiter recommended this to me and I passed... then i called him back to the table because he was so adamant about the dish. I've been trying to re-create it for the past four years. It's great but not as good as mamas fish house in Maui.

Will post the recipe (how I make it) in the thread at a later time. Still eating... :-)

DawgDays · January 11

Wow. My wife and I ate at Mama's on our honeymoon 3 years ago and STILL talk about the stuffed papaya appetizer. I'm looking forward to seeing the recipe you post. The pics look darn close, well done!

Mickey · January 11

Loved Mama's and wish I had tried those.

SmokeyPitt · January 11

That looks inspiring! Looking forward to the recipe.

Nice looking man-cave from what I can see in the last pic!

Reeyahps · January 11

SmokeyPitt said:
That looks inspiring! Looking forward to the recipe.

Nice looking man-cave from what I can see in the last pic!

Depending on how much you want to envy/admire/hate Caveman, check out his earliest thread about his outdoor kitchen/pool/Shangri-La.

JWBurns · January 11

Taking a family trip to Maui this summer.. I'll have to add this Mama's place to the list

Eggcelsior · January 11

Reeyahps said:

That looks inspiring! Looking forward to the recipe.

Nice looking man-cave from what I can see in the last pic!
Depending on how much you want to envy/admire/hate Caveman, check out his earliest thread about his outdoor kitchen/pool/Shangri-La.

Please do. His last name is Jones.

SmokeyPitt · January 11

Reeyahps said:

That looks inspiring! Looking forward to the recipe.

Nice looking man-cave from what I can see in the last pic!
Depending on how much you want to envy/admire/hate Caveman, check out his earliest thread about his outdoor kitchen/pool/Shangri-La.

Wow...and I thought the meat stuffed papaya was inspirational! I am feeling quite overwhelmed with envy/hate/admiration! Cave-man has the nicest man-cave I have ever seen.

Schlosser · January 12

That looks awesome! Don't forget to post the recipe. I gotta try it. Thanks!

Little Steven · January 12

Looks very good. I don't know if you are aware that papaya is one of the best meat tenderisers in the world. It has an enzyme called papain which is used in Adolph's meat tenderiser. To make it you mash papaya with some salt and get it to 140* and lower than 160*. The enzyme is active in that range, not above or below. I'm not sure about the top limit but the papain becomes inactive at some temperature.

nolaegghead · January 12

You R so analytical...feel the music, LS! ;)

Little Steven · January 12

Every once in a while something I know pops into ma brain

R2Egg2Q · January 12

That looks too good to be "healthy". :)

CavemanCook · January 12

Seared Beef in Papaya Recipe

Ingredients:

Papaya - split in half and deseeded

healthy amount of fresh chopped garlic

2 bell peppers - (I like one green and one yellow)

1 large red onion

chopped cilantro

6 to 8 limes

14oz filet mignon$$$ ( I usually substitute with 1lb of skirt steak because we eat this so much)

sea salt and pepper

cherry tomatoes

canola oil

Directions

Prep/chop all ingredients for stir-fry

Marinade

This is the tricky part - i have to say it still needs some tweaking. The enzymes of papaya quickly breaks down the meat. I would recommend no more than 10 minutes

In a ziplock bag, add the meat, oil, 4 ounces of papaya puree, juice of 4 limes, and salt pepper garlic and cilantro to taste.

Heat your wok to about 500 degrees

toss veggies with oil, salt, and pepper, oil then cook in wok for 3 minutes - just before tender

add meat and tomatoes - I like medium so 2 minutes at the most for me.

empty wok contents into a bowl

coat grate and papaya rim flesh with oil.

sear fruit - turn 45 degrees for classic marks (hard to do without a cast iron grate due to fruit water content)

turn papaya over and fill both halves/bowls with meat filling - cut the vents and cook for 8 to 10 min.

pull off the egg and mix the contents in each bowl - garnish with lime/juice and cilantro

message me if you have improvements for the recipe - i still believe the marinated could be better

Chubbs · January 16

Bookmarked. Thanks Cave.

Doc_Eggerton · January 16

Damn, that looks good.

MikeG · January 16

I think a tsp of fish sauce added to the marinade would be beneficial.

Sounds good! - other than we can't get good papayas here in Utah.

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