Japanese Barbecued Beef with Garlic Sauce

Ingredients:

• 1 tablespoon maple barbecue sauce

• 1 tablespoon ketchup

• 1 tablespoon soy sauce

• 2 teaspoons minced garlic

• 1/2 teaspoon honey

• 3/4 pound beef tenderloin

• 2 tablespoons soy sauce

• 1 1/2 tablespoons minced garlic

• 1 teaspoon rice vinegar

• 1 teaspoon brown sugar

• 1 teaspoon layu (Japanese chili oil)

• 1/4 cup fresh Japanese perilla leaves (ao-shiso), washed well, spun dry, and torn

Prep Time: 10 min

Cooking Time: 40 min

Instructions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line a shallow baking pan with foil.

In a small bowl whisk together maple barbecue sauce, ketchup, soy sauce, garlic, and honey. Put beef tenderloin in baking pan and coat with maple barbecue sauce mixture. Roast beef in middle of oven 35 to 40 minutes, or until a meat thermometer inserted in center registers 160 degrees. Cool beef completely in baking pan.

In a small bowl stir together sauce ingredients until brown sugar is dissolved.

Transfer beef to a cutting board and with a knife held at a 45 degree angle cut meat across grain into thin slices. Arrange beef, overlapping slices slightly. Spoon garlic sauce over beef and sprinkle pork with Japanese perilla leaves.