Gatsby — Cape Town's Steak Strips & Chip Loaf

Ingredients

• 1 long soft roll or half a baguette
• 12 oz Steak Strips, sliced thin
• 1 lb frozen or fresh-cut chips
• 1 Onion, sliced
• 2 tbsp peri-peri sauce
• 2 tbsp mayonnaise
• 1 tbsp masala or curry powder
• 1 cup shredded Lettuce
• 2 tbsp oil
• Salt and black pepper

Method

1. Cook the chips in the air fryer at 400°F (205°C) for 18–20 minutes, shaking twice, or bake them on a sheet until deeply golden and crisp at the edges. Salt them the moment they come out.
2. Meanwhile fry the Onion in the oil until soft, add the masala for 30 seconds, then the Steak Strips. Cook over high heat until browned and just done — 3 minutes for steak strips, 6 for poultry to 165°F (74°C).
3. Split the roll lengthwise without cutting all the way through and spread both faces with mayonnaise and peri-peri sauce.
4. Layer Lettuce, then the Steak Strips with all its pan juices, then a genuinely unreasonable quantity of hot chips on top. Press the lid down hard.
5. Cut across into four sections, wrap each in paper, and eat before the chips soften. That is not a suggestion; it's a countdown.