Let's Talk About Rump Steak

We adore steak and while we all adore a great eye fillet, or a lovely scotch steak, we’d love to introduce you to rump steak – the most underrated cut in the steak family. A steak lover's steak, rump is superior in flavour and comes in larger portions, making it ideal for entertaining a crowd.

A traditional slice of rump steak gives a cross section of several muscles with the grains running in many different ways. This means there are varying degrees of tenderness across the meat. The key is not to over-cook it – sear it hot and fast and allow it to rest.

These 10 recipes are all the great rumpy inspiration you need, from chargrilled kebabs to Asian salads and barbecue perfection.

Beef Bulgogi with Rump Steak

A little marinade goes a long way and is mildly sweet soy, sesame, garlic, and ginger that enhances the beautiful beef flavour. Once marinated, it’s dinner on the table in 20 minutes – now who doesn’t love that! Serve with jasmine rice, crunchy lettuce and kimchi.

Beef and Pasta Salad

Leaning into those Mediterranean flavours, this is summer in a bowl and fast to make. It’s a great option if you’re heading on a picnic or need to bring a plate too, just keep the dressing separate until you’re about to eat.

Steak and Wedges with Homemade Sauce

A steak dinner that the whole family will love is a wonderous thing. Perfect for that midweek hustle and here’s a pro tip – make the sauce up the day before and simply reheat.

Vietnamese Beef and Noodle Salad

One of the most popular recipes on the website and quite rightly so! Full of fresh crunchy vegetables and the dressing is divine. Thinly slice the rump steaks and you’ll find they can go a lot further.

Beef Skewers with Asian Slaw

These have all the flavours of Southeast Asia and are quick to pull together. A mandolin makes light work of the slaw and if you’ve got little ones, leave the wasabi out of the dressing – it tastes amazing without too.

Rump Steak with Cowboy Butter

This is summer on a platter – grilled rump steak sits alongside barbecued vegetables and then there’s the Cowboy butter. Not an everyday ingredient but utterly divine. Keep it in the freezer if you don’t use all of it and you’ll not regret it!

Steak Fajitas

Proving that some recipes are wonderfully flexible, we’ve made this hundreds of times with rump steak too! Just watch the marinading time - adjust it to no more than 12 hours, and you’ll have beautiful results.

Thai Beef Salad

Dinner on the table in under 30 minutes, with a restaurant quality dish without the big price tag? Yes please! Rump steak truly shines here, and the key is to thinly slice it. If you’ve got some hungry mouths, add in vermicelli or egg noodles to bulk it up.

Rosemary seared steak and warm potato salad

Kiwi’s love a good potato salad and this herb infused version drops the cloying traditional mayonnaise for something with punch and zest. Topped with rosemary marinaded rump steak slices, it’s a beautiful midweek dinner the family will love.

Rump Steak Rainbow Bowls

The key to pulling these together is getting all the salad ingredients prepped ready to go before starting with the beef. We love them with cauliflower rice, but quinoa and rice are also beautiful.