Thai Beef Salad

Ingredients

• Please make sure to read the recipe instructions carefully to avoid mistakes.
• Ingredients
• The ingredients mentioned below use standard measuring cups and spoons.
• For the dressing
• 1 tablespoon of minced garlic(2 cloves of garlic)
• 2 bird’s eye chili (substitute with any type of red chilies available to you, reduce to 1 if you want a less spicy dressing)
• 1 tablespoon of fish sauce
• 3 tablespoons of lime juice
• 3 tablespoons of chili sauce(preferable sriracha, substitute with any available hot sauce to you)
• 1 tablespoon of sugar
• For the salad
• 250 g of beef steak(sirloin, rump steak, flank)
• 1 tablespoon of oil
• Salt to season
• 1 large tomato chopped
• 1 medium-sized onion sliced fine
• 1 medium-sized cucumber cut into thin slices
• 1 cup of shredded lettuce
• 1/2 a cup of chopped celery leaves(optional, use any green you like)
• 1/4 cup of chopped coriander leaves

Instructions

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   How to make the dressing for Thai beef salad

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   Use a blender or mortar and pestle to make the dressing.

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   Add garlic(2 cloves), bird’s eye chilies (2, substitute with any type of red chilies available to you, reduce to 1 if you want a less spicy dressing).

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   Fish sauce(1 tbsp), lime juice(3 tbsp), chili sauce(3 tbsp, preferably sriracha, you can substitute with any hot sauce available to you), and salt to season.

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   Blitz until you have a sauce of well-blended ingredients. you can also use a mortar and pestle to do this.

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   Taste and make adjustments to suit you, this can be done by increasing lime, fish sauce, hot sauce, or sugar.

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   But make sure that all the flavors are well balanced.

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   How to cook the beef to make the Thai beef saladPlace the beef over a hard surface and pound it to break the muscle fibers.

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   Season the beef with salt and pepper and set aside.

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    Place a skillet or stovetop grill pan over medium heat and heat the pan for at least 60 seconds.

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    Drizzle or brush oil over the beef and then place it on the heated pan.

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    Cook until the beef reaches the doneness that you prefer, I like to cook the beef through and slightly charred on the surface. roughly about 3-5 minutes on each side.

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    Remove from skillet, transfer to a plate and let it rest for a few minutes.

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    How to make the salad for the Thai beef saladChop onions, cucumber, tomatoes and place in a bowl.

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    Shred a mix of mixed greens onto a platter. I’ve used lettuce and celery leaves.

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    Add the chopped cucumber, tomatoes, and onions as the second layer.

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    Slice the beef thin against the grain.

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    And add as the third layer on the platter.

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    Drizzle half of the dressing over the beef slices.

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    Add chopped cilantro(coriander leaves and chopped peanuts(optional).

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    Pour in the rest of the dressing and toss well with the rest of the elements on the plate.

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    Let it rest for 5 minutes so the beef slices absorb the dressing and serve.