Thai Beef Salad
Introduction
Warm Thai Beef Salad. Very good and easy to make.
Ingredients
- juice of 1 lime (2 tbsp)
- 4 tbsp fish sauce
- 2 tsp white sugar
- 1 finely chopped hot red chilli, or chilli flakes, to taste
- 2 tbsp rice, for toasting
- 300 - 400g rump or sirloin steak in one piece
- 1 shallot, finely sliced
- 1/2 cup coriander, roughly chopped
- 2 tbsp mint, chopped
- cucumber slices to garnish
Directions
To make the dressing, combine the first 4 ingredients, being sure to dissolve the sugar completely.
Heat a heavy-bottomed pan to moderately hot and dry-fry the rice, moving it around constantly until it starts to colour - about 5 minutes. Remove to cool.
Heat a grill pan to very hot, season the steak with salt, cook to medium rare and set aside.
Place the toasted rice into a mortar and pestle and grind coarsely, not to a powder, but to a degree that will add some crunch to the salad.
Slice the beef into thin strips while it's still warm and mix in just enough dressing to flavour the meat.
Stir in the shallot, mint and coriander and a sprinkle of toasted rice, then spoon onto a serving plate. Add a little more dressing if you like (the mixture should not be wet), and garnish the salad with cucumber.
Serve with steamed rice, green beans and a wedge of lime.
Variations
I haven't tried it but I think you could make this dish with tofu - the firm kind.
Source: James Jameson
Comments
The fish sauce and the meat are an interesting combination of flavours. Very good I think.