Fiery Thai Beef Salad
35 minutes
A hearty Thai beef salad which is made lighter by bright flavours like lemongrass, cucumber and mint. You can cook the steak on the barbecue or under the grill.
1 person made this
Ingredients
Serves: 4
- 1/4 cup basil leaves
- 2 tablespoons fresh chillies, minced
- 2 cloves garlic
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons fish sauce
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1/4 cup lime juice
- 400g beef steak
- salt and pepper, to taste
- 1 stalk lemongrass, white part only, very thinly sliced
- 2/3 cup red onion, thinly sliced
- 1 cup cucumber, thinly sliced
- 1/2 cup tomato, thinly sliced
- 1/2 cup mint leaves
- I head butter lettuce
Directions
Preparation:15min ›
Cook:10min ›
Extra time:10min resting ›
Ready in:35min
- In a blender, combine the basil, chillies, garlic, brown sugar, fish sauce, pepper and lime juice. Blend until well incorporated.
- Season the steak with salt and pepper and barbecue to medium rare, about 4 minutes a side. You can also do this under the grill. Remove to a plate, cover with foil and let rest 10 minutes. Thinly slice the steak across the grain.
- In a mixing bowl, combine the steak, any steak juices from the plate and all the remaining ingredients except the lettuce. Toss with the dressing.
- To serve, arrange the lettuce leaves on individual plates and mound the beef salad on top.
