Thai · Salad

Thai Beef Salad

Name: Thai Beef Salad
Total time: 33 min
Yield: 4 servings as a light main
Cuisine: Thai
Ingredients: 2 beef sirloin steaks, thick cut, about 225 g each; 1 tbsp vegetable oil, for brushing; sea salt, to taste; black pepper, to taste; 2 tbsp Thai fish sauce; 3 tbsp lime juice; 1 clove garlic, thinly sliced; 1 tbsp soy sauce; 2 tsp brown sugar; 2 tsp peanuts, toasted and chopped; 1 tbsp peanut oil; 2 bird's eye chiles, seeded and finely chopped; 1 head romaine lettuce heart, rinsed, dried and finely sliced; 10 cherry tomatoes, halved; 3 shallots, finely sliced; 4 scallions, trimmed and sliced on the diagonal; 15 g cilantro leaves, chopped; 10 g Thai basil leaves; ½ cucumber, halved, seeded and sliced on the diagonal; 4 pieces lime wedges

Thick sirloin steaks are grilled, rested and sliced onto a crisp salad of romaine, herbs, cucumber and tomato. A sharp lime and fish sauce dressing with chile ties it together.

Yield4 servings as a light main
Hands-on25 min
Total33 min
Difficulty

Ingredients

Beef

2beef sirloin steaks, thick cut, about 225 g each
1 tbspvegetable oil, for brushing
to tastesea salt
to tasteblack pepper

Dressing

2 tbspThai fish sauce
3 tbsplime juice
1 clovegarlic, thinly sliced
1 tbspsoy sauce
2 tspbrown sugar
2 tsppeanuts, toasted and chopped
1 tbsppeanut oil
2bird's eye chiles, seeded and finely chopped

Salad

1 headromaine lettuce heart, rinsed, dried and finely sliced
10cherry tomatoes, halved
3shallots, finely sliced
4scallions, trimmed and sliced on the diagonal
15 gcilantro leaves, chopped
10 gThai basil leaves
½cucumber, halved, seeded and sliced on the diagonal

To serve

4 pieceslime wedges

Contains

Gluten
Peanut
Soy
Fish
Anchovy
Legumes (any)
Wheat
Citrus fruits (any)
Lime
Nightshades (any)
Tomato
Chili peppers
Onion family (any)
Garlic
Shallot
Scallion (green onion)
Cabbage family (any)
Lettuce
Cucumber
Basil
Cilantro / coriander
Black and white pepper
Mold-ripened and koji-fermented foods
All mammal meat (alpha-gal)
Beef and veal
Histamine (aged and fermented foods)
Chili heat (capsaicin)

Taste

Heat
Sweet
Sour / bright
Salty
Umami / savory
Bitter
Richness / fat
Smoke
Herbal / fresh

Texture

Crunchy

Equipment

Grill

Season

Summer

Occasion

Weeknight

Effort

20–45 min active
30–60 min total
Difficulty 2

Nutrition

Calories: moderate
Protein: high
Carbs: low
Fat: high
Fiber: moderate
Sodium: high

Budget

Budget: moderate

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