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Thai-Style Grilled Flank Steak Salad

Name: Thai-Style Grilled Flank Steak Salad
Total time: 2 h 1 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Other
Ingredients: 100 g light brown sugar, packed; 60 ml water; 3 tbsp fish sauce; 2 tbsp soy sauce; 80 ml fresh lime juice, from 3 to 4 limes; 2 cloves garlic, finely grated; 1 tbsp Thai chilli powder or red chilli flakes; 60 ml vegetable oil; 900 g flank steak (or hanger, skirt or flap); ½ cup fresh mint leaves, loosely packed; ½ cup fresh coriander (cilantro) leaves, loosely packed; ½ cup fresh basil leaves, loosely packed; 4 medium shallots, thinly sliced; 1 small cucumber, cut into 1 cm chunks; 1½ cups mung bean sprouts, rinsed and dried

Flank steak marinated in a sweet, sour, salty and hot lime and fish-sauce dressing, charred over a two-zone fire, sliced thin and tossed with mint, coriander, basil, shallot, cucumber and bean sprouts.

YieldServes 4
Hands-on45 min
Total2 h 1 min
Difficulty

Ingredients

Marinade

100 glight brown sugar, packed
60 mlwater
3 tbspfish sauce
2 tbspsoy sauce
80 mlfresh lime juice, from 3 to 4 limes
2 clovesgarlic, finely grated
1 tbspThai chilli powder or red chilli flakes
60 mlvegetable oil

Steak

900 gflank steak (or hanger, skirt or flap)

Salad

½ cupfresh mint leaves, loosely packed
½ cupfresh coriander (cilantro) leaves, loosely packed
½ cupfresh basil leaves, loosely packed
4medium shallots, thinly sliced
1small cucumber, cut into 1 cm chunks
1½ cupsmung bean sprouts, rinsed and dried

Contains

Gluten
Soy
Fish
Anchovy
Legumes (any)
Mung beans
Wheat
Citrus fruits (any)
Lime
Nightshades (any)
Chili peppers
Onion family (any)
Garlic
Shallot
Cabbage family (any)
Cucumber
Basil
Cilantro / coriander
Mint
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
Richness / fat
Smoke
Herbal / fresh
Aromatic spice

Texture

Crunchy

Equipment

Stovetop
Grill
Probe thermometer

Season

Summer

Occasion

Weeknight
Entertaining

Effort

20–45 min active
1–3 hours total
Difficulty 2
Needs advance prep

Nutrition

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

Budget

Budget: moderate

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