Spicy Beef Salad

Name: Spicy Beef Salad
Cuisine: Thai
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon fish sauce; 1 tablespoon grated palm sugar (jaggery); 2 small wild green chillies, chopped; ½ teaspoon sesame oil; 1 long red chilli, deseeded and chopped; 1 handful of Thai basil leaves, finely shredded; 1 small handful of coriander (cilantro) leaves; 2 tablespoons oyster sauce; 1 small Spanish onion, finely sliced; 200 g (7 oz) beef fillet; juice of 3 limes; 2 tablespoons fish sauce; 1 tablespoon caster (superfine) sugar; 3 cloves garlic, chopped; freshly ground black pepper; a pinch of ground roast rice; 1 small butter lettuce, leaves separated; 1 lemongrass stalk, tough outer leaves removed, chopped

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Balance and Harmony

By Neil Perry

Published 2008

About

This Thai classic is so easy to put together. Look for balance with the Nam Jim dressing... if you like it really hot, dial up the other flavours so you get the heat with complexity. Most importantly, keep this very fresh tasting.

Ingredients

200 g (7 oz) beef fillet
1 small Spanish onion, finely sliced

Asia
Thailand
Spicy
South East Asia

Method

To make the marinade, mix together the oyster sauce, fish sauce, sugar and sesame oil. Add the beef and refrigerate overnight to marinate. Remove from the fridge 2 hours before cooking.

To make the dressing, pound the lemongrass, chillies, garlic and sugar in a mortar with a pestle to form a fine paste. Mix the fish sauce and lime juice together and taste for balance.</