Name: Thai beef tartare w/ fried eggs
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: Serves 2
Cuisine: Thai
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons Thai dipping sauce; pinch of salt flakes; 1 handful fresh coriander (cilantro) leaves, roughly chopped; 1 tablespoon raw jasmine rice; 2 spring onions (scallions), white part only, thinly sliced; 1 red bird’s eye chilli, seeded and thinly sliced; 1 handful fresh mint leaves, roughly chopped; 200 g (7 oz) fresh beef eye fillet or cut of your choosing; 1 litre (34 fl oz/4 cups) canola or sunflower oil, for frying; 1 tablespoon sesame seeds, toasted; 2 eggs; 1 handful fresh Thai basil leaves, roughly chopped; ½ Lebanese (short) cucumber, peeled, halved, seeded and cut into 5 mm (¼ in) dice

Preparation info

Serves
2

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
25 min

Appears in

Chefs Eat Breakfast Too

By Darren Purchese

Published 2019

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I’ve taken the classic beef tartare and upped it to ‘next-level fabulous’ by adding some awesome Thai flavours and a crunchy fried egg. Toasted and ground rice is added to the beef, which really adds an unexpected and delicious flavour.