Warm Spiced Beef Salad

Name: Warm Spiced Beef Salad
Yield: Serves 3–4
Cuisine: Australia
Ingredients: 150 ml (5 fl oz) cold water; 1 tablespoon soft brown sugar; 1 tablespoon vegetable oil; 4 tablespoons sesame oil; 700 g (1½ lb) rump steak, about 2.5 cm (1 pint) thick; 1 cm (½ pint) piece of fresh root ginger, bruised; 4 tablespoons soy sauce; salt; 1 medium cucumber, finely sliced; 2 tablespoons ground coriander; 1 tablespoon freshly ground black pepper

Preparation info

Serves
3–4

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Floyd on Oz

By Keith Floyd

Published 1991

About

This dish is based on a Thai recipe and will make a spicy, light lunch for three to four people.

Ingredients

700 g (1½ lb) rump steak, about 2.5 cm (1

Oceania
Australia
Lunch
Spicy

Method

Put the piece of beef into a shallow dish (not aluminium). Whizz together the soy sauce, sesame oil, ground coriander, black pepper and sugar in a food processor or blender. Tip it out and smear it all over the steak. Leave to marinate for at least 1 hour.

Heat the oil in a large frying pan or wok and sear the steak on both sides to brown, about 30 seconds for each side. Pour in the wat