Minced warm beef salad

Name: Minced warm beef salad
Cuisine: Thai
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons chopped fresh coriander leaves and stalks; 2 fresh red chillies, finely chopped (deseeded if preferred); 2.5 cm/1 inch piece galangal (Thai ginger) or fresh root ginger, peeled and finely sliced; 6 shallots, peeled and very finely sliced; 450 g/1 lb minced lean beef; crunchy salad leaves of your choice; a good handful of fresh mint leaves, to garnish; 2 tablespoons Thai fish sauce (nam pla); juice of 1 lime; 2 tablespoons long-grain rice; 4 spring onions, trimmed and chopped

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

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Keith Floyd's Thai Food

By Keith Floyd

Published 2006

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Ingredients

2 tablespoons long-grain rice
450 g/1 lb minced lean beef

Asia
Thailand
Street Food
Southeast Asia
Gluten-free

Method

Heat a heavy-based pan and dry-fry the rice until brown, then grind to a powder in a spice grinder or food processor.
Mix the minced beef with the lime juice, fish sauce, galangal or ginger and the shallots.
Using a heavy-based saucepan on a medium heat, gently dry-fry the mixture in two batches for 8–10 minutes each batch, stirring with a spatula until