Thai Beef Salad

Name: Thai Beef Salad
Yield: Serves Four
Cuisine: Thai
Ingredients: Chinese mustard cress, salad cress or fresh coriander (cilantro), to garnish; 2 sirloin steaks, each about 225g/8oz; 1 lemon grass stalk, root trimmed; 1 red onion or 4 Thai shallots, thinly sliced; ½ cucumber, cut into strips; 30 ml/2 tbsp chopped spring onion (scallion); juice of 2 limes; 15-30 ml/1-2 tbsp Thai fish sauce; 2-4 fresh red chillies, seeded and finely chopped

Preparation info

Serves
Four

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Thai Food and Cooking

By Judy Bastyra and Becky Johnson

Published 2011

About

A hearty main meal salad, this combines tender strips of sirloin steak with thinly shredded cucumber and a wonderfully piquant chilli and lime dressing.

Ingredients

2 sirloin steaks, each about 225g/8oz
1 lemon grass stalk, root trimmed
1 red onion or

Asia
Thailand
Gluten-free
South East Asia

Method

Panfry the steaks in a large, heavy frying pan over a medium heat. Cook them for 4-6 minutes for rare, 6-8 minutes for medium-rare and about 10 minutes for well done, depending on their thickness. (In Thailand the beef is traditionally served quite rare.) Alternatively, cook them under a preheated grill (broiler). Remove the steaks from the pan and leave to rest for 1