Thai beef salad

Name: Thai beef salad
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients: 31.50 gm fresh lime juice; 1 garlic clove, crushed; 20.00 ml finely chopped palm sugar; 24.40 gm fish sauce; 2 tsp sesame oil; 5.30 gm soy sauce; 2 tsp finely grated fresh ginger; 1 (about 680g) beef rump steak; 1 x 200g pkt grape tomatoes, quartered; 1 continental cucumber, halved lengthways, thinly sliced diagonally; 1 red onion, halved, cut into thin wedges; 2 long fresh red chillies, halved, deseeded, thinly sliced lengthways; 1 bunch fresh mint, leaves picked, large leaves torn; 1 bunch fresh coriander, leaves picked; 1 bunch fresh Thai basil, leaves picked, large leaves torn; 55g (1/3 cup) toasted peanuts, coarsely chopped; 4 makrut lime leaves, centre veins removed, finely shredded

Instructions

Prep:15minCook:10min

Thai cuisine is one of contrasts and Thai beef salad is a perfect example. In the dressing alone, sweet meets salty, spicy and sour and in the salad intense chilli meets gentle aromatic herbs and cooling cucumber, all coming together in perfect harmony. A much loved and ordered restaurant item, this Thai beef salad recipe brings this heavenly dish into your own home. The secret? While most Thai beef salad recipes just season and grill the meat, this recipe uses the ingenious trick of marinating it in half of the dressing. This not only flavours and tenderises the meat, but the palm sugar in the dressing helps caramelise the surface. Known as yum nua, this Thai beef salad is easy enough to be cooked as a weeknight dinner, but also special enough to be served as part of a Thai banquet.

Updated at: Mon, 13 Nov 2023 15:37:48 GMT