Sunday, July 18, 2010

Thai Beef Salad


Marinate 1/2 pound beef (Sirloin) for about 1 hour with: 
1 Tablespoon fish sauce and 2 teaspoon finely minced garlic

Grill or pan fry or broil beef to medium well
(with just a slight hint of pink).
Cool meat and slice into thin pieces.



1 English cucumber,sliced
1 stick celery, sliced
3 green onions, or 1 small red onion , diced 
4-5 sweet peppers (optional)
2-3 medium tomatoes, chopped coarsely or 6 cherry tomatoes, halved
4 cups of spring greens
Few sprigs of cilantro, mint and Thai Basil (available in the Asian Grocery store)

Cut vegetables into bite size pieces








Dressing:

1 1/2 Tbs. sugar dissolved in 3 Tbs.
of hot water
4 Tbs. fish sauce
4 Tbs. lime juice
2 teaspoon minced garlic
2 Thai chillies (minced)

Mix all ingredients together to form dressing.
Place the cut vegetables in a bowl or platter,add in beef, herbs and dressing.
Toss well to mix and serve. 
(If you are taking this salad to a potluck, just bring the
dressing along and toss when ready to serve.)


1 comment:

  1. I have eaten this salad, prepared by Peng. It is absolutely AMAZING!!!!

    ReplyDelete