This dish just makes you feel good after you eat it. It contains no unhealthy ingredients, and there is just something about all the crunchiness that makes it feel 'right' - like it's really good for you. I swear it makes me feel better... really!
Thai Beef Salad
1 medium piece of rump steak, thinly sliced
1 carrot, peeled
1/4 red cabbage
1 handful bean sprouts
1 cucumber, deseeded
2 spring onions, trimmed
2 tbsp crushed peanuts, un-salted
2 tbsp fried shallots
Marinade
1 red chili
2 garlic cloves
2 inch piece of lemongrass
2cm piece of ginger
1/4 bunch of coriander (roots and leaves)
1/2 tsp sesame oil
1 tbsp fish sauce
1 tbsp lime juice
1 tsp palm sugar or brown sugar
Salad dressing
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 tbsp fish sauce
1/2 tsp caster sugar
1/2 tsp salt
Smash up the marinade ingredients in a mortar and pestle, and transfer to a large, non-reactive bowl containing the beef strips. Stir to coat the beef, cover, and leave in the fridge for at least an hour.
Whisk the salad dressing ingredients together in a small bowl.
Thinly slice the carrot, spring onion, cucumber, and cabbage. Add the bean sprouts.
Quickly stir-fry the beef in hot oil in a wok, until cooked medium-rare.
Dress your salad. Serve on plates, and top with the beef, then sprinkle with crushed peanuts and fried shallots.
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