Thai Beef Salad

This is a great summer dish, so tasty and very nutritious with a lot of herb and vegetables – I have added broccoli and asparagus, but you can add any vegetable you like that is crisp and fresh.

This will feed about 6 people

1 kg Flank or Rump steak (beef)

¼ Cup Fish Sauce

½  Cup Lemon or lime juice

3 Tbsp Kecap Manis (sweet soy sauce)

4 Garlic cloves (minced)

3 tbsp sesame oil

1 ½  tbsp chilli oil

2 chillies (finely sliced)

1 bunch Coriander (roughly chopped)

1 Cos Lettuce (sliced)

1 bunch mint (chopped)

1 bunch green onions (sliced)

2 Spanish onions (halved and sliced)

4 tomatoes (cut into mini Wedges)

2 cucumbers (halved and sliced)

1 red Capsicum (sliced into thin strips)

1 bunch Broccoli flowerets (blanched)

1 or 2 bundles of Asparagus (blanched and cut to bite size pieces)

1.     Pre-heat BBQ or grill

2.     Make the dressing by whisking together fish sauce, lemon juice, kecap manis, garlic, sesame oil, chilli oil and sliced chilli.

3.     You can use a little of this dressing to marinade the beef before BBQ.

4.     Grill beef until cooked to medium – well.

5.     Leave to rest and cool before slicing into thin bite size strips.

6.     In a large bowl, add the coriander, lettuce, mint, green onions, Spanish onion, tomatoes, cucumbers, capsicum, broccoli, and asparagus and mix in the sliced beef (and juices) and the marinade – toss together to coat.

Bon Apetit