Seared fillet of beef with a Thai vinaigrette

Seared fillet of beef with a Thai vinaigrette

olive reader Maria Khuen converts rare beef doubters with this flavour-packed salad

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 6

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 20 mins

Cook time

Cook 1 hr 10 mins

Plus marinating

Method

  1. Roll the beef in the peppercorns and pour over the fish sauce. Chill in the fridge for 2 hours. heat the oven to 120C/fan 100C/gas 1 /2. Spread out the tomatoes on a non-stick baking sheet, sprinkle over the balsamic and some salt then roast for an hour. Let cool.
  2. To make the vinaigrette, put all ingredients in a screw top jar, fasten the lid tightly and shake. Chill in the fridge to let flavours develop.
  3. Turn up the oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Heat a non-stick frying pan and sear the beef on all sides. Wrap the beef loosely in foil, then roast in the oven for about 10 minutes. Let the beef rest for 10 minutes so all the juices come to the surface, then add these to the vinaigrette. Put the lettuce leaves on a flat serving dish. Finely slice the beef so it is paper thin and lay over the lettuce, then arrange the cherry tomatoes on top with the finely sliced onion and chilli. Pour over the vinaigrette just before serving.

Per serving

173 kcalories, protein 18.9g, carbohydrate 9.5g, fat 6.9 g, saturated fat 2.6g, fibre 2g, salt 2.25 g

Recipe from olive magazine, August 2010.

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  • 07 March 2011

    sarah_g rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    I made a slightly edited version of this and it was delicious!! I left out the tomatoes, onion and lettuce as I didn't have any, and had it with potato wedges. I also used much more chilli. Its a lovely vinaigrette, I will definitely make this again.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 6

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 20 mins

Cook time

Cook 1 hr 10 mins

Plus marinating

Ingredients

FOR THE VINAIGRETTE

  • 125ml lime juice
  • 3 tbsp Thai fish sauce
  • 1 tsp soy sauce
  • 1 tsp sweet chilli sauce
  • 2 tsp golden caster sugar
  • 1 garlic clove
  • handful coriander , finely chopped
  • 1 stick lemongrass , outer layer removed, finely sliced
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Per serving

173 kcalories, protein 18.9g, carbohydrate 9.5g, fat 6.9 g, saturated fat 2.6g, fibre 2g, salt 2.25 g

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