Thai beef salad
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:
- Cook:
- Easy
- Serves 2
Ingredients
- 1 cucumber and 1 mooli, ends trimmed, halved widthways and spiralized into thin noodles, then patted fry and any long strands cut in half
- 1 rump steak (200-250g)
- 2 tsp groundnut oil or sunflower oil
- 100g beansprouts
- small pack coriander, leaves picked
For the dressing
- 1 garlic clove, crushed
- 1 tbsp fish sauce
- 1 tbsp soft brown sugar
- 1/2 lime, zested and juiced
- 1 red chilli, finely chopped (deseeded if you like)
Method
- STEP 1
Mix all the dressing ingredients, stirring until the sugar has dissolved. In a large bowl, toss the cucumber and mooli with half the dressing.
- STEP 2
Rub the steak with the oil and season on both sides. Heat a frying pan until it is searing hot. Fry the steak for 2-3 mins each side for medium rare. Transfer to a plate to rest.
- STEP 3
To assemble the salad, pile the vegetables onto plates and mix with the beansprouts and coriander. Top with the steak and remaining dressing.
