Italian Beef Salad with a Thai Twist

Name: Italian Beef Salad with a Thai Twist
Cuisine: South African
Ingredients: 4 Garlic Clove, peeled and roughly chopped; 2 Red Dried Chilli, chopped; Pinch Salt; 60 ml Brown Sugar; 45-60 ml Fish Sauce, or to taste; 30 –45 ml Lime Juice; 600 g Beef Steaks; Sea Salt; freshly Ground Black Pepper; 1 Baby Lettuces, shredded; 1 large Cucumber, deseeded and chopped; 250 g Red and Yellow Italian Peppers, deseeded and chopped; 120 g Radishes, finely sliced; 4 Roma Tomatoes, chopped; 1 Red Onion, peeled and finely diced; 60 ml Flat Leave Parsley, shredded; 4 Carrots, peeled; Olive Oil, for frying; 100 g Pistachio nuts, shelled and roughly chopped

Sean Strydom @Sean_Strydom

Port Elizabeth

Italian Beef Salad with a Thai Twist

Sean Strydom @Sean_Strydom

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Ingredients

Thai-Style Dressing
4Garlic Clove, peeled and roughly chopped
2Red Dried Chilli, chopped
PinchSalt
60 mlBrown Sugar
45-60 mlFish Sauce, or to taste
30–45 ml Lime Juice
Salad
600 gBeef Steaks
Sea Salt
freshly Ground Black Pepper
1Baby Lettuces, shredded
1large Cucumber, deseeded and chopped
250 gRed and Yellow Italian Peppers, deseeded and chopped
120 gRadishes, finely sliced
4Roma Tomatoes, chopped
1Red Onion, peeled and finely diced
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60 mlFlat Leave Parsley, shredded
4Carrots, peeled
Olive Oil, for frying
100 gPistachio nuts, shelled and roughly chopped

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Steps

1

Thai-Style Dressing:
Place the Garlic and Chilli in a mortar with a pinch of Salt and grind into a paste.
2

Combine the garlic past, Sugar, Fish Sauce and Lime Juice. Taste, add a little more Lime Juice if needed, and set aside for flavour to develop.
3

For the Salad:
Season the Steaks generously on both sides, with Salt and Pepper. Set aside to rest.
4

In a salad bowl place the Lettuce, Cucumber, Radishes, Italian Peppers, Tamatos, Red Onion and Parsley.
5

Using a vegetable peeler, cut the Carrots into ribbons. Place ontop of the salad. Stain the drassing and drizzle about 60 to 90 ml of dressing over and set aside.
6

Heat the griddel over medium high heat, till hot. Place fat onto the grills and hold the steak up till the fat is renderes. Grill the steaks on either side for 2 minutes. When cooked to your liking, remove the steaks from the heat and leave to rest, pouring any cooking juices on top. Rest for five minutes.
7

Toss the salald and thickly slice the steak. Place the steak on top of the salad and scatter over the chopped Pistachios. Drizzle over the remaining dressing and serve immediately.