Gabriel Gate - Recipe of the Month

Thai Beef Salad with Vegetables - November 2008

Serves 2

Quantity	Ingredient
1 tsp	vegetable oil
200 g	steak, e.g. sirloin or eye fillet steak, trimmed
100 g	green beans
1	small carrot
1/4	red capsicum
50 g	bean shoots, root removed
juice	of 1 lime
2 tbsp	fish sauce
4	drops sesame oil
1/2	small red chilli, finely chopped
1/2 tsp	brown sugar
1/2	clove garlic, finely chopped
1 tbsp	chopped peanuts
3 tbsp	finely sliced coriander leaves
3	mint leaves, finely sliced

Taken from 'Recipes for a Great Life' by Gabriel Gaté and Dr Rob Moodie (Hardie Grant 2008).

This has become one of the most popular modern salads. Many recipes use a lot of fish sauce which is quite salty. My recipe has less fish sauce, but is still full of flavour from the lime juice and herbs.

Heat oil in a pan and cook steak on each sides for 3-4 minutes. Transfer steak to a plate.

Cut beans, carrot and capsicum into very fine strips. Drop the vegetable strips into a large pot of boiling water and leave for 2 minutes. Add bean shoots, then after 10 seconds transfer all vegetables to a pot of cold water to cool, then drain.

In a large bowl, mix lime juice with fish sauce, sesame oil, chilli, sugar and garlic.

Cut steak into fine strips and toss meat in the dressing. Add vegetables, peanuts, sliced coriander leaves and mint leaves. Toss well and serve.

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