Thai Beef Salad

Summertime is so perfect for this salad.  

When you don't feel like heating up the kitchen by cooking

indoors, just fire up the grill.  

It is a one dish meal!

Just open a cold beer to go along with the lime, spice, and salt of this salad.

Sit on the patio, in the shade and relax and enjoy!

As Always,

ENJOY!

INGREDIENTS

             

• 30ounces sirloin steak, or flank steak
• 7ounces salad greens (any kind)
• 2small red onions finely sliced
• 10kaffir lime leaves, fresh, shredded
• 3large mild red chiles, seeded and chopped (can add thai bird chiles if you like a BIG punch)
• 1 large cucumber, quartered and cut into bite size pieces
• 3-4 salad tomatoes

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• 2⁄3cup cilantro
• 2⁄3cup mint leaves
• 2⁄3cup basil leaves

• DRESSING

• 1teaspoon soy sauce
• 2tablespoons fish sauce
• 2tablespoons lime juice
• 2tablespoons brown sugar or palm sugar

• DIRECTIONS

  1. Brush the beef with a little oil and char-grill, barbecue, or pan-fry till cooked to your liking.
  2. (I recommend medium rare for this recipe, if you can handle a little blood.) Set aside for five minutes and slice it thinly.
  3. Place salad greens, onions,cucumber, tomato, kaffir lime leaves, chili, cilantro, mint and basil into a salad bowl and toss lightly.
  4. To make the dressing, combine the soy sauce, fish sauce, lime juice and sugar.
  5. Stir the dressing well.
  6. Place the beef on the salad and pour over the dressing.
  7. Serve immediately.