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BBQ Thai beef salad with lemongrass dressing

Nov 22 05:07pm

Prep Time	Cook Time	Serves
25 minutes	10 minutes	4

Ingredients

1/4 bunch coriander, leaves picked..
...and finely shredded
1/2 bunch mint, leaves picked and torn
1/2 small daikon radish OR
4 traditional radishes, cut into long thin strips
2 Lebanese cucumbers, cut into long thin strips
1 cup bean shoots
20ml olive oil
2 pinches sea-salt flakes
1 large slice rump steak, about 500g
1/2 cup roasted salted peanuts
1 small Chinese cabbage, cut lengthways into 12 wedges
LEMONGRASS DRESSING
3 red Asian eschalots
OR 1 small red onion, finely diced
2 lemongrass stalks (tender white part only), very finely sliced
50ml (or to taste) fish sauce
2 green chillies, sliced
4 Tbsp caster sugar
4 Kaffir lime leaves, very finely sliced
Juice of 3 limes
40ml iced water
1/4 bunch coriander, leaves picked, finely shredded

If you're looking for something light, but don't want to miss out on flavour and texture, this is one to try.

Here's how:

1 Combine coriander, mint, radish, cucumber and bean shoots in a bowl.

2 Preheat a barbecue hotplate or grill pan to hot. Rub the oil and salt over the meat and cook for 4-5 minutes on each side. Set aside for 4 minutes, then slice.

3 Arrange meat on a platter and pour over half the Lemongrass dressing and half the peanuts. Add remaining dressing and peanuts to the herb and cucumber salad and toss. Top meat with salad and arrange cabbage next to the meat.

4 To make the Lemongrass dressing: Combine eschalot, lemongrass, fish sauce, chilli, sugar, Kaffir leaves, lime juice, water and coriander in a bowl.

Cook's tip:

Choose well marbled steak for full flavour.

2 Comments Report Abuse

1. bnncpr - Jun 18 11:54pm

A lot of ingredients (most of which normal people wouldn't have in the pantry) for very little taste. Such a mixture of tastes, the dressing; onion, lemongrass, chillies limes and their leaves. Cabbage, peanuts, cucumbers, radishes and meat. What happened to the old meat & 3 vegetables??

2. verteus - Jun 19 07:23am

Maybe alot of ingredients but the taste is superb,my mouth was watering whilst I made the dressing.Only had to purchase lemon grass,radishes&cucumber,as I had other ingredients in pantry,fridge & growing in my garden.My husband is a meat & 4 veg man,he was pleasantly surprised.