Thai Beef Salad

==Description==
Here's a salad with substance. You could serve it as a main meal, or as a starter for a Thai meal.
===Ingredients===
* 1 teaspoon chili flakes, finely chopped
* 2 cloves garlic, crushed into a paste
* 3 tablespoons fresh lime juice or lemon juice
* 1 tablespoon fish sauce
* 1/2 teaspoon Sugar
* 1 small red onion, sliced into thin rings
* 2 stalks lemongrass, bruised and chopped (optional)
* 100 g green beans, trimmed
* 1/2 small cucumber, peeled
* 20 small cherry tomatoes, halved
* 20 red seedless grapes
* 1/4 cup fresh mint
* 1/4 cup fresh coriander
* 300 g sirloin Steak
* 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
===Directions===
Mix the chili flakes and garlic together.<BR>
Mix in the lime or lemon juice, fish sauce, Sugar, sliced lemongrass and red onions.<BR>
Boil the Beans in a pot of water for just for a couple minutes. Rinse in cool water and drain.<BR>
Cut the cucumber in half lengthwise and use a spoon to scoop out the seeds. Cut into half-moon shapes.<BR>
Mix the Beans, tomatoes, cucumber, grapes and most of the herbs together in a salad bowl.<BR>
Heat up a frying pan or griddle until very hot.<BR>
Smear the meat with oil on both sides and cook for 2-4 minutes on each side. This will leave a bit of pink in the middle.<BR>
If you want it well done, adjust the cooking time as necessary.<BR>
Let the meat rest for five minutes before slicing, then lay it on a work surface and slice it thinly on a slant.<BR>
Spoon most of the dressing mixture you prepared earlier over the salad.<BR>
Slide the Steak slices through a bit of the remaining dressing, then arrange it over the salad.<BR>
Decorate with the leftover herbs and serve.
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==See also==
Category: Thai Appetizers
Category:AppetizersCategory:Recipes
Category:Chili Recipes
Category:Beef Recipes
Category:Thai Recipes
Category: Boiled Red onion RecipesCategory: Red onion Side Dish Recipes
category:Lemon Recipes
category:Lime Recipes
category:Grapes Recipes
Category:Red Grapes Recipes
Category:Mint Recipes
Category:Lemongrass Recipes
category:vegetable oil Recipes
category:lemon juice Recipes
category:lemongrass Recipes
category:lime juice Recipes
category:red onion Recipes
category:tomato Recipes
category:cucumber Recipes
category:cherry Recipes
category:grapes Recipes
category:flakes Recipes
category:garlic Recipes
category:Sugar Recipes
category:granulated sugar Recipes
category:water Recipes
category:lime Recipes
category:meal Recipes
category:mint Recipes
category:oil Recipes
category:green bean Recipes
category:Steak Recipes
category:chile leaf Recipes
category:Fresh Beans Recipes
category:meat Recipes
category:fish Recipes