Thai beef salad

4 servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
4120 g slices beef fillet
100millilitresWhite vinegar
45gramsSugar
2Cloves garlic, chopped finely
1cupFresh lime juice
½cupNam Pla
2teaspoonsLight soy sauce
60gramsFresh coriander, chopped finely
2smallsHeads cos lettuce
1largeCucumber
250gramsWhite cabbage, shredded coarsely
3teaspoonsNam Pla (Thai fish sauce)
120gramsChinese cillie paste (Tau Pan)
60gramsShallots, chopped finely
1Clove garlic, chopped finely
1Green chilli, deseeded and chopped fine
1smallRipe pawpaw, peeled & sliced into 5 cm long sticks
Fresh coriander leaves

Directions

MARINADE

DRESSING

TO SERVE

To cook the beef: grill the beef until med rare and set aside.

To make the marinade and marinate the cooked beef: mix the vinegar, sugar, galic, Nam Pla, and chillie paste together. Slice the meat thinly pour over the marinade and marinate for 15 mins.

To make the dressing: combine all the dressing ingredients and set aside.

To serve: arrange the lettuce leaves on each plate. Trim the ends from the cucumber and cut in half crosswise. Slice lengwise into thin strips. Place a small amount of cabbage on the cucumber strips, and roll up. Repeat with the pawpaw, rolling the pawpaw sticks in cucumber strips. Place the clicd marinated beef on top of the lettuce. Surround each serve with 3 cabbage and pawpaw rolls. Spoon the dressing over the beef, lettuce and the rolls. Top the beef with a generous serving of the coridander leaves. By Grand Hyatt Erawan Bankok

From: Australian Vogue Wine and Food Cookbook 94/95 Typed by Joell Abbott 8/94.