Special Diets

Spicy Thai Beef Salad

Ingredients

• Salad:1 1/2 lbs flank steak

• 1/2 tsp salt

• 1/2 Tbs freshly ground pepper

• 6 cups red leaf lettuce, torn into pieces

• 1 cucumber, peeled and sliced

• 1 tomato, cut into pieces

• 3 green onions, sliced diagonally

• 1/3 cup fresh mint leaves, chopped (optional)

• Dressing:1/3 cup fresh lime juice

• 1/4 cup fresh cilantro leaves, chopped

• 2 Tbs brown sugar

• 1 Tbs soy sauce, low sodium

• 1 Tbs water

• 1 Tbs fish sauce, bottled

• 4 cloves garlic, minced

• 1 serrano pepper, or red Thai pepper, seeded and minced

A fiery salad that combines many wonderful Thai flavors in one crunchy dish.

Directions

• Preheat grill or broiler.
• Prepare dressing: Combine all dressing ingredients in a jar or bowl; mix well. Set aside.
• Salt and pepper both sides of steak. Place steak on a grill rack or broiler pan coated with vegetable oil spray. Cook 6 minutes on each side or until desired degree of doneness. Let stand 5 minutes. Cut steak diagonally across the grain into thin slices. Cut each slice into 2-inch pieces.
• Prepare salad mixture (lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes green onion and mint leaves).
• Combine salad mixture, steak and dressing in a large bowl, tossing to coat.