Tiger Cries Salad (a Spicy Thai Beef Salad)

Name: Tiger Cries Salad (a Spicy Thai Beef Salad)
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Thai, Asian
Ingredients: 454 grams beef flank steak or 1 lb beef sirloin steaks or 1 lb beef tenderloin (good quality); 454 grams fresh tender salad greens (I use the bagged spring mix) or 1 lb bibb lettuce; 1 cucumber, peeled & seeded cut in half lengthwise and thinly sliced; 2 Tbsps fish sauce; 3 Tbsps fish sauce (to taste); 8 cloves garlic, minced; 1 bunch scallions or 1 bunch green onion, cut to ½ inch; 1 lemon, cut in half lengthwise and very thinly sliced (toss into salad for garnish/flavor); 2 stalks lemongrass, remove outer stalk and slice very thin or grind; 118 milliliters fresh lime juice; 4 Tbsps fresh lime juice; 237 milliliters fresh mint leaf, roughly chopped; 2 Tbsps palm sugar; 1 large red onion, thinly slivered; 3 Tbsps toasted rice powder (ground fine); 4 shallots, minced; 4 servings sticky rice; 2 Tbsps sugar; 4 servings cherry tomatoes or grape tomatoes or wedges tomatoes; 2 teaspoons white pepper; 4 serrano peppers, chilis very finely minced or ground to paste

The recipe Tiger Cries Salad (a Spicy Thai Beef Salad) could satisfy your Asian craving in about 1 hour. This recipe makes 4 servings with 666 calories, 31g of protein, and 26g of fat each. This recipe covers 41% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It works well as an expensive main course. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free and dairy free diet. Head to the store and pick up beef tenderloin, sugar, palm sugar, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

Mix ingredients in a ziploc and let meat marinade from 2-24 hours in liquid.Char grill or broil meat to med rare, about 3-4 minutes per side.

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Marinade

Meat

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Grill

Pour half of dressing over the red onions, lemon and cuke in a LARGE salad bowl and let them absorb the flavor, 15+ minutes.

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Red Onion

Lemon

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Bowl

Add lettuce, tomatoes, scallions and MINT along with the rest of the dressing.Toss the salad until all ingredients are very well coated and mixed.Dish Salad onto plates and top with slices of cooked beef, make sure plenty of dressing is included in each serving.

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Green Onions

Tomato

Lettuce

Beef

Mint

Add a serving of sticky rice to each plate.Serving Suggestion: Very pretty to serve this salad on a bed of Purple Cabbage Leaves.Perfect Sticky Rice: Soak 1-2 pounds of Thai Sweet Rice in lukewarm water in a large bowl for 3 hours- drain& reserve water to use in steaming.Line bottom of bamboo steamer (the stackable sort used for veggies and such) with parchment paper (or cheesecloth sprayed with Pam).Fill steamer with soaked rice and cover.

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Red Cabbage

Sticky Rice

Water

Rice

Cooking Spray

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Baking Paper

Cheesecloth

Bowl

Pour rice soaking water into wok or dutch oven, add some fresh water until approx 3" depth.

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Water

Rice

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Dutch Oven

Wok

Place steamer over water in pan, bring water to boil then reduce to strong simmer-- don't let water cook away.Steam rice for approx 25 minutes, let sit an additional 5 minutes with lid on.To Make Toasted Rice Powder: Toast raw sweet rice in a saute pan on top of stove just as you would sesame seeds-- until very light golden brown.Use a coffee grinder, blender or food processor to grind to a fine consistency- I like mine fine as white sugar but any testure from cous cous, cornmeal, flour, etc is just fine.

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Sesame Seeds

Granulated Sugar

Couscous

Cornmeal

Coffee

All Purpose Flour

Toast

Water

Rice

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Adds an interesting, nutty and essential flavor to the dressing.

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Servings:

454grams

beef flank steak or 1 lb beef sirloin steaks or 1 lb beef tenderloin (good quality)454grams

fresh tender salad greens (I use the bagged spring mix) or 1 lb bibb lettuce 1

cucumber, peeled & seeded cut in half lengthwise and thinly sliced 2Tbsps

fish sauce 3Tbsps

fish sauce (to taste)8cloves

garlic, minced 1bunch

scallions or 1 bunch green onion, cut to ½ inch 1

lemon, cut in half lengthwise and very thinly sliced (toss into salad for garnish/flavor)2stalks

lemongrass, remove outer stalk and slice very thin or grind 118milliliters

fresh lime juice 4Tbsps

fresh lime juice 237milliliters

fresh mint leaf, roughly chopped 2Tbsps

palm sugar 1large

red onion, thinly slivered 3Tbsps

toasted rice powder (ground fine)4

shallots, minced 4servings

sticky rice 2Tbsps

sugar 4servings

cherry tomatoes or grape tomatoes or wedges tomatoes 2teaspoons

white pepper 4

serrano peppers, chilis very finely minced or ground to paste

Recommended wine: Chenin Blanc, Gewurztraminer, Riesling

Thai works really well with Chenin Blanc, Gewurztraminer, and Riesling. The best wine for Asian food depends on the cuisine and dish - of course - but these acidic whites pair with a number of traditional meals, spicy or not. The Birichino Jurassic Park Vineyard Old Vines Chenin Blanc with a 4.4 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 26 dollars per bottle.