Yum Nua - Thai Beef Salad

A great way to eat left-over steak - it's a meal that tastes completely different than yesterday with minimal effort. However, it's such a good recipe that we even cook the steak just to make Yum Nua

Yield:

2 Servings

Ingredients

1. 2 vegetable oil
2. 1/4 onion, thinly sliced
3. 1-2 limes
4. 2 tablespoon fish sauce
5. 10 sprigs cilantro
6. 1/2 lb beef
7. 2 sprigs spearmint (optional)
8. 1 teaspoon nam prig pow (optional)
9. 1/2 teaspoon ground dried chili pepper (optional)

Directions

1. Broil or grill the steak until medium rare. When cooked, slice the steak against the grain into very thin slices .
2. The amount of onion that you should add should be equal to the amount of meat. Mince most of the cilantro and the mint, but set aside a few sprigs of cilantro and mint for a garnish. Put the beef, onion, cilantro, mint, fish sauce, chili pepper and nam prik pow in a bowl and mix together.
3. Add 3/4 of a lime and taste. Depending on how sour and how juicy your lime is, you might need more. If you need more lime, keep adding just a little. This dish should taste a little hot, and well balanced between the lime and the fish sauce. Serve warm or cold.

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