Ingredients
- 1 1/4 pound flank steak or reserved cooked flank steak from broiled flank steak recipe *see cooks note
- Coarse salt
- Cracked pepper
- 1/2 cup lime juice divided
- 2 teaspoons olive oil
- 1/4 cup fish sauce
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon Vietnamese chili paste
- 1/2 cup loosely packed, roughly chopped cilantro leaves
- 1 cucumber, peeled, seeded and thinly sliced
- 1 mango, peeled, seeded and cut into 1-inch chunks
- 1 large head butter lettuce, washed and spun dry
Directions
*Cooks Note: if using reserved cooked steak, there is no need to cook it again. Just slice it thinly and use.
Season flank steak with salt and pepper and 1/4 cup lime juice. Heat oil in a 12-inch non-stick skillet over medium high heat. Add flank steak and cook to medium rare, turning once, about 6 to 7 minutes per side. Remove to a cutting board and let rest.
In a large, non-reactive salad bowl, whisk together remaining lime juice, fish sauce, sugar, chili paste and cilantro. Add cucumber, mango and lettuce leaves to dressing. Toss until combined. Divide among 5 serving dishes.
Slice flank steak very thin and divide slices among the salads. Place over greens.
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By juliemorr1355
San Diego, CA
on May 16, 2006
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We had alot of left over steak, so I made this beef salad, and boy was it ever good. I did accidently use oyster sauce instead of fish sauce. Still very tasty. Also, I added onions and red peppers to the dish. My family devoured this meal.
By kaezack_2392486
Houston, TX
on March 29, 2005
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What a fantastic salad -- I didn't have any butter lettuce so I used regular iceberg lettuce instead. I also used thinly sliced red onions. They added extra crunch and the overall effect was perfect. My new favorite low-fat salad!
By redgingerlee
lanham, MD
on December 26, 2004
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I served this for Christmas dinner and people were asking for the recipe. I did modified it a little. I used Thai chili paste and Thai fish sauce. I added fresh Thai basil and finely sliced red onions and voila...Thai hot and sour beef salad. They asked me to make this next year!
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