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Beef - Thai salad

Preparation time: 15 minutes   Cooking time: 10 minutes

Beef - Thai salad

Recipe highlights Serves: 4

  • Good source of folate, iron
  • Best served immediately

Ingredients

  • 500 g rump steak, trimmed of all visible fat
    200 g rocket or mixed lettuce leaves, washed and drained
    2 Lebanese cucumbers, thinly sliced
    1 punnet cherry tomatoes
    2 tablespoons mint leaves, finely sliced

    Thai-style dressing:
    2 cloves garlic, crushed
    1/4 cup coriander leaves
    1 small red chilli, seeds removed and chopped, (use 2 chillies if you like it spicy)
    2 tablespoons lime or lemon juice
    1 tablespoon fish sauce
    1 tablespoon palm or brown sugar
    6 spring onions, sliced

Cooking method

    1. Season the meat well with the pepper and seal in a non-stick pan over a high heat until well browned on both sides but rare inside. (Depending on the pan used, you may need to brush the pan surface lightly with oil to prevent the meat from sticking). Transfer the meat to a plate and allow it to rest for 4 to 5 minutes to let the meat fibres relax and help keep the juices in the meat.
    2. Slice the meat thinly across the grain and place in a bowl. Add the rocket (or mixed lettuce leaves), cucumber, cherry tomatoes and mint.
    3. To make the dressing, place the garlic, coriander, chillies, lime juice, fish sauce and spring onions in a food processor and process until well blended, about 1 minute.
    4. Toss the beef and salad vegetables with the dressing and serve at once.

Notes: Slice the meat across the grain to achieve the most tender eating quality. This is important when cutting raw meat and when carving roasts.

Nutritional facts

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Average Quantity per ServingAverage Quantity per 100g
Energy909kJ (217Cal)260kJ (62Cal)
Protein29.2g8.3g
Fat, Total6.7g1.9g
- Saturated2.9gless than 1g
- Monunsaturated2.9gless than 1g
- Polyunsaturatedless than 1gless than 1g
Cholesterol80.0mg22.8mg
Carbohydrate8.0g2.3g
Carbohydrate(Avail)8.0g2.3g
- Sugars7.8g2.2g
Water296g84.5g
Dietary Fibre3.7g1.1g
Sodium550mg157mg
Potassium871mg249mg
Magnesium53.8mg (17%RDI)15.4mg
Calcium77.4mg (10%RDI)22.1mg
Phosphorus324mg (32%RDI)92.5mg
Iron4.5mg (38%RDI)1.3mg
Zinc5.2mg (44%RDI)1.5mg
Thiamin0.2mg (19%RDI)0.1mg
Riboflavin0.4mg (23%RDI)0.1mg
Niacin7.4mg2.1mg
Niacin Eq13.2mg (132%RDI)3.8mg
Vitamin C50.7mg (127%RDI)14.5mg
Folate82.2ug (41%RDI)23.5ug
Vitamin A140ug (19%RDI)40.0ug
Retinolless than 0.01ugless than 0.01ug
B-Carotene Eq844ug241ug

Contributed by:

The Cancer Council Victoria
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Source: Lifetrack (1999), Eat! Enjoy! The Lifetrack cookbook, Melbourne.
This recipe was orginally published as:
Thai beef salad

Recipe publication date on: 08/07/2001
Last reviewed on: 26/10/2011


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