Asian Grilled Beef Salad

Asian Grilled Beef Salad Ingredients

1 1/4 pound flank steak	To finish the salad:
Marinade/ Dressing:	1 ounce Asian rice noodles
4 each cloves garlic minced	1 head Boston lettuce or mixed greens
1 tablespoon fresh ginger minced	1 each cucumber, thinly sliced
3 each scallions white part minced, green part thinly sliced for garnish	1 small sweet onion thinly sliced and broken into rings
2 each jalapeno chilies seeded and minced	1 pint cherry tomatoes
3 tablespoons sugar	1/4 cup fresh mint leaves
1/3 cup soy sauce (or fish sauce)	1/4 cup fresh cilantro leaves
1/3 cup fresh lime juice	1/4 cup fresh basil leaves
3 tablespoons water	1 ea scallion greens
2 tablespoons sesame oil	1/4 cup chopped roasted peanuts

Instructions for Asian Grilled Beef Salad

1. Score the flank steak on both sides in a crosshatch pattern, as shown in the photo. Arrange the steak in a baking dish just large enough to hold it.
2. Place the garlic, ginger, scallion whites, chilies, and sugar in a mixing bowl and mash to a paste with the back of the spoon. Add the soy sauce, lime juice, water, and sesame oil and stir or whisk until the sugar crystals are dissolved. Pour half the marinade over the steak and marinate for 1 to 2 hours in the refrigerator, turning several times to insure even marinating.

3. Soak the rice noodles in cold water to cover in a large bowl for 1 hour. Taste them. If tender as is, drain well. If the rice noodles are still tough, cook in 3 quarts rapidly boiling water until tender 2 to 4 minutes. Drain in a colander, rinse with cold water, and drain well.

4. Set up the grill for direct grilling and preheat to high.

5. Line your salad plates with large lettuce leaves. Tear the smaller leaves into 2 inch pieces. Place the lettuce pieces, cucumbers, onion, tomatoes, mint, cilantro, and basil in the mixing bowl with the reserved dressing, but to not mix.

6. Grill the flank steak until cooked to taste 4 to 6 minutes per side for medium-rare. Transfer to a cutting board and let rest for 3 minutes. Cut the steak into paper thin slices sharply on the diagonal.

7. Toss the salad and loosely mound it on the lettuce lined plates. Place a mound of rice noodles in the center of each. Fan the beef slices on top of the salad and sprinkle with the scallion greens and peanuts. Serve at once.


Main Ingredient: BeefCuisine: Asian

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