Thai Steak Salad
with red cabbage, carrots, and basil
Ingredients
- Flank or skirt steak - 1 1/4 lbs
- Red cabbage - 1/2 head, sliced
- Carrots - 1/2 lb, grated
- Romaine hearts - 2, chopped
- Basil - 2 to 3 sprigs, sliced thinly
- Cilantro - 1/4 bunch, chopped
- Fish sauce - 3 Tbsp
- Lime juice - 2 Tbsp
- Brown sugar - 1 Tbsp
- Cooking oil - 1/4 cup
- Peanuts (opt) - 1/4 cup, crushed
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Prep
- Steak - If you made last night's meal, nothing to do! Otherwise, season and tenderize with salt and pepper
- Cabbage / Carrots / Romaine hearts / Basil / Cilantro - Prep as directed
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Make
- If you made last night's meal, just warm up steak in an oven heated to 200F (93C) degrees for about 10 to 15 minutes. Otherwise, position top rack ~6 inches (15 cm) from broiler and preheat broiler. Place steak on a foil lined sheet pan and broil on each side for ~3 minutes for medium-rare, ~4 minutes for medium, and ~5 minutes for well-done. When steak is done, take out of oven and let rest
- Make dressing by whisking together fish sauce, lime juice, brown sugar, and 1/4 cup (59 ml) cooking oil
- Toss salad ingredients with dressing. Season to taste with salt. Add chopped peanuts if using
- Slice steak and top salad with protein
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Reviews
Ratings
11 reviews
Added corn and edamame. Salad itself had a lot of potential but the sAuce was boring and really didn’t enhance the recipie as it should have.
0 HelpfulI grilled my steak, but the salad was missing something. I should have added some sort of tangy cheese or something crunchy other than cabbage. I thought the dressing was okay, but won't be making it again.
0 HelpfulI added some cashews and some extra lime juice and honey as the fish sauce was a little over-powering and it turns out great.
0 HelpfulThis was fantastic! My husband and a couple of his friends are trying to lose weight. So they wanted something light, but filling. This was perfect. After reading the comments, I did add a little Sriracha to the dressing for a little heat and a few grape tomatoes to the salad.
0 HelpfulDELICIOUS! Add a touch more brown sugar and lime juice to the dressing, as well as some sriracha, to balance out the strong fish sauce. Also used cashews instead of peanuts.
0 HelpfulNext time I will use a more tender cut of steak (or will marinate it first) but I LOVED the look and taste of the salad! It barely needed any dressing. Peanuts were a nice touch.
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