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Seared Beef Salad with Thai Flavors
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Seared Beef Salad with Thai Flavors

18 ingredients Serves 4. openrecipes
Seared Beef Salad with Thai Flavors

Thai-style ingredients make this salad vivid and light. Here, they’re paired with quickly marinated and briefly sautéed beef. Serve with fresh spring rolls purchased from an Asian restaurant or specialty-food store.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

515
Calories
30g
Protein
29g
Fat
35g
Carbs

Counts 12 of 15 ingredients — the other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 12 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Beef 100g cooked 250
Peanut Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Cucumber 1/2 cup sliced (52g) 16
Lime juice of 1 lime (44ml) 11
Soy Sauce 1 tbsp (15ml) 9
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Lemongrass 1 tbsp (6g) 5
Lettuce 1 cup shredded (36g) 5
Basil 5 leaves fresh (2.5g) 1
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Leaf not in our table 0
Bean not in our table 0
Peppermint not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 1 lb. beef top sirloin, fat trimmed, cut in half lengthwise
  • 2 Tbs. minced fresh lemongrass (from bottom 6 inches of the
  • stalk)
  • 2 Tbs. Asian fish sauce
  • 1 Tbs. low-sodium soy sauce
  • 1 1/2 tsp. sugar
  • 2 large shallots, minced
  • Freshly ground pepper, to taste
  • 4 Tbs. peanut oil
  • 3 Tbs. fresh lime juice
  • 1 1/2 to 2 serrano chilies, seeded and minced
  • Coarse kosher salt, to taste
  • 1 head red leaf lettuce, torn into bite-size pieces
  • 3/4 lb. bean sprouts
  • 4 Persian cucumbers, halved lengthwise and sliced crosswise
  • 1 cup packed fresh basil leaves, preferably Thai basil
  • 1/3 cup packed fresh mint leaves
  • 1/2 red onion, thinly sliced

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By williamssonoma · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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