RECIPE

Quick Thai Beef Salad

  • Contributed by Chang Mai Thai Cooking School
  • ACTIVE:
  • TOTAL TIME: 15 MIN
  • SERVINGS: 4

We love this pungent, tangy salad because it is astonishingly fast to make. Other versions of this recipe require you to marinate and cook the meat, which can take hours; this variation (which appeared in F&W in May 2002) calls for store-bought roast beef instead.

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  • ACTIVE:
  • TOTAL TIME: 15 MIN
  • SERVINGS: 4
  • FAST
  • HEALTHY
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Ingredients

  • Ingredients
    1. 6 tablespoons fresh lime juice
    2. 5 tablespoons Asian fish sauce
    3. 2 Thai chiles, minced
    4. 1 teaspoon sugar
    5. 1/2 pound thinly sliced rare beef
    6. 5 small scallions, cut into 1-inch lengths
    7. 3 medium shallots, thinly sliced
    8. 1 medium tomato, halved and sliced
    9. 1 cup thinly sliced peeled cucumber
    10. 1/2 cup chopped celery leaves

Directions

  1. In a large bowl, mix the lime juice, fish sauce, chiles and sugar; stir to dissolve the sugar. Add the beef, scallions, shallots, tomato, cucumber and celery leaves, toss gently and serve.