How to Make Easy Thai Beef Salad

beef

🥗Healthier: chicken

💰Cheaper: pork

Chicken is leaner and pork is often less expensive.

fish sauce

🥗Healthier: soy sauce

💰Cheaper: salt

Soy sauce is lower in sodium and easier to find.

sugar

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: agave syrup

Honey is a natural sweetener with a unique flavor.

peanuts

🥗Healthier: sunflower seeds

💰Cheaper: cashews

Sunflower seeds are nut-free and lower in calories.

Look for the grain in your beef and cut against the grain into thin slices.

Transfer all the meat to a bowl and toss it together with the juice of about 3 limes, 2 tbsp of fish sauce, 3 cloves of crushed garlic, and 1/2 tsp of crushed red pepper flakes.

Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and transfer it to the fridge to marinate for 1 to 4 hours.

Prep all the vegetables for the salad: slice the tomato, slice the cucumber, chop the cilantro, and very thinly slice the red onion, and prepare romaine lettuce.

Make the dressing by combining the juice from 4 limes, 3 tbsp of fish sauce, 2 tbsp of soy sauce, 3 tbsp of sugar, and 1/2 tsp of crushed red pepper flakes, whisk it all together and set aside.

Heat a heavy skillet over high heat (using a grill pan).

Cook the meat for about 1 to 2 minutes per side, cooking in batches if necessary.

Layer the salad starting with a bed of romaine, then add cucumbers, red onion, cilantro, and tomatoes, repeating the layers.

Top it all off with the cooked meat and pour your dressing over it.

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