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Thai Beef Salad

Turn leftover roast beef such as from Tuscan Braised Beef (page 172) into a taste adventure by adding Thai-style dressing.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    serves 4, 1 cup per serving

Ingredients

Salad

8 Boston lettuce leaves
12 ounces cooked beef from Tuscan Braised Beef or other cooked lean roast beef, cut into 1 x 1/2-inch strips
1 small cucumber, peeled and diced
1/2 small red onion, thinly sliced
Pepper to taste

Dressing

2 tablespoons lime juice
1 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon no-salt-added tomato paste
1 tablespoon fish sauce
1 tablespoon canola or corn oil
1 teaspoon bottled minced garlic or 2 medium garlic cloves, minced
1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
1 1/2 tablespoons snipped fresh cilantro (optional)

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Arrange the lettuce leaves on salad plates.

    Step 2

    In a medium bowl, stir together the beef, cucumber, and onion. Sprinkle with the pepper.

    Step 3

    In a small bowl, whisk together the dressing ingredients. Stir into the beef mixture. Arrange on the lettuce. Sprinkle with the cilantro.

  2. Cook’s Tip on Fish Sauce

    Step 4

    Thin and usually brown, fish sauce is a condiment made from salted, fermented fish, most often anchovies. Its flavor and odor are pungent, so a little goes a long way. Thai fish sauce, nam pla, is milder than its Vietnamese counterpart, nuoc mam or nuoc cham. Check the Asian section of the supermarket for these sauces.

  3. nutrition information

    Step 5

    (Per Serving)

    Step 6

    Calories: 195

    Step 7

    Total Fat: 6.0g

    Step 8

    Saturated: 1.5g

    Step 9

    Trans: 0.0g

    Step 10

    Polyunsaturated: 1.0g

    Step 11

    Monounsaturated: 3.5g

    Step 12

    Cholesterol: 48mg

    Step 13

    Sodium: 482mg

    Step 14

    Carbohydrates: 8g

    Step 15

    Fiber: 1g

    Step 16

    Sugars: 5g

    Step 17

    Protein: 26g

    Step 18

    Dietary Exchanges

    Step 19

    1/2 Carbohydrate

    Step 20

    3 Lean Meat

American Heart Association Quick & Easy Meals
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