This Recipe is from BBC Food website, link at the bottom. It turned out really well.
Ingredients
For the beef
3 X 6oz sirloin steaks
vegetable oil, for brushing
salt and freshly ground black pepper
For the salad
1 head Chinese leaf
5 ripe tomatoes
4 banana shallots
1 cucumber
4 spring onions
handful fresh basil leaves
handful fresh coriander
For the dressing
2 tsp brown sugar
2 limes, juiced
2 table spoon fish sauce
1 large red chilli
Method
1. Brush the steaks with oil and season with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Heat a ridged griddle pan until smoking, then add the steaks and griddle for 3-6 minutes on each side, or until cooked to your liking. Remove from the heat and leave to rest in a warm place for five minutes.
2. For the salad, finely slice the Chinese leaf and place into a large bowl. Cut the tomatoes into wedges and add to the bowl. Finely slice the shallots and add to the bowl.
3. Slice the cucumber in half down the middle. Remove the seeds with a teaspoon and slice the cucumber flesh on the diagonal. Discard the seeds and add the cucumber to the bowl. Slice the spring onions on the diagonal and add to the bowl.
4. Tear the basil leaves and add to the bowl. Tear the coriander leaves and stalks and add to the bowl. Mix together to combine well.
5. For the dressing, add two teaspoons of the brown sugar into a small clean bowl, add the lim juice, stir until the sugar is dissolved.
6. Add the fish sauce to the dressing. Finely chop the chillies and add to the dressing.
7. Cut the cooked steak into thin slices on the diagonal. Just before serving add the sliced steak to the salad ingredients, drizzle over the dressing and mix together well. Add to the bowl the juices from the plate the meat was resting on.
8. Serve the salad on a large plate.
Adapted from http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/get_cooking/recipes/048.shtml
3 X 6oz sirloin steaks
vegetable oil, for brushing
salt and freshly ground black pepper
For the salad
1 head Chinese leaf
5 ripe tomatoes
4 banana shallots
1 cucumber
4 spring onions
handful fresh basil leaves
handful fresh coriander
For the dressing
2 tsp brown sugar
2 limes, juiced
2 table spoon fish sauce
1 large red chilli
Method
1. Brush the steaks with oil and season with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Heat a ridged griddle pan until smoking, then add the steaks and griddle for 3-6 minutes on each side, or until cooked to your liking. Remove from the heat and leave to rest in a warm place for five minutes.
2. For the salad, finely slice the Chinese leaf and place into a large bowl. Cut the tomatoes into wedges and add to the bowl. Finely slice the shallots and add to the bowl.
3. Slice the cucumber in half down the middle. Remove the seeds with a teaspoon and slice the cucumber flesh on the diagonal. Discard the seeds and add the cucumber to the bowl. Slice the spring onions on the diagonal and add to the bowl.
4. Tear the basil leaves and add to the bowl. Tear the coriander leaves and stalks and add to the bowl. Mix together to combine well.
5. For the dressing, add two teaspoons of the brown sugar into a small clean bowl, add the lim juice, stir until the sugar is dissolved.
6. Add the fish sauce to the dressing. Finely chop the chillies and add to the dressing.
7. Cut the cooked steak into thin slices on the diagonal. Just before serving add the sliced steak to the salad ingredients, drizzle over the dressing and mix together well. Add to the bowl the juices from the plate the meat was resting on.
8. Serve the salad on a large plate.
Adapted from http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/get_cooking/recipes/048.shtml
