Recently, I tried Ellie Krieger's Grilled Thai Beef Salad recipe.This recipe takes some pre-planning because the meat needs to be marinated.
I used nampla (fish sauce) instead of shoyu (soy sauce) and sweet chili sauce instead of garlic chili sauce because these are the ingredients I had.
I didn't have the amount of lime juice, but I think if I did, the flavors would have been brighter.
Also, I didn't have cilantro and used up some Italian parsley. I know the flavors are different, but I really needed to use the parsley up.
I browned some yellow onions and added some sliced carrots and cucumber to the salad.
I thought the flavors would be overpowering but they were quite subtle. With a glass of merlot, it was a great dinner.
UPDATE: adding the lime zest to the sauce is also delicious.
9 comments:
It looks great. Thai Beef Salad is such a great dinner-not too heavy but has substance.
Hi K&S, you totally reminded me that I need to cook more.. Wish I were more disciplined about using up stuff in my fridge!
Kat, I love how you improvise on recipes using the ingredients you have on hand. I do that sometimes and just hold my breath, hoping that the recipe will turn out okay.
Your salad looks very refreshing, especially in hot weather.
Hey Kat - Please tell me the recipe in the book doesn't use just soy sauce and no fish sauce....
It was good Debinhawaii :)
I try to use up what I have especially in the fridge first Dennis :)
I think there will be more soup recipes soon Jenster :)
Okay I won't Kirk...
Take care everyone.
Kat
Whenever I see the word nampla, patis, or stinky fish sauce, I go kind of nuts. It has to be one of my most important ingredients in the kitchen! Love the vegs in this too.
The original recipe uses only soy sauce Rowena, so I used nampla cuz I figured if I didn't it, would be teriyaki not thai. :0
Take care.
Kat
Definitely one of my fave Thai Beef Salad! Love the idea of using nampla :-) what veggies did you put on your recipe by the way?
Thanks Dhanggit, I used lettuce, carrot, cucumber, and some onions.
Take care.
Kat
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