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Thursday, October 08, 2009

trying new recipes

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.
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9 comments:

  1. Deb in Hawaii12:29 PM, October 08, 2009

    It looks great. Thai Beef Salad is such a great dinner-not too heavy but has substance.

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  2. Dennis K.12:38 PM, October 08, 2009

    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!

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  3. Jenster12:40 PM, October 08, 2009

    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.

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  4. KirkK1:00 PM, October 08, 2009

    Hey Kat - Please tell me the recipe in the book doesn't use just soy sauce and no fish sauce....

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  5. K and S1:14 PM, October 08, 2009

    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

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  6. Rowena5:02 PM, October 08, 2009

    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.

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  7. K and S5:08 PM, October 08, 2009

    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

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  8. Chibog in Chief11:36 PM, October 08, 2009

    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?

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  9. K and S8:26 AM, October 09, 2009

    Thanks Dhanggit, I used lettuce, carrot, cucumber, and some onions.

    Take care.
    Kat

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