Thai Inspired Beef Salad

I’m not crazy about the usual boring salad, but throw in some juicy beef, crunchy vegetables, and creamy peanut dressing and things get interesting.  This salad wins over people who think they don’t like salad by bringing serious flavor to the table.  If you like wimpy salads you best look elsewhere.

 

List of Ingredients - (Serves four)

1 NY strip steak

1 head of your favorite salad lettuce

1 cup smooth peanut butter

¼ cup ricewine vinegar

¼ cup of dry roasted peanuts

2 tablespoon soy sauce

1 tablespoon of grated ginger or paste from the jar

1 cup of cilantro

1 lime

1 carrot stick

1 cucumber

1 teaspoon of both salt and pepper

Start by pan roasting your steak; if you need tips on how to cook the steak properly look at my recipe for Steak with Chimichurri sauce.  Let the steak rest for 10 minutes before slicing into strips for the salad. 
  
Combine in a sauce pan on low heat: peanut butter, rice wine vinegar, ginger, soy sauce, lime juice and salt and pepper.  Once the heat has melted the peanut butter and all the ingredients are combined turn off the heat and let the dressing cool slightly.  Dress your salad with the warm peanut sauce and top with slices of steak, cucumber, carrot, cilantro, and peanuts.  

 Welcome to salad nirvana.