Thai beef salad with nam jim

This Thai beef salad is made with tender, lean steak and tossed in a delicious nam jim dressing. Serve it up for a fresh healthy meal that even the fussiest kids will love.

Ingredients

  • 1 large garlic clove

    minced

  • 1 tbsp coriander root

    finely chopped

  • 1 long red chilli

    deseed if you don’t want it too hot, finely chopped

  • 0.5 small red onion

    finely chopped

  • 1 tbsp fish sauce

  • 2 tbsp lime juice

    from about 1 large lime

  • 1 zest from lime

  • 1 tbsp brown sugar

  • 2 tsp peanut oil

    or any other vegetable oil

  • 2 tbsp water

  • 70g rice vermicelli

    turns into about 220g when softened

  • oil spray

  • 400g lean beef steak

  • 4 cups lettuce

    chopped

  • 1 lebanese cucumber

    chopped or sliced into ribbons (for ribbons, use a potato peeler)

  • 2 tomatoes

    chopped

  • 1 red capsicum

    thinly sliced

  • 1 cup coriander leaves

  • 1 cup mint leaves

Allergy Advice

Contains Fish

Contains Nuts

Equipment

  • 1 small blender
  • 1 small non-stick frying pan
  • 1 cutting board
  • 1 potato peeler

Instructions

  1. Place rice vermicelli in boiling water and leave to soak for 5 minutes until softened. Then drain vermicelli and set aside.
  2. Place all dressing ingredients into a small blender and process until smooth.
  3. Heat a small non-stick frying pan on medium high.
  4. Spray steak lightly with oil on both sides and add to the pan.
  5. Cook steak for 2-3 minutes on each side.
  6. Remove steak from pan and allow to rest on a board before slicing thinly.
  7. Mix lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes, capsicum, coriander leaves, mint leaves and rice vermicelli together and divide among 4 plates.
  8. Top with slices of beef and pour over nam jim dressing.

Notes

Tip
If you can’t find limes, use lemons.
Variation
You can use any rice noodles you like in this dish.

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