I’ve been in my hometown of Minneapolis this week and had the pleasure of making an appearance on KARE-11 TV with the fabulous anchor Pat Evans! He was a great friend of my mom Leeann’s so I was especially honored to be visiting his set. Click here to view my cooking demo on KARE-11!
I covered light summer salads during my segment which included this tender and delicious Thai Steak Salad. This salad is light and refreshing yet satisfying from the melt-in-your-mouth rib eye steak. Steaks are thrown on the grill and then tossed in a salad with red peppers, mangoes, Thai basil, cilantro, mint and crushed peanuts. It’s then drizzled with a sweet, hot, salty and sour dressing made with lime juice, orange, juice, lemongrass, soy sauce, chili-garlic sauce and brown sugar. Why have the same old steak salad when you can have this beauty? Exploding with bright, fresh and spicy flavors, this salad promises to make your next summer get-together memorable special.
1 lb. (500 g) boneless rib eye steak
salt
freshly ground black pepper
Dressing
2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lime juice
2 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons freshly squeezed orange juice
1 ½ teaspoons fish sauce (nam pla)
½ teaspoon Asian chili-garlic sauce, preferably Sambal Oelek
1 teaspoon minced lemongrass
1 clove garlic, minced
1 tablespoon toasted sesame oil
1 tablespoon olive oil or canola oil
Salad
2 cups mixed greens
¾ cup fresh cilantro leaves
1/3 cup (7 g) fresh Thai or Italian basil leaves, julienned
1/3 cup (7 g) fresh mint leaves
1 small carrot, julienned
1/3 cup (55 g) diced fresh mango
crushed roasted peanuts
