Thai Beef Salad

• 8 Boston lettuce leaves
• 12 ounces cooked beef from Tuscan Braised Beef or other cooked lean roast beef, cut into 1 x 1/2-inch strips
• 1 small cucumber, peeled and diced
• 1/2 small red onion, thinly sliced
• Pepper to taste
• 2 tablespoons lime juice
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 tablespoon no-salt-added tomato paste
• 1 tablespoon fish sauce
• 1 tablespoon canola or corn oil
• 1 teaspoon bottled minced garlic or 2 medium garlic cloves, minced
• 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• 1 1/2 tablespoons snipped fresh cilantro (optional)

1. Arrange the lettuce leaves on salad plates.
2. In a medium bowl, stir together the beef, cucumber, and onion.
3. Sprinkle with the pepper.
4. In a small bowl, whisk together the dressing ingredients.
5. Stir into the beef mixture.
6. Arrange on the lettuce.
7. Sprinkle with the cilantro.
8. Thin and usually brown, fish sauce is a condiment made from salted, fermented fish, most often anchovies.
9. Its flavor and odor are pungent, so a little goes a long way.
10. Thai fish sauce, nam pla, is milder than its Vietnamese counterpart, nuoc mam or nuoc cham.
11. Check the Asian section of the supermarket for these sauces.
12. (Per Serving)
13. Calories: 195
14. Total Fat: 6.0g
15. Saturated: 1.5g
16. Trans: 0.0g
17. Polyunsaturated: 1.0g
18. Monounsaturated: 3.5g
19. Cholesterol: 48mg
20. Sodium: 482mg
21. Carbohydrates: 8g
22. Fiber: 1g
23. Sugars: 5g
24. Protein: 26g
25. Dietary Exchanges
26. 1/2 Carbohydrate
27. 3 Lean Meat

lean roast beef, cucumber, red onion, pepper, lime juice, sugar, nosalt, fish sauce, corn oil, garlic, red pepper, fresh cilantro

Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/thai-beef-salad-375653 (may not work)