Sweet & Salty Beef Salad
- 1 12 tablespoons fish sauce (see Note) or 1 12 tablespoons reduced sodium soy sauce
- 1 12 tablespoons brown sugar
- 12 head iceberg lettuce, halved, cored and thinly sliced
- 2 teaspoons canola oil, divided
- 8 ounces sirloin steaks, trimmed and thinly sliced
- 1 jalapenos or 1 serrano pepper, seeded and minced
- 1 small onion, finely chopped
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1 orange, peel and white pith removed, coarsely chopped
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
- 1 tablespoon chopped dry roasted peanuts
- Stir fish sauce (or soy sauce) and brown sugar in a small bowl.
- Divide lettuce between 2 plates.
- Heat 1 teaspoon oil in a medium nonstick skillet over medium-high heat until shimmering but not smoking.
- Add beef and cook, stirring until browned on the outside and still pink inside, 1 to 2 minutes.
- Spoon over the lettuce.
- Add the remaining 1 teaspoon oil, jalapeno (or serrano), onion and garlic to the pan and cook, stirring, until fragrant, about 1 minute.
- Add the fish sauce (or soy sauce) mixture, remove from the heat and stir in orange and cilantro.
- Spoon the sauce over the salad and sprinkle with peanuts.
fish sauce, brown sugar, canola oil, sirloin, jalapenos, onion, garlic, orange, fresh cilantro, peanuts
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/sweet-salty-beef-salad-422432 (may not work)