Seasonal Cooking ... Thai Beef Salad

You are going to be seeing a lot more recipes appearing on my blog now that my garden is getting into production mode ... I hope you don't mind : )

I have a lot of lettuce ready to harvest ...

... and I have beef left over from last night's dinner; so it's "Thai Beef Salad" for lunch ...

The Ingredients

For the dressing :

1 tsp grated lime peel

4-5 Thai chili peppers, finely minced (I used the pickled ones I grew last summer)

Juice of 2 limes (about 1/4 cup)

1 tbsp Thai fish sauce

1 tbsp sugar

2 tbsp canola oil

1 tbsp toasted sesame oil

Mix the lime juice, fish sauce and sugar in a small bowl and stir until the sugar dissolves.  Whisk in the canola and sesame oils to form a vinaigrette and stir in the minced chilies and lime peel.

For the salad :

Lettuce for 2 servings of salad (leaf or romaine)

4 radishes, thinly sliced

1/2 small sweet onion, thinly sliced

1/2 cucumber, peeled and sliced

5 or 6 Thai basil leaves, shredded

8 ounces thinly sliced beef

Place the lettuce on a plate and top with the onions, radishes, cucumber and shredded basil.  Arrange the beef on top of the salad and add dressing or serve it on the side ...

Enjoy!