Thai beef and avocado salad
Serves: 4
Preparation: 20 minutes
Cooks In: 15 minutes
Ingredients:
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3 ripe Hass avocados
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½ cup fish sauce
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2 tbsp brown sugar or coconut sugar
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1 garlic clove, finely chopped
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400 g thick piece of flank steak
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375 g large rice stick noodles
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50 g baby green beans, trimmed
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50 g baby yellow beans, trimmed
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250 g cherry tomatoes, halved
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½ cup each coriander sprigs, mint leaves and Thai basil leaves
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Coarsely chopped roasted peanuts, to serve
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Lime-chilli dressing
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2 tbsp fish sauce
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2 tbsp brown sugar or coconut sugar
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2 tbsp lime juice
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Finely grated rind of ½ lime
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1 birds-eye chilli, finely chopped, or to taste
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1 garlic clove, finely chopped
Method:
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Combine fish sauce, coconut sugar and garlic in a large bowl, stir to combine, then add steak and turn to coat. Set aside at room temperature to marinate for 30 minutes, turning the steak occasionally in the marinade.
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Meanwhile, cook the noodles in a large saucepan of boiling salted water for 6-8 minutes until just tender, adding the beans in the last minute of cooking. Drain well, then rinse under cold running water. Shake off any excess water and transfer to a large bowl. Add cherry tomatoes and herbs and refrigerate until required.
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Preheat oven to 200C and preheat a char-grill to medium-high heat. Drain steak from marinade and char-grill for 3-4 minutes until browned and lightly charred. Turn and cook the remaining side for another 4 minutes, transfer to a baking tray and cook for another 4 minutes. Cover loosely with foil and rest for 10 minutes – this will result in a medium-rare steak.
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While the meat is resting, make the lime-chilli dressing. Combine ingredients in a bowl with 2 tbsp hot water and stir to combine and dissolve the sugar.
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Halve the Hass avocados, remove the seeds then use a large spoon to scoop the flesh from the skin in one piece. Cut the flesh into wedges and add to the noodle mixture.
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Halve the Hass avocados, remove the seeds then use a large spoon to scoop the flesh from the skin in one piece. Cut the flesh into wedges and add to the noodle mixture.