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Today,
we're going to be making a Thai Beef Salad with Nam Jim
Now the ingredients only cost me $13.10 and serves four
So per portion its only gonna cost you
$3.25c
So, lets get started!
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So guys the first thing that we're gonna do to get started on our Thai Beef Salad
Is make our Nam Jim marinade
And I'm going to go through the ingredients for our Nam Jim marinade
And the first one here is the coriander root or cilantro root
And what I mean by that is we've got a piece of coriander just here
We want this part of it, we don't want the leaves, just this part here.
And I've chopped that up nice and fine, I'm just gonna add that in
Also got some lemon rind as well we're gonna add in
I've got some fresh garlic that I've just chopped up finally
And I've also got some fresh ginger that I've chopped up finally
And I'm also gonna be putting in some red chilis
Now I've left the seeds in, if you dont want it like a intense heat then you can take the seeds out
But I like the seeds in this, it really does make for a nice flavour and we'll just add that in as well
And to this we're just gonna be adding in some lemon juice, just a squeeze of lemon.
Next I'm gonna be adding in some Fish Sauce.
And I'm also gonna add just a pinch of brown sugar.
We're going to give this a good mix around. And look at those flavours in there!
And look at those colours in there, it just looks amazing, smells wonderful.
Ok, so we've got our beef here and we've gotsome beef strips.
Now if you don't want to use beef, you can use veil if you want
All I'm gonna do is pour all over that marinade just on to the beef.
And just mix that beef in with all those goodies from that Nam Jim marinade.
We're gonna pop this into the fridge for 30 minutes to marinade
So that beef can really take on the awesome flavours of that marinade
So just 30 minutes in the fridge and then we can start cooking this bad boy.
So it's been 30 minutes with our beef marinading and now we're going to cook it off
So just into a large pan, if you want to use a wok for this go for it.
But I'm just gonna show you that everyone can do this in a pan
We want this on a high heat, a really high heat
And I'm gonna be adding in just some vegetable oil
Now we just wanna brand the beef off. And we're gonna cook this. For about 4 minutes
On this high heat, its not gonna take long to brown off and cook through
So this is what we're after we've got this nice brown beef and its cooked through, so tender, so im gonna turn the heat off.
So I've put our beef into a large bowl and I'm gonna add some more fresh ingredients into the air and its going to really bring this whole dish alive
First one, is I've got some fresh mint leaves that I've just roughly chopped up
I've also got some red onion, again that I've just roughly chopped up. Some cucumber, that I've just cut up into strips
And I've got some more coriander, the coriander leaves, or the cilantro leaves here.
I'm just gonna pop them in there aswell
Now all this needs is a good mix around with that beef, all that salad in there coated
Oh man that smells so good
So I've just served it up here on a nice big plate, family style so everyone can get stuck in
And I'm gonna finish this off just over the top, I've got some roasted peanuts that I've just crushed up and w're just gonna sprinkle that
Over the top
So there you have it guys there's my version of a Thai Beef Salad with a Nam Jim marinade
Like I said, the smell is amazing, it looks fantastic and it's so fresh, the flavours in there are just gonna be phenomenal
So let's get stuck into in, we'll get some of that beef, some of the onion, lets go
Mmm, that is so good!
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