Thai Beef Lettuce Wraps
Ingredients:
- 12 oz flank, skirt, or sirloin steak
- 1 tbsp chilli sauce
- 1 jalapeno pepper thinly sliced
- 2 tbsp fish sauce
- 1/2 red onion thinly sliced
- salt and pepper to taste
- 2 limes cut into wedges
- 1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro
- 1 carrot, peeled and grated
- 1 head bibb lettuce, washed and dried, leaves separated
Preparetion:
1. Heat the grill or grill pan over high heat for at least 5 minutes. Season the steak with salt and pepper and toss it on. Cook for about 4 minutes on each side, until it' firm but yielding to the touch. Let it rest for 5 minutes.
2. Combine the chilli sauce, fish sauce and juice of one lime in a small saucepan over low heat.
3. Slice the steak thinly (if its skirt or flank steak, besure to cut against the grain) and drizzle half of the warm sauce over it. Set out the jalapeno and onion slices, cilantro, carrot, lettuce and remaining lime wedges and sauce. Use the leaves like tortillas to wrap up the steak slice with the other ingredients. (Save some lime and sauce to use on your wrap as you eat). Makes 2 servings
- 12 oz flank, skirt, or sirloin steak
- 1 tbsp chilli sauce
- 1 jalapeno pepper thinly sliced
- 2 tbsp fish sauce
- 1/2 red onion thinly sliced
- salt and pepper to taste
- 2 limes cut into wedges
- 1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro
- 1 carrot, peeled and grated
- 1 head bibb lettuce, washed and dried, leaves separated
Preparetion:
1. Heat the grill or grill pan over high heat for at least 5 minutes. Season the steak with salt and pepper and toss it on. Cook for about 4 minutes on each side, until it' firm but yielding to the touch. Let it rest for 5 minutes.
2. Combine the chilli sauce, fish sauce and juice of one lime in a small saucepan over low heat.
3. Slice the steak thinly (if its skirt or flank steak, besure to cut against the grain) and drizzle half of the warm sauce over it. Set out the jalapeno and onion slices, cilantro, carrot, lettuce and remaining lime wedges and sauce. Use the leaves like tortillas to wrap up the steak slice with the other ingredients. (Save some lime and sauce to use on your wrap as you eat). Makes 2 servings