Ranking seventh in the top ten list of Thai food loved by foreigners, Yam Nua or spicy beef salad is a mouth-watering dish of the Thais as well.
Ingredients
450 grams of beef tenderloin
2 garlic cloves
6 fresh coriander leaves chopped
1/4 cup of sugar
2 teaspoons of soya sauce
2 teaspoons of lemon juice
salt (to taste)
some ground black pepper
2 spring onions thinly sliced
6 red chillies thinly sliced
2 tablespoons of vegetable oil
How to cook
Roast the beef until it is medium. Then slice it up.
Mix the garlic cloves, a half amount of chopped coriander, sugar, soya sauce, lime juice, salt and ground black pepper together and pound them into paste.
Warm the oil in a saucepan and stir-fry the paste for 3-4 minutes.
Add the beef, cook for a minute and remove it from heat.
Allow it to cool. When serving, garnish with the spring onions and remains of chopped coriander and the chillies.