Cambodian Hot and Sour Beef Salad

Ingredients

• 1-2 cup lettuce leaf (enough leaves to cover a serving dish)
• 225 g tender steak
• 2 tablespoons fish sauce
• 2 tablespoons lime juice (the juice of about 1 lime)
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1 shallot, finely sliced or 2 spring onions, finely sliced
• 1-2 red chilies, deseeded and finely chopped, depending on how large they are and how hot you want this (or green)
• 1/4-1/3 cup mint (Handful of mint)

Directions

1. 1

   Preheat a griddle, or you can use a grill.

2. 2

   Cover a serving dish with lettuce leaves and set aside.

3. 3

   Griddle or grill the steak; it should be rare, really, but obviously cook it as you prefer. When it's done, remove to a board on which to carve it and pour any juices in the grill pan into a bowl.

4. 4

   Cut the steak into very thin slices across and put it and any more of the juices that run out into the bowl as well.

5. 5

   In another bowl, mix the fish sauce, lime juice, sugar, chopped chilli and sliced shallot, stirring well.

6. 6

   Then mix the contents of the two bowls together, adding the mint leaves and quickly turn out on the lettuce and serve while still warm.