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The Sensual Beef Salad
Source: Spike Mendelsohn, Top Chef Season 4
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The Sensual Beef Salad - Skirt Steak, Pineapple, Radish, Cucumber
Prep Time: 45 minutes
Serves: 4
Directions:
Pineapple, Radish & Cucumber:
Mix ingedients in a salad bowl.
Skirt Steak:
Season skirt steaks with salt, pepper and chili flakes. Grill in olive oil to medium rare and allow to rest. Then slice thin against the grain.
Lime Dressing:
Mix ingredients in a bowl.
Assembly:
Add chopped cilantro and mint to pineapple, radish and cucumber. Dress with lime dressing and mix. Add sliced steak.
Ingredients:
Pineapple, Radish & Cucumber:
1 pineapple, peeled, diced
1 bunch radish, sliced
1 cucumber, sliced
Skirt Steak:
1 lb skirt steak
Salt and pepper to taste
Chili flakes to taste
1 oz extra virgin olive oil
Lime Dressing:
1 sprite
1/2 cup fish sauce
1 cup lime juice
4 chilies
1T white vinegar
Garnishes:
Chopped cilantro
Chopped mint
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Comments
chrissy wrote:
had this salad at spike's restaurant, mai house, in nyc. it was awesome. so good and spicy!
posted on May 17, 2008 at 9:12 PM
Diane wrote:
Sprite? Does he mean the soda or am I missing something?
posted on May 21, 2008 at 12:19 PM
Laurie wrote:
Yes, I also want to know what this sprite is?
posted on June 4, 2008 at 9:59 PM
Justin wrote:
Daine and Laurie,
yes he does mean the soda.
in the philipines where my family is from,
we do something similiar with a beef skewer with sprite and banana ketchup.
i dont know what it does except it makes it tast good though.
and usually the recipe is only one can.
posted on June 6, 2008 at 7:32 PM
symo wrote:
how do you make banana ketchup. I would love to know.
posted on June 15, 2008 at 7:27 PM
Peach wrote:
Banana ketchup can be purchased at any asian market. I believe the brand is called Jufran. It's slightly sweeter than regular ketchup.
posted on July 1, 2008 at 11:47 AM