Oriental steak salad

Perk up your steak with this tangy oriental main-meal idea from Brian Glover

  • Ready in about 20 minutes
  • Serves 2
  • Easy

Nutrition per serving

  • kcal 0
  • fat 0g
  • saturates 0g
  • carbs 0g
  • sugars 0g
  • fibre 0g
  • protein 0g
  • salt 0g

Ingredients

  • 1 garlic clove, crushed
  • 1 tsp brown sugar
  • 1 lime, juice only
  • 1 fresh chilli, seeded and finely chopped
  • a few drops of Thai fish sauce or light soy sauce
  • 120g bag herb salad
  • a third of a cucumber, halved and sliced
  • 5 radishes, sliced
  • 15g pack fresh coriander
  • 2 x 100-140g/4-5oz fillet steaks
  • a handful of chopped roasted peanuts

Method

  1. Whisk together the garlic clove, brown sugar, lime juice and the chilli. Add the Thai fish sauce. Toss the herb salad with the cucumber, radishes and the torn coriander leaves. Divide between 2 plates.

  2. Pan fry the steaks, trimmed of fat, for 4-5 minutes each side, rest, slice thinly and put on top of the salad. Tip the steak juices into the dressing, pour over the salad and scatter with the roasted peanuts.

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