Nam Tok (Grilled Steak Salad)
Seared beef, lime, mint, toasted rice powder and chile.
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Slice against the grain. Skirt and flank both have long, obvious muscle fibers running one direction - your knife goes 90 degrees across them. Slicing the other way gives you chewy strings.
Ingredients
Everything below makes 4 servings.
- 1¼ lbskirt or flank steak
- 3 tbspuncooked jasmine or sticky rice (for toasted rice powder)
- 3 mediumshallotsthinly sliced
- 3scallionsthinly sliced
- ½ cupfresh mintleaves only
- ½ cupfresh cilantrochopped
- 3 tbspfish sauce
- 4 tbspfresh lime juice
- 2 tspThai or red chile flakes
- 1 tsppalm sugar (or brown sugar)
- 1 tbspneutral oil
- 1cucumbersliced (for serving)
- 1 headbutter or romaine lettuceleaves separated
- ½ tspkosher salt
In the app these rescale to however many people you're feeding.
Nutrition
Per serving, as written.
- 340calories
- 36gprotein
- 10gcarbs
- 18gfat
Swaps move these numbers. A different protein or base changes them.
Instructions
Knife work first, then the stove. Nothing below asks you to chop while something burns.
- Pat steak dry; let sit at room temp 20 min.
- Slice shallots and scallions thin. Pick mint; chop cilantro. Juice limes. Slice cucumber; separate lettuce.
Toasted rice powder
Toast the uncooked rice in the dry skillet over medium heat 5-6 min until deep golden brown. Cool, then grind to coarse powder.
6 min · hands onSear steak
Heat grill or cast-iron skillet over high heat 3 min. Rub steak with oil and salt. Sear 3-4 min per side for medium-rare (internal 130°F). Transfer to cutting board; rest 5 min - non-negotiable. Nam tok means 'waterfall' for the juices that run when you cut it; you only get that if you rest.
12 min · hands onBuild dressing
In a large bowl, whisk fish sauce, lime juice, chile flakes, and palm sugar until sugar dissolves.
1 min · hands onSlice and toss
Slice steak thin against the grain. Add to the bowl with shallots, scallions, mint, cilantro, and toasted rice powder. Toss gently.
2 min · hands onPlate
Pile salad in a shallow bowl. Surround with cucumber and lettuce leaves for wrapping. Serve with rice on the side.
1 min · hands onMake it yours
Every swap here is one Maui already knows how to make, including what it does to the timing.
Same sear time; slice thin across the grain.
Grill thighs 5-6 min per side; slice. Adds about 3 minutes.
Skip rice. Saves about 25 minutes.
What keeps
Sliced cooked beef holds 2 days but tastes best fresh. Dress per serving - lime goes bitter overnight.
Toasted rice powder keeps 2 weeks in a jar.
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