Thai Beef Salad (Yum Nua)
What is Yum Nua?
Yum nua is a Thai grilled beef salad. Seared steak is sliced and tossed with lime juice, fish sauce, toasted rice powder, chilies, shallots and lots of fresh mint and cilantro. It's bright, spicy and refreshing.
Happy Thanksgiving to you and your loved ones! We made a quick Thai Beef Salad with our high-quality ButcherBox steaks to share with our family 🥩🔥
Thai Beef Salad (Yum Nua)
Ingredients
- 2 ButcherBox 10 oz steaks
- 1 lime juiced
- ½ tablespoon sugar
- 3 tablespoon fish sauce
- 2 tablespoon toasted rice powder
- 6 thai peppers minced
- 2 shallots sliced
- 6-7 sprigs mint removed from stems
- ½ bundle cilantro sliced
- salt and pepper
- 2 tablespoon cooking oil
Instructions
To cook the steak
- Pre-heat your oven to 450F.
- Lightly salt and pepper both sides of your ButcherBox steaks.
- In a cast iron skillet, heat 2 tablespoon of oil until smoking. Add your steaks and sear on each side for 2 minutes.
- Finish in an oven at 450F for 3-5 minutes or until your preferred doneness.
- Allow the steaks to rest for 7 minutes. Then slice into thin strips.
To make the Beef Salad
- In a medium bowl, combine sugar, fish sauce, lime and peppers. Add your cooked steak slices and toasted rice powder. Add peppers, cilantro, mint, and shallots. Mix until well combined.
- Serve with sticky rice and bed of lettuce.
