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Vietnamese Spicy Beef Salad Recipe (Easy)

Name: Vietnamese Spicy Beef Salad Recipe (Easy)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Cuisine: Vietnamese
Ingredients: 1 lbs Rib eye, cut into 1-inch cubes or 2 inch strips; 1 tbsp Baking Soda; 2 tbsp Water; 1 tbsp Vegetable Oil or Neutral Oil; 1 tbsp Fish Sauce; 1 tbsp Oyster Sauce; 1 tbsp Light Soy Sauce or Low Sodium Soy Sauce; 1 tbsp Dark Soy Sauce; 1 tbsp Brown Sugar or Monk Fruit Sugar; 5 cloves Minced Garlic Cloves (or teaspoon Garlic Powder); 1 Lime, freshly squeezed; 1 Lime zest; Black Pepper to taste; 1 Freshly Squeezed Lime Juice; 1 Lime Zest; 1 tbsp Fish Sauce or Homemade Vegan Nước Chấm; 1-2 Bird's Eye Chili or Red Chili Peppers, finely chopped and seeds removed; 1 tsbp Monk Fruit Sugar or Palm Sugar; 5 Clove Garlic; 1 head Romaine Lettuce Leaves or Baby Gem Lettuce; 1/2 Carrots, ribboned; 1 Shallot, rough chop; 1 Radish, sliced; 12 Cherry Tomatoes, halved; 1 Cucumber, thin slices; 1 Red Peppers, julienne; 1/2 Bunch Fresh Mint Leaves, rough chop; 1/2 Bunch Fresh Cilantro, rough chop; 2 Stalks Finely Chopped Green Onions; 25g Crushed Toasted Peanuts (optional for garnish)

Sep 1, 2022 · 57 Comments

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This delicious Vietnamese Spicy Beef Salad Recipe is an easy-to-make steak salad packed with fresh vegetables and an addictive simple chilli lime dressing that you will immediately love! It's the best steak salad you've ever eaten!

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Vietnamese Spicy Beef Salad Recipe (Easy)
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The best salads with beef steak start with solid and flavourful sliced buttery beef stripes such as our favourite Air Fryer Bo Luc Lac recipe!

Prepare the fresh ingredients while the Vietnamese Shaking Beef is cooking. This tasty and very well-textured beef salad is one of the easiest recipes ever!

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Ingredients and Substitutes

Spicy Beef Steak

Rib eye cut into 1 inch cubes or 2 inch strips
Corn starch
Baking Soda
Water
Vegetable Oil or Neutral Oil
Fish Sauce or Homemade Vegan Nước Chấm
Oyster Sauce
Light Soy Sauce or Low Sodium Soy Sauce
Dark Soy Sauce
Brown Sugar or Monk Fruit Sugar
Sea Salt or Kosher Salt
Garlic Powder or Minced Garlic Cloves
Freshly Squeezed Lime Juice
Lime Zest

Fresh Lime Chili Spicy Dressing

Freshly Squeezed Lime Juice
Lime Zest
Fish Sauce or Homemade Vegan Nước Chấm
Bird's Eye Chili or Red Chili Peppers
Monk Fruit Sugar or Palm Sugar
Fresh Minced Garlic Cloves or Garlic Powder [4 clove garlic]

Salad

Romaine Lettuce Leaves or Baby Gem Lettuce
Carrots, ribboned
Shallots, rough chop
Radish, sliced
Cherry Tomatoes
Cucumbers, thin slices
Red Peppers, juiliene
Fresh Mint Leaves, rough chop
Fresh Cilantro, rough chop
Finely Chopped Green Onions
Crushed Toasted Peanuts (optional for garnish)

Instructions

First, wash the beef and pat dry with a kitchen paper towel.

In a large bowl, tenderize the meat with baking soda.

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Then marinate, and air fry the Vietnamese Shaking Beef.

While the beef marries, prepare the salad ingredients and sweet and sour chilli lime dressing ingredients.

In a large bowl, add fresh lime juice, lime zest, fish sauce or homemade Vegan Nước Chấm, bird's eye chili, monk fruit sugar and minced garlic. Mix well until the sugar dissolves.

The garlic's richness and the chilli's heat create a sweet-sour effect with a good kick. Your taste buds will explode with the aromatic spicy flavor.

While the ribeye or flank steak is cooking in the air fryer, prepare the fresh vegetable salad.

Wash and pat dry veggies. I also highly recommend investing in a quality salad spinner. Drying your vegetables and fresh herbs thoroughly is essential after washing them. It helps prevent watered-down salad dressings, and the salad stays fresher and longer!

A fuss-free way to get perfectly thin ribbons of carrots is to use a vegetable peeler. Thinly sliced carrots take the vinaigrette much better and quick pickles.

In a large mixing bowl, add chopped and sliced vegetables.

Lightly drizzle the Spicy Lime Salad Dressing onto the greens. Do not flood the salad with the dressing.

Give it a perfect mix, so the chilli, garlic and sugar wrap around each dietary fiber!

Divide salad on two plates and top with air-fried spicy beef strips and an extra spoonful of salad dressing.

Garnish with finely chopped spring onion, fragrant herbs and crushed toasted peanuts.

Serve and enjoy!

Notes: Remaining dressing can be stored in an airtight container for up to 3 days.

Make-Ahead Tips

The easiest way to prepare this salad is to meal prep ahead of time.

Vegetables can be shredded in advance and stored in the refrigerator in an airtight container for up to 3 days.

The salad dressing can also be made in advance the night before.

Air Fried Vietnamese Shaken beef can be stored in the refrigerator in an airtight container for 2-3 days.

The best way to store leftovers is in this Rubbermaid brilliance container. I love that it is clear and 100% leakproof!

What To Serve With Vietnamese Spicy Beef Salad

The Spicy Southeast Asian beef salad recipe is a great recipe to enjoy on its own, with a side of Nuoc Cham dipping sauce and a squeeze of fresh lime.

Although this Gordon Ramsay-inspired spicy Thai beef salad recipe (Yum Nua) takes a little bit of work, it can still be made in less time than you think!

Complete the meal with:

This low-calorie recipe is also delicious today as it is tomorrow as leftovers!

I guarantee that every bite is aromatic and addictive! These are just a few of my favourite ways to enjoy this easy recipe!

Last night we had an enormous feast with a table full of Vietnamese food.

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