Lemongrass Beef

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Prep time: About 30 minutes
Cooking time: About 5 minutes

Makes: 2 servings

    

Ingredients

• 1 T.     minced lemongrass
• 1 T.     minced green onions
• 1 T.     Caramel Fish Sauce
• 1 t.      soy sauce
   
• 6-8 oz.   flank steak, sliced across the grain in 1/4" strips
• 1 T.       mild olive oil
   
• 1/2       Granny Smith apple, cored, quartered, and thinly sliced
• 4 T.     Chili Lime Sauce
• 1 T.     chopped green onions
• 2 T.     roasted peanuts, chopped
• 1/4 t.    basil

    

Directions -

1. Mix well in a bowl the lemongrass, minced green onions, caramel fish sauce, and soy sauce.

2. Stir in the sliced beef and marinate 20 minutes.

3. Oil a hot griddle and sear beef strips 2 minutes per side.

4. Add beef, apple, chile lime sauce, basil, chopped green onions, and peanuts and stir.

5. Serve with steamed rice.

 

Adapted from recipe in the April 24, 2002 San Francisco Chronicle.

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