Yum Neua (Thai Grilled Sirloin Steak Salad)
Serves: 2-4
Prep time: 20 minutes (Cooking time: 10 minutes)
Yum Neua is the most famous Thai salad in America. It is known by different names depending on how the chef cooks the beef — other names are Waterfall Beef, Crying Tiger and Laab Neua. This dish is best served with steamed sticky rice.
Ingredients
PreparationIngredients
- 1/2 pound beef sirloin steak Add to list
- 1 tablespoon fish sauce Add to list
- 1 teaspoon ground red chile powder Add to list
- 1 tablespoon chopped green onion Add to list
- 1 tablespoon chopped cilantro Add to list
- 1/4 cup fresh mint leaves Add to list
- 2 shallots, thinly sliced Add to list
- 1 to 2 tablespoons lime juice Add to list
- 1 1/2 tablespoons ground toasted jasmine rice* Add to list
Preparation
Place the steak in a dish and rub both sides with 1 teaspoon of the fish sauce and let marinate for 5 minutes. Charcoal broil, grill or oven-broil the steak to preferred doneness.
Slice and place the strips in a salad bowl and add chile powder, green onion, cilantro, mint and shallots. Just before serving, add remaining fish sauce, lime juice and toasted rice.
* Ground Roasted Rice
Roast glutinous rice, jasmine rice or any long grain rice in oven at 350º F until it becomes light golden (about 5 minutes). Let cool, then place in spice mill or coffee grinder and blend to a fine powder. Store in an airtight container. Can be kept for up to 3 months.
Recipe by , PCC Cooks instructor
Source: Demonstrated on September 3, 2008, during PCC Edmonds Grand Opening Days
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RE: Thai Beef Dishes
Hello,
Thanks for your comment.
Pranee says that there are many interpretations and spellings of Thai recipe names, and they change according to the ingredients and how they are served.
This recipe is a mixed salad, so it’s called yum neua, but when the same ingredients are served separately (the beef dipped in the remaining ingredients as a sauce), it’s called nuea nam tok – waterfall beef. Either way, it’s a delicious dish!
Thanks again,
Tom Monahan
PCC Natural Markets
September 07, 2012 at 03:39 PM — monahat
thai beef dishes
yum neua and laab neua are two different dishes! i think this is actually a recipe for waterfall beef aka "neua nam tok."
August 30, 2012 at 01:53 PM — Pear (not verified)