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Thai Style Beef with Almond-Butter Sauce

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| Servings: 2 servings

Ingredients

  • Beef
  • 1 tablespoon fish sauce
  • 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 1 clove garlic, minced
  • ½ teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1 tablespoon brown sugar
  • ½ teaspoon ground cumin
  • 1 pound lean beef strips
  • 2 tablespoons chopped cilantro

Almond-Butter Sauce

  • ¼ cup almond or peanut butter (Make your own by processing almonds with a little oil)
  • ½ tablespoon fish sauce
  • 2 tablespoons water
  • 1 ½ teaspoons brown sugar
  • Dash sesame oil
  • ⅛ teaspoon hot red pepper sauce

Instructions

  1. Stir sauce ingredients together until smooth. Set aside.
  2. In a shallow bowl, combine fish sauce, oil, lemon juice, garlic, ginger, sugar and cumin. Place beef strips between two sheets of waxed paper and pound to flatten slightly. Add to marinade and turn to coat. Refrigerate covered 1 to 3 hours turning occasionally.
  3. Arrange beef strips in single layer on a baking sheet and run under a hot broiler about 3 minutes. Turn and broil 2 minutes longer until browned on the outside but pink inside.
  4. To serve arrange beef in circle on a platter. Place Almond-Butter Sauce in Center.
  5. Sprinkle cilantro over entire dish.

Notes

  1. This is a great palate jolting recipe. Serve with the Zesty Cucumber and Onion Salad.