Sweet & Salty Beef Salad

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 tablespoons fish sauce (see note) or 1 1/2 tablespoons reduced sodium soy sauce
• 1 1/2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1/2 head iceberg lettuce, halved, cored and thinly sliced
• 2 teaspoons canola oil, divided
• 8 ounces sirloin steaks, trimmed and thinly sliced
• 1 jalapenos or 1 serrano pepper, seeded and minced
• 1 small onion, finely chopped
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1 orange, peel and pith removed, coarsely chopped
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
• 1 tablespoon chopped dry roasted peanuts

Recipe

• 1 stir fish sauce (or soy sauce) and brown sugar in a small bowl. divide lettuce between 2 plates.
• 2 heat 1 teaspoon oil in a medium nonstick skillet over medium-high heat until shimmering but not smoking. add beef and cook, stirring until browned on the outside and still pink inside, 1 to 2 minutes. spoon over the lettuce.
• 3 add the remaining 1 teaspoon oil, jalapeño (or serrano), onion and garlic to the pan and cook, stirring, until fragrant, about 1 minute.
• 4 add the fish sauce (or soy sauce) mixture, remove from the heat and stir in orange and cilantro.
• 5 spoon the sauce over the salad and sprinkle with peanuts.