Getting Creative with Asian Recipes

What comes to mind when one says beef? A sizzling steak on a barbecue. Or a spicy burger stuffed with meat. But when it comes to Asian recipes, beef appears time and again in salads!

This is where Asian cuisine gets really creative. Chicken stews and curries, pork filled-dumplings, and beef salads – these are just the beginning. There are so many more Asian salads that will both surprise and delight you. Asian Chicken and Quinoa Salad, Seared Tuna Salad with Asian Vinaigrette, and Asian salad with Cellophane Noodles are great examples of creativity in the kitchen. They combines meats and vegetables spectacularly to plate up a wonderful, filling, and healthy dish.

It’s not just one region in Asia that the meat-based salad is limited to. Japanese cuisine, Chinese cuisine, Malaysian cuisine and Thai cuisine all pitch in with their own variations of the chicken salad, for instance. It might end up just a small difference between what sauce is used (fish-based or soy-based), or what curry goes on top as a garnish. But even these small condiments make a huge difference when it comes to salads.

It might sound like a daunting task - to make a beef salad. After all, not everyone can master Asian cuisine overnight. So, let’s start with something rather simple - Thai Beef Salad. It is a bowl full of Asian goodness sauteed in authenticity. Every bite screams flavour, and bursts with a freshness only traditional Asian ingredients can quite perfect.

Thai beef salad is a delicacy that is so popular these days, not just in Asia, but across the world. Everyone wants a bite, everyone wants to know how it’s done. And why not? It is a bowl full of protein and flavour, a perfect dish for that potluck you’ve been planning for so long.

The mixed tastes of beef, onions, cucumber, lettuce, cherry tomatoes, fish sauce and some basil, is amazing. The salad makes for a great lunch or dinner. You just need to get the best recipe!

Thai Beef Salad

It’s really easy to whip up a salad, even if it has beef in it. First, get your hands on these - beef fillet (grilled medium rare), onions, cucumber, lettuce leaves, cherry tomatoes, Thai spicy basil, garlic paste, fish sauce, sugar, and lime juice. Once you have all these in hand, it’s time to get your salad together. The first step is to combine all salad dressing ingredients in a salad bowl. Then add the beef fillet, sliced onions and cucumber with the salad dressing. Toss them around to mix well. Arrange lettuce leaves in serving plates; top with the beef salad mixture. Serve as entrée. So, get out your apron, and try out this fantastic Asian delicacy – Thai Beef Salad.

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