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Nam Tok Neua Recipe (วิธีทำ น้ำตกเนื้อ) Conclusion. Nam tok neua (น้ำตกเนื้อ), or Thai waterfall beef salad, is a popular Thai Isaan dish of grilled beef, sliced into bite sized pieces, and dressed in fish sauce, lime juice, chili flakes, and herbs. Nam Tok Recipe : Thai Steak Salad เนื้อน้ำตก; Rice Dishes;. which means waterfall in Thai.
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To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have thai beef salad (nam tok - น้ำตกเนื้อ) using 18 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Thai beef salad (Nam tok - น้ำตกเนื้อ):
- Make ready 1 pack (contains two) good quality beef steak or 1 large - sirloin at room temperature
- Make ready To taste salt and pepper, for seasoning the steak
- Get 1 large red onion, thinly sliced
- Get 10 red or mixed colour plum or cherry tomatoes, chopped in half
- Make ready 1/4 cup mint leaves, roughly chopped
- Take Half a cucumber, thinly sliced (optional)
- Prepare For the chilli sauce dressing:
- Prepare 7-8 fresh chillis, thinly sliced
- Take 2 tablespoons Thai fish sauce (Nam Pla)
- Prepare Juice of 1 lemon or lime (depending on preference)
- Take 1 tablespoon palm sugar (add more or less depending on preference)
- Prepare 1/3 cup water at room temperature (use more or less depending on preference)
- Make ready For garnish:
- Get 1-2 tablespoons white sesame seeds (not toasted)
- Get 1 teaspoon rice, toasted
- Get For serving:
- Take 2 baby gem lettuce, each of the leaves separated
- Get 3-4 slices lime/lemon wedges, for serving
Nam Tok means waterfall and Neua is beef. What's beef got to do with waterfalls? It's because of the sound that the beef makes while being grilled. Nam Tok translated literally is "water fall" but actually means dripping juice.
Steps to make Thai beef salad (Nam tok - น้ำตกเนื้อ):
- Take the steak out the fridge, season with salt and pepper and let it come to room temperature.
- In the meantime peel the red onion and finely slice. Cut the tomatoes in half. Peel the cucumber, cut them in half and then into quarters. Then thinly slice the cucumber longways (optional). Place all of the chopped ingredients in a large mixing bowl. Cover with cling film and set aside.
- Wash chillis and thinly slice. Transfer to a pestle and mortar, gently crush (to release the spiciness). Add fish sauce, lemon or lime juice, palm sugar and water to the mortar. Mix well and taste (adjust to taste, if too sweet add more fish sauce or if too salty, add more palm sugar). Taste should be the perfect balance of sweet, sour and hot. Transfer sauce to a bowl, cover with cling film and set aside. Wash the mortar, as it will be used later again, to crush the rice (if using).
- On medium heat, add oil to a skillet or frying pan. Let it heat up. Add the steak to the pan and fry for a few minutes on both sides turning occasionally. Cook for about 7 minutes and remove from pan. Meat should be cooked medium rare to medium. Place on a wire rack to let the meat rest.
- In a small pan, place the uncooked rice and gently toast it on very low heat for a few minutes stirring occasionally until lightly golden brown. Turn off the heat as soon as the colour changes. You don't want toasted rice to look too dark and taste burnt. Place in mortar, set aside to let it cool. If not using rice then skip this step.
- Wash all of the baby gem lettuce and place in a colander. Drain all of the excess water. On a large plate or bowl, separate each of the baby gem lettuce leaves and set aside to be used later. Now crush the cooled down rice in the mortar and set aside.
- Transfer the rested steak meat onto a chopping board. Cut meat into half inch strips. Add meat to mixing bowl with chopped vegetables and mix together.
- Then add the chilli sauce dressing and mix well to coat all of the ingredients especially the meat, in order to soak in all of the flavours. At this stage, give it a sample taste to make sure the flavours are still balanced. Depending on if it is too sour or sweet, amend like in step 2.
- Add the mint leaves and incorporate well. Transfer the beef salad to a serving bowl and either place the baby gem lettuce behind the salad or onto a separate bowl or plate. Then add the toasted rice or the sesame seeds now as garnish.
- Thai waterfall beef salad can be eaten and served with glutinous sticky rice on the side, or a bowl of steamed rice. I also like to eat it with a Thai omelette. This helps cut through the spiciness of the salad. Serve with lime or lemon wedges on the side.
It's because of the sound that the beef makes while being grilled. Nam Tok translated literally is "water fall" but actually means dripping juice. The juice drips out from the steak while cooking. Nam tok is fast and easy to make, the ingredients are easy to find and yet, the dish is full of Thai flavors. At its core, you're grilling meat without marinade, then cutting, seasoning and tossing a salad.
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