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Thai
Beef Hero
By Daniel Long, de Young
Museum, San Francisco , CA
Chef
Participant: Cooking for
Solutions Conference 2006
Serves 6
Ingredients:
(use organic ingredients when available)
1-1/4 Ibs. Beef (top sirloin, cross rib, tri-tip or similar
cuts, grass-fed)
Beef
Marinade
Ingredients:
1/2 bunch Mint
1/2 bunch Cilantro
2 tbls. fresh Ginger (chopped)
2 tbls. fresh Garlic
(chopped)
1 Shallot
(chopped)
2 tbls. fresh Lemon Grass
(chopped)
1 fresh red Fresno Chile, (chopped-seeded if you like
less spice)
1/2 cup Sesame Oil
1 cup Soy Sauce
1/4 cup Brown Sugar
Procedure:
Process all the above ingredients, except soy sauce and
brown sugar, in a food processor to make a paste. Use
one-half of the marinade to coat beef; let marinate for
4 hours or overnight. Save other half to make the dressing.
After 4 hours or longer of marinating the beef, mix soy
sauce and sugar together until sugar dissolves. Coat the
beef, let stand in this marinade for 10 minutes, then
roast in a preheated 375† F oven for 30-45 minutes, until
internal temperature is 135† F. Remove from oven, let
rest for 15 minutes, then chill in refrigerator. When
cold, slice beef very thin.
Dressing
Ingredients:
Half of the reserved Herb Paste
2 Limes (squeezed)
1/4 cup Soy Sauce
1 tbls. Fish Sauce
2 tbls. Water
Procedure:
Mix reserved herb paste and liquid ingredients. Strain
and save liquid for the dressing. Discard solids. Heat
a large saute pan or flat grill and sear sliced beef until
brown and hot; add one-half of the dressing.
Garnish:
6 Brioche Torpedo Rolls (toasted)
1/2 cup whole Cilantro Leaves
4 Thai Basil Leaves (chiffonade)
To
Serve:
Divide the beef between the warm rolls. Top each with
additional dressing, if desired, and with fresh cilantro
and/or Thai basil.
Other
Great Related Links:
Cooking
for Solutions
Beef
Recipes
Healthy
Choices, Healthy Oceans Cooking for Solutions
and the Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch
Programs are empowering seafood consumers and
businesses to make choices for healthy oceans.
To learn more, visit www.seafoodwatch.org.
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