Wolfgang Puck's Asian Beef Salad

Title:
Wolfgang Puck's Asian Beef Salad

Yield:
4 Servings

Categories:
Morning,
America




Ingredients:





     3 lb Flank steak; trimmed (or


          -lamb loin or four chicken


          -breasts)


    12    Sprigs cilantro or mint


          -leaves





----------------------------------MARINADE----------------------------------


     1 c  Soy sauce


   1/2 c  Chopped scallions


     1 tb Dried red chile flakes


     3    Garlic cloves; finely


          -chopped


     1 tb Ginger; finely chopped


     2 tb Honey



-----------------------------------SALAD-----------------------------------


          Radicchio


          Watercress


          Cabbage


          Sprouts


          Celery


          Rice noodles



--------------------------------VINAIGRETTE--------------------------------


   1/2 c  Peanut oil


   1/4    Rice wine vinegar


     1 ts Miso; (soy bean paste)


          Salt


          Freshly ground pepper


     1 ts Finely chopped fresh ginger





 1. Mix all marinade ingredients together. Marinate beef (or any other meat)


 for about an hour.


 


 2. Prepare vinaigrette for salad. Mix rice wine vinegar, miso paste, pepper


 and ginger; add oil.


 


 3. Julienne cabbage, radicchio and celery stems and keep for ten minutes in


 ice water.


 


 4. Cook meat under the broiler or on saute pan to desired doneness


 (Wolfgang prefers rare to medium rare for steak), remove from heat and let


 rest for 10 minutes in a warm place. Dry julienne of vegetables and mix


 with rest of salad ingredients. Add vinaigrette, mix well and divide on


 four plates. Slice flank steak against the grain in thin slices and arrange


 nicely around salad.


 


 5. Garnish with cilantro or mint sprigs.


 


 In cool weather, instead of salad, serve with wasabi mashed potatoes.


 


 Serves 4.


 


 MC Formatted & Busted by Barb at Possum Kingdom on 3/17/98


 


 Recipe by: Wolfgang Punk


 


 Posted to MC-Recipe Digest by "abprice@wf.net" 
on Mar 22,


 1998