Thai Grilled Beef Salad Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 pound aged beef. Flat iron, skirt steak or a NY strip work great.
• 1 small red onion, halved and sliced
• 3 Roma tomatoes or similar, seeded and trimmed, cut in julienne
• 1/3 cup mint leaves
• 1/3 cup cilantro leaves
• Handful of Thai basil leaves, torn
• 1 minced serrano chile or 2 Thai bird chiles
• 1 minced garlic clove
• 1 teaspoon minced ginger
• 4 scallions, chopped
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar or more to taste, some like it sweeter.
• 2 tablespoons fish sauce
• 2 tablespoons lime juice
• 1/2 teaspoon ground white pepper
• 1 tablespoon toasted rice powder or more to taste.
• Large butter lettuce leaves to serve in, use the interior of the heads, chopped in the salad.
• Sliced Cucumbers, mint sprigs and cilantro sprigs for garnish