Thai Grilled Beef Salad Recipe - Barbecuebible.com

Ingredients

• 1 flank steak (about 1 pound)
• Coarse salt (sea or kosher) and freshly ground black pepper
• 2 tablespoons sesame oil
• 1 clove garlic, peeled and minced
• 1 piece (1 inch) ginger, peeled and minced
• 1 piece (2 inches) lemongrass (the pale stalk), peeled and minced
• 1 tablespoon cilantro roots, washed and minced (optional)
• 5 tablespoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 1/2 cup Asian fish sauce
• 1/2 cup fresh lime juice
• 2 heads Boston or bibb lettuce, broken into leaves, rinsed, and spun dry
• 1 cucumber, peeled and thinly sliced crosswise
• 1 pint cherry tomatoes, cut in half
• 1 small sweet onion, peeled and sliced paper-thin (optional)
• 1/2 cup fresh mint leaves
• 1/2 cup fresh Thai or Italian basil leaves
• 1/2 cup fresh cilantro leaves
• 1 to 2 jalapeño chiles, stemmed and thinly sliced (for a milder salad, seed the chiles)
• 1/2 cup coarsely chopped dry-roasted peanuts