Pleah Saiko – Cured Beef Salad With Lemongrass, Peanuts And Basil
  1. For the beef, mix the lime juice, sugar, lemongrass and garlic together in a large glass bowl. Very thinly slice the steak across the grain, add to the lime mixture and toss together well. Leave to marinate for 10-15 minutes.

  2. Meanwhile, for the dressing, mix the prahoc or shrimp paste with a little of the fish sauce in a small bowl until it is well combined, then mix in the rest of the fish sauce, the sugar, lime juice, garlic, chilli and 2 tablespoons of water.

  3. Pour away the excess marinade from the beef, add the shallots, bean sprouts, mint, basil and half the chopped peanuts and mix together well.

  4. Pour over the dressing and toss together once more.

  5. Spoon onto a serving platter and sprinkle with the remaining peanuts and a few extra mint leaves and basil leaves.

  6. Serve straight away, at room temperature.

Course🍽️Main Course

Diets🌾Gluten-free🥩Carnivore...

Category🥗Salad

CuisineCambodian

Occasions📆Everyday🎉Special Occasion

Season🔁Year-round

DifficultyMedium ⏰ 20m

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