Thai Grilled-Beef Salad

Name: Thai Grilled-Beef Salad
Yield: Serves 4 to 6
Cuisine: Asia, Thai
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon, sweet paprika; 1 teaspoon, cayenne pepper; 1 tablespoon, white rice; 3 tablespoons, lime juice (2 limes); 2 tablespoons, fish sauce; 2 tablespoons, water; 1/2 teaspoon, sugar; 1 (1 1/2 pound), flank steak, trimmed; , Salt and white pepper, coarsely ground; 4 , shallots, sliced thin; 1 1/2 cups, fresh mint leaves, torn; 1 1/2 cups, fresh cilantro leaves; 1 , Thai chile, stemmed and sliced thin into rounds; 1 , seedless English cucumber, sliced 1/4 inch thick on bias

Main Courses
Asia
Thai
Meat
Beef
Grilling & Barbecue
Salads

By Andrew Janjigian ･ Appears in Cook's Illustrated July/August 2011, America's Test Kitchen TV

Our goal was to look no further than the supermarket to replicate this salad's complex range of flavors and textures. Along the way, we learned a neat trick for grilling meat.

SERVES 4 to 6

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