Beef / Pork

Lap-band Friendly: Northern Thai (Issan Style) Grilled Beef Salad is for Dinner.

Lap-band Friendly: Northern Thai (Issan Style) Grilled Beef Salad takes several minutes to prepare.

Lap-band Friendly: Northern Thai (Issan Style) Grilled Beef Salad takes several minutes to cook.

Lap-band Friendly: Northern Thai (Issan Style) Grilled Beef Salad makes 4 servings.

The ingredients for Lap-band Friendly: Northern Thai (Issan Style) Grilled Beef Salad are:

1 pound flank steak - grilled rare, chopped fine
1/3 cup of 99% fat free Chicken Broth
2 small cucumbers, peeled and sliced into ovals
2 small roma tomatoes, chopped
1 bunch of fresh mint, washed and chopped
3 green onions, thinly sliced
1 bunch of cilantro chopped
2 Tablespoons of roasted rice powder (recipe to follow)
1 teaspoon of ground dried red chile
1 teaspoon truvia
1/4 cup fish sauce
1/4 cup fresh squeezed lime juice


Thinly slice beef crosswise into 2 inch long strips and set aside.

Bring chicken broth to gentle boil in a small saucepan. Add sliced beef and turn occasionally, moistening and warming stak in stock, 1 to 2 minutes. Set aside.

Add green onions, shallots, cilantro, roasted rice powder, chile, sugar, fish sauce and lime juice to pan. Toss well. At this point you should taste the dressing to determine what your taste buds feel it needs. You may need to add more of the following items depending on your taste: Fish Sauce, lime juice, truvia or chiles.

Line a plate with lettuce leaves, cucumber and tomato slices. Transfer the beef to platter with slotted spoon. Drizzle sauce on top of meat.

This can be served immediately or at room temperature. I like mine at room temp.



Recipe for Rice Powder:

1/4 cup raw rice

place rice in skillet over high head and dry fry for 3 - 5 minutes shaking pan until rice is golden brown.

Remove from heat and let cool.

When cool, transfer to a jar and let cool to room temperature. Store at this stage until needed.

When needed, use a mortar and pistol or coffee grinder .

Here is how you make Lap-band Friendly: Northern Thai (Issan Style) Grilled Beef Salad:

To make rice powder - roast rice in pan on high heat until rice is golden brown. Shake pan back and forth Number of Servings: 4Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user SUBPOPTART.

The nutritional information for Lap-band Friendly: Northern Thai (Issan Style) Grilled Beef Salad is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 4
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 209.3

• Total Fat: 8.6 g
• Cholesterol: 57.1 mg
• Sodium: 1,809.6 mg
• Total Carbs: 6.8 g
• Dietary Fiber: 1.7 g
• Protein: 25.1 g

Lap-band Friendly: Northern Thai (Issan Style) Grilled Beef Salad is Asian cuisine.

The dietary needs meet for Lap-band Friendly: Northern Thai (Issan Style) Grilled Beef Salad is Low Carb