Thai Beef Salad

Ingredients

Serves: 4

500g rump steak or fillet steak
1 tbsp crushed black peppercorns
1 tsp five-spice powder
1 tbsp vegetable oil
100g rice vermicelli
1 tbsp CSR Smart White Sugar Blend
1/4 cup (60ml) lime juice
1 tbsp fish sauce
1 long red chilli, seeds removed, cut into long strips
1 tbsp grated ginger
150g packet mixed Asian greens
2 fresh lime leaves, finely shredded
1 red onion, sliced
1 Lebanese cucumbers, cut into batons
400g snow peas, blanched and shredded
1 cup coriander leaves

Method

1. Pat steak dry with paper towel and combine peppercorns and five-spice. Dip both sides of steak in oil then press pepper and five spice mix onto outside of steak.

2. Preheat BBQ or pan and cook meat for 4 mins each side. Cover with aluminium foil and set aside to rest

3. Soak the vermicelli in boiling water for 2 mins, then drain, refresh with cold water and drain again. Set aside.

4. In a screw top jar, combine Smart Sugar, lime juice, fish sauce, chilli and ginger. Thinly slice beef and pour meat juices into dressing.

5. Pile vermicelli into bowls. Top with Asian greens tossed with lime leaves, red onion, cucumber, coriander and snow peas. Thinly slice beef and place on greens. Drizzle with dressing. Garnish with coriander.

Smart

CSR Smart - a blend of natural cane sugar with a pinch of stevia

CSR Smart is a natural alternative to traditional sweeteners. It is a unique blend of natural sugar cane with a pinch of Stevia, which is a high intensity natural sweetener extracted from the leaves of the Stevia Rebaudiana plant.

CSR Smart is part of the CSR better for you range. It is twice as sweet as regular sugar, so you use half as much, so half the calories, this makes CSR Smart the smarter, better for you option.

CSR Smart is available as both a white sugar blend, and fine raw sugar blend. Ideal for all your sweetening needs.