Title: Spiced Beef and Rice Stick Salad
Categories: Beef, Harned 1994, Herb/spice, Main dish, Pasta
Yield: 1 Batch

8 oz Dry rice sticks
-- (rice noodles or mai fun)
1 c Thinly sliced radishes
2 tb Salt
6 tb White wine vinegar
1/4 c Sugar
4 tb Fish sauce or soy sauce
1/2 ts Crushed red pepper
1/2 lb Bean sprouts
-- rinsed and drained
1 c Fresh mint leaves
1/4 c Salad oil
1 1/2 lb Beef sirloin steak
-- trimmed of fat
-- thinly sliced
8 To 10 large garlic cloves
-- minced or pressed
1/4 c Sliced green onions
1/2 c Coarsely chopped roasted
-peanuts
Lime wedges

Place rice sticks in a large bowl; pour boiling water over to cover
noodles. Let stand until tender to bite (about 30 minutes); drain well and
set aside.

Meanwhile, combine radishes, salt and 4 tb. of the vinegar. Let stand until
radishes are limp (about 30 minutes). Drain radishes, rinse well under cold
running water, and drain again; set aside.

In a wok or wide frying pan, combine remaining 2 tb. vinegar, sugar, 2 tb.
of the fish sauce and 1/4 tsp. of the crushed red pepper. Bring to a boil
over high heat, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Pour over noodles and
add radishes; mix lightly until well coated.

Mound noodle mixture on one side of a large platter or on individual
plates. Arrange bean sprouts on other side. Garnish with mint leaves.

Place wok or frying pan over high heat. When pan is hot, add oil; then add
steak slices, garlic, remaining 2 tb. fish sauce and remaining 1/4 tsp.
crushed red pepper. Cook, stirring, until meat is no longer pink (3 to 4
minutes). Remove from heat and stir in onions.

Spoon meat mixture over noodles and bean sprouts; serve immediately. Pass
peanuts and lime wedges at the table.

Yield: 4 to 6 servings.

Nutritional analysis (per serving): 494 calories; 25 g protein; 49 g
carbohydrates; 22 g total fat; 52 mg cholesterol; and 1,367 mg sodium.

From _Sunset Fresh Ways with Salads_ by the editors of Sunset Books and
Sunset Magazine. Menlo Park, CA: Lane Publishing Company, 1987. Pg. 55.
ISBN 0-376-02608-1. Electronic format by Cathy Harned.

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