Beef salad with young starfruit is a perfect combination of sour, spicy, salty, and sweet flavors from beef, young starfruit, calamondin, sour starfruit, green banana,… all create a unique and extremely appealing taste. You guys should get into the kitchen with sister Trinh Nhung to make this incredibly delicious salad!
1. Beef salad with young starfruit
Preparation
20 minutes
Processing
15 minutes
Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Beef salad with young starfruit For 2 people
Beef 300 gr (or beef tendon) Young starfruit 500 gr Carrot 1 piece Green banana 1 piece Starfruit 1 piece Onion 1 piece Thai basil 2 sprigs Calamondin 2 pieces Lemongrass 4 stalks Ginger 1 piece Garlic 3 cloves Chili 2 pieces Fish sauce 4 tablespoons Common spices a little (salt/ sugar/ monosodium glutamate)
How to choose fresh and delicious ingredients
How to choose fresh and quality beef
- When buying beef, choose pieces that are bright red, with clear marbling, and fat that is light yellow, not too dark.
- When pressing on the piece of meat, it should feel elastic and firm.
- Do not buy pieces of meat that are pale, soft, have a foul smell, or have white round spots in the meat fibers.
How to choose delicious crunchy young starfruit
- It is advisable to choose fruits with naturally bright green skin, free from scratches or blemishes. Avoid selecting fruits that are yellow as they are ripe.
- Young starfruit is more suitable for salads than ripe starfruit. Young starfruit should feel slightly firm when pressed, not too soft.
- The stem should still be intact, attached to the body, and there may be a layer of sap around it, indicating it has just been picked.
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How to make Young Starfruit Salad with Beef
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Preparing the beef
Wash the beef under running water and then massage it with coarse salt for about 1 minute, then rinse thoroughly with water.
Next, boil a pot of water and to reduce the strong smell of the beef, add a few slices of ginger to the pot and then add the beef to boil for about 15-20 minutes until cooked.
Tips for cleaning beef to remove the smell:- Method 1: Massage the beef with salt, let it sit for 5 minutes, then rinse it thoroughly with water.
- Method 2: Soak the beef in white wine for about 15 minutes, then rinse it several times with clean water.
- Method 3: Another effective method is to massage the beef with vinegar or lemon juice for 1-2 minutes, then rinse it under running water.
- Method 4: To make the beef more fragrant when eating, after washing, rub the piece of meat with a roasted ginger root, smashed.
See details: Effective tricks to eliminate the smell of various meats
After the meat is cooked, immediately remove it and soak it in a bowl of cold ice water, wait for the meat to cool down a bit, then slice it thinly.
Tip: To help the beef or beef tendons become more chewy and crispy, after boiling, soak them in ice water, wait a little for the meat to cool down, then cut.
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Prepare other ingredients
Wash the young rambutan, star fruit, and banana clean, then slice thinly. To prevent these fruits from turning dark, soak them in a bowl of dilute salt water after slicing.
Peel the carrot, wash it clean, and cut it into thin strips or carve it into beautiful shapes.
Pick the leaves of the white basil, wash them clean, and cut them into small strips.
Peel the onion, wash it clean, then slice it thinly, and soak it in dilute salt water for about 5 – 10 minutes, then remove and let it drain.
Wash the kumquat clean, then cut it into thin slices.
Peel the garlic, chop it finely together with the chili.
Peel off some of the tough outer layers of the lemongrass, wash it clean, then slice it thinly.
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Mixing fish sauce and salad
Add garlic and chili into bowl and add 2 tablespoons of sugar, 1/2 tablespoon of MSG, and 4 tablespoons of fish sauce, then stir well. Remember to adjust the amount of seasoning to suit your family’s taste.
Once mixed, put all the prepared ingredients into a large bowl and pour the fish sauce in, mixing well to complete. Plate the salad and garnish it nicely to enjoy.
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Finished product
Young mango beef salad with chewy sweet beef, the sour taste of starfruit, mango, and calamondin, combined with the astringency of green bananas, plus the fragrant aroma of mint, crunchy sweet carrots, all soaked in rich, appealing sauce.
2. Dried young mango beef salad (Recipe shared from TikTok Cooking with TasteVN)
Preparation
10 minutes
Cooking
10 minutes
Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Young Green Mango Salad with Dried Beef (Recipe shared from Tiktok Cooking with TasteVN) For 1 – 2 people
Dried beef 300 gr Young green mango leaves A little Young green mango 300 gr Lime juice A little Shrimp salt A little
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How to make Young Green Mango Salad with Dried Beef (Recipe shared from Tiktok Cooking with TasteVN)
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Prepare the ingredients
Wash the young green mango thoroughly, peel it, and slice it thinly. For the young green mango leaves, wash them clean and separate each leaf.
Buy the dried beef and cut it into small pieces for easy mixing in the salad.
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Mixing the salad
All the prepared ingredients should be placed in a large bowl, squeeze a little calamondin juice and add a bit of shrimp salt, then mix well so that the ingredients and seasonings blend together. You can adjust the amount of seasoning to suit your taste.
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Final product
Dried shrimp and star fruit salad is a snack that can be enjoyed while sipping. When eating, you can sprinkle a little peanuts to enhance the flavor of the dish; the sourness of the star fruit combined with a bit of the spicy saltiness of the dried beef creates a dish that is quite appetizing, simple, and easy to make right at home.
Above, TasteVN guides you to make the dish young starfruit beef salad with an enchanting flavor that you can eat forever without getting bored. Wishing you success!
