Beef Salad

Real talk for a moment: back when we was poor, this was a meal that we ate all of the time because it was cheap and healthy. I have memories of us all sitting in the living room watching re-runs of All in the Family ("Archieeeee!") and eating on a table cloth on the floor, picnic style. We couldn't afford a table.

Need:
very thinly sliced beef
soy sauce
sesame oil
2 cloves of chopped garlic
s+p
oyster sauce
lettuce
herbs
tomatoes
a couple of hard boiled eggs, chopped
thinly sliced onions
vinegar
oil
s+p
half a lime
some fish sauce

 

In a bowl, add the beef, soy sauce, sesame oil, garlic, oyster sauce, s+p a mix. Let it marinate for at least 20 minutes.

 

Get your salad veggies ready: lettuce, herbs (Thai basil here), sliced onions, tomatoes. Sometimes, we add cucumber, bell peppers, sliced mushrooms, mint, lovage, etc. Whatever you fancy.

 

Hard boil a couple of eggs.

 

Add sauteed beef to the salad, the chopped eggs, then the vinegar, oil, s+p. Lastly, squeeze the lime into it and sprinkle with fish sauce. Eat with a bowl of rice. OMFG. I ate all of this in about 10 minutes. And the whole time, I was thinking of this:

 

 

It was the CUT at the time. I don't know. Don't ask me why I do anything.