Vietnamese Mango and Steak Salad

How to prepare vietnamese mango and steak salad

1. In a mortar put the hot pepper cut into cubes, peeled and grated ginger and garlic. Add very little salt and grind until you get a paste. Add the sugar dissolved in warm water, lime zest, lime juice and fish sauce. Mix well again in the mortar. Let the sauce sit for at least half an hour for the flavors to blend, then taste for salt and acidity (lime juice). Before using, strain the sauce and collect only the liquid, pressing on the solids to extract as much liquid as possible.
2. Add 3 tablespoons of sauce and 1 tablespoon of oil over the steak and let it marinate for at least 1 hour.
3. When you want to prepare the salad, start by taking the steak out to come to room temperature.
4. After that, peel and cut the mango into thin strips (julienne). Cut the peppers into thin slices as well. Add them over the mango.
5. Bring plenty of salted water to a boil and cook the noodles for 3 minutes. Drain them, run under cold water to cool well and then drain extremely well, shaking the strainer vigorously until you see no more water dripping. Cut the noodles with scissors in several places, they will be easier to mix, portion and eat.
6. Add the noodles over the mango and peppers. Add 2 tablespoons of sauce and mix well (mixing with your hand is very easy). Taste for salt.
8. Heat a thick or grill-type pan well (5 minutes on high heat). Place the steak in the pan, leave for 3 minutes on the first side, turn and leave for 2 more minutes on the second. Remove the steak and cut it into thin slices holding the knife perpendicular to the grain. Now, you can leave the steak slices like this, pink in the center, or if you don't like to see pink, you can put the slices back in the pan one by one and leave them for 2-3 seconds on each side.
9. Put the slices in a bowl and add 2 tablespoons of sauce over them.
10. Cut the onion into thin slices, sprinkle a little salt and mix it with the chopped parsley and mint.
11. Arrange the mango salad on a platter to form a mound. Place the steak slices on top. Sprinkle the onion with herbs on top. Drizzle everything with 1 more tablespoon of sauce. If desired, you can sprinkle 1 tablespoon of roasted crushed peanuts on top. Serve immediately.

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