Shaking Purple meat (or Other) Salad

Tailored from Charles Phan’s The Slanted Door.

The distinctive recipe requires filet mignon, purple onion, scallions, watercress, and a soy-primarily based completely dawdle-fry sauce. I’ve worn Romaine in situation of the watercress and hundreds more of it to flip this more into an entrée salad. The warmth of the meat and vegetables will a minute of soften the Romaine, but it could perchance perchance well perchance also honest not obtain lost.

I’ve made plenty of diversifications of this recipe, including one the establish I cleaned out the fridge: I passed half of a pound of Brussels sprouts and a few carrots down the shredder of my meals processor; I thinly sliced some shiitake mushrooms; I sliced a jalapeño, chopped some cilantro, and finely spoil up a bunch of curly kale. So, I dispute it’s likely you’ll perchance well in point of fact tailor this to what you’ve got accessible.

I also in point of fact treasure this salad when the meat is replaced with cubes of tofu, lined evenly in cornstarch and pan-fried except golden. They end crisp but additionally absorb the flavorful sauce.

Lastly, the distinctive recipe requires a lime dipping sauce made with contemporary lime, salt and pepper. When this dish turns into more of a salad, as here, the dipping sauce does not work as successfully, but a chunk little bit of contemporary lime to model is good.

—Alexandra Stafford

Instructions

1. Scheme the steak in a bowl with 1 tablespoon of the oil, 1 teaspoon of the sugar, 1 teaspoon kosher salt, and pepper to model. Toss to coat. The steak can sit esteem this for as long as in the end in the fridge.
2. In a little bowl, dawdle collectively the last 2 teaspoons of sugar, the vinegar, mirin, soy sauce, and fish sauce. Scheme the Romaine in a expansive serving bowl.
3. Heat a wok or expansive skillet over high warmth. Add 1 tablespoon of the oil, and when it shimmers, add the steak. Cook dinner undisturbed for approximately a minute, then dawdle and cook dinner except accomplished, about 1 more minute. Transfer steak to a plate. Discard oil in wok, and add the last tablespoon of oil. Instantly add the purple onion, and scallions. Cook dinner for 1 minute, stirring once quickly. Add any completely different vegetables, the garlic and cook dinner for 1 more minute or except the vegetables lawful open to soften. Return the steak to the wok and add the sauce. Bring to a simmer (it need to occur at once), toss to coat, then flip off the warmth.
4. Pour the contents of the wok over the Romaine. Let sit for a minute to allow the warmth to soften the Romaine. Toss gently to mix. Relief with lime wedges if using.