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Phil Vickery’s Ultimate Diabetes Cookbook
5 from 2 votes
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Course Main Course, Salad
Cuisine Asian
Servings 2 servings
Calories 271 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1 teaspoon vegetable oil
  • ¼ teaspoon fivespice powder
  • 200 g sirloin steaks

For The Dressing

  • 1 lime Juice of 1 small lime
  • 1 tsp rice wine vinegar
  • ½ tbsp light soy sauce reduced salt, light
  • 1 tsp Thai fish sauce nam pla
  • 1 piece fresh ginger 5mm piece, peeled and grated
  • 1 garlic clove grated
  • ½ lemongrass stalk very finely chopped (optional)

For The Salad

  • 100 g carrots peeled and cut into thin ribbons
  • ½ cucumber cut into thin ribbons
  • ½ fennel bulb very finely sliced into thin strips
  • 2 spring onions sliced on the diagonal
  • 75 g beansprouts

To Serve

  • 1 handful fresh coriander roughly chopped
  • 1 handful fresh mint roughly chopped
  • 1 red chilli fresh, deseeded and sliced
  • 1 tbsp toasted sesame seeds

Instructions
 

  • Mix the vegetable oil with the five-spice powder, then brush this mixture all over the steaks. Set the steaks aside on a plate, whilst you prepare the dressing and salad vegetables.
  • Put all the ingredients for the dressing into a large bowl and mix until combined. Taste and adjust the flavour to your liking.
  • Add all the salad vegetables to the dressing in the bowl and tumble everything together to mix and coat. Pile the salad onto two serving plates and set aside.
  • Heat a heavy-based, non-stick frying pan or griddle pan over a high heat until very hot. Add the steaks to the pan and sear on both sides for a couple of minutes or so until cooked to rare, or cook for slightly longer, if you prefer.
  • Remove the steaks to a warm plate, cover with foil and leave to rest briefly, a couple of minutes, before thinly slicing into strips. Arrange the slices of beef on top of the salad.
  • To serve, scatter the beef salad with the chopped herbs, chilli slices and sesame seeds and serve immediately.

Nutrition

Calories: 271kcalCarbohydrates: 23gProtein: 27gFat: 9gSaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 61mgSodium: 620mgPotassium: 1061mgFiber: 7gSugar: 7gVitamin A: 9039IUVitamin C: 63mgCalcium: 142mgIron: 4mg
Keyword diabetic, HEALTHY, low-carb
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