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Chinese Beef Salad
A super easy Chinese beef salad you can put together in 10 minutes with no cooking required! Serve it as an appetizer for a multi-course meal, top it on steamed rice for a one-bowl lunch, or make a sandwich with it using pita bread. {Gluten-Free adaptable}To make the dish gluten-free, use tamari to replace light soy sauce and use rice vinegar instead of Chinkiang vinegar.
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 7 min
- Yield
- 2 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 cup homemade braised beef shank (, thinly sliced (or roast beef deli meat))
- 1 stalk Chinese celery (, thinly sliced (or 1/2 stalk regular celery, diced))
- 1 green onion (, thinly sliced)
- 2 birds eye chilis (, sliced (Optional))
- 1/4 cup cilantro (, chopped)
- 1 tablespoon peanuts (, chopped)
- 2 to 3 tablespoons homemade chili oil
- 2 teaspoons light soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon Chinkiang vinegar
- 1 tablespoon broth from homemade braised beef shank (, heated up in the microwave (Optional) (*Footnote 1))
Instructions
- 1
Combine the dressing ingredients in a small bowl, stir, and set aside.
- 2
Add to a bowl the beef shank, celery, green onion, chilis, and half of the cilantro and peanuts. Drizzle the dressing onto it and gently toss.
- 3
Plate the salad, drizzle with some extra chili oil if desired, and garnish with the remaining cilantro and peanuts.