Ingredients
500g/17½oz rump or sirloin steak
1 head Iceberg or Romaine lettuce, leaves separated
1 beefsteak tomato, halved and thinly sliced
1 small onion, halved and sliced
50g/2oz peanuts, roasted and chopped
3 tbsp vegetable oil
For the marinade
1 red chilli, roughly chopped
1 tbsp chopped garlic
25g/1oz fresh root ginger, peeled and roughly chopped
½ lime, juice only
1 tbsp palm sugar (available from Asian grocers; substitute golden caster sugar if unavailable)
3 tbsp dark soy sauce
2 tbsp oyster sauce
1 tbsp fish sauce
2 tbsp tomato ketchup
1 tsp freshly ground black pepper
For the dipping sauce
½ lime, juice only
2 tsp freshly ground black pepper
¼ tsp salt
Method
1. Trim the beef steak of all fat, then cut into 2.5cm/1in pieces and place into a bowl.
2. For the marinade, place all of the marinade ingredients into a food processor and blend until smooth. Pour the marinade over the beef and leave to marinate for at least 20 minutes, covered, in the fridge.
3. Meanwhile, arrange the lettuce leaves and sliced tomato and onion on a serving platter. Place the peanuts into a small bowl. Set both the platter and bowl aside.
4. For the dipping sauce, mix the lime juice, freshly ground black pepper and salt together in a bowl and divide among four small dipping saucers. Set aside.
5. For the beef, heat half of the vegetable oil in a wok or large deep frying pan over a high heat. Lift half the beef out of the marinade, add to the pan and stir-fry for 3-4 minutes, or until golden-brown all over but still rare in the centre (or until the beef is cooked to your liking). Spoon the beef onto a warmed serving plate and set aside. Add the remaining oil to the wok or pan and fry the remaining beef in the same way.
6. To serve, set the table with the plate of beef, salad platter and bowl of peanuts in the centre, and a small dipping saucer at each place setting. Instruct your diners to spoon some beef into a lettuce leaf and add the peanuts, sliced onion and tomato on top. Wrap up the beef, then dip the parcel into the dipping sauce before eating.
