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Pleah Sach Ko (recipe)

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Pleah Sach Ko (recipe)
DishPleah Sach Ko
Recipe languageEnglish
Adapted fromThe Food Dictator
InstructionsRecipe available
SubjectsFood & Foodways

Sliced beef fillet cured in a prahok, lime and palm sugar marinade and tossed with herbs, vegetables and peanuts.

This page records one documented preparation of Pleah Sach Ko, summarised from a published recipe. (The Food Dictator)

Ingredients

  • 1 lb beef fillet, finely sliced
  • 3 tbsp tuk prahok, or fish sauce pounded with an anchovy fillet
  • Juice of 3 limes, divided
  • 3 tbsp palm sugar
  • 2 stalks lemongrass, very finely sliced
  • 2 shallots, finely sliced
  • 2 cloves garlic, sliced
  • 2.5 tbsp galangal, finely slivered, or ginger
  • 2 kaffir lime leaves, central rib removed and finely slivered, or the zest of 1 lime
  • 2 tbsp carrot, finely slivered
  • 1 yellow bell pepper, thinly sliced
  • 1 red Fresno chilli, finely sliced
  • 2 oz roasted unsalted peanuts
  • 3 leaves Thai basil, slivered
  • 3 saw leaves, slivered, or regular basil
  • 0.25 cup long beans or green beans, chopped
  • 0.25 cup bean sprouts
  • 0.5 yellow onion, finely sliced
  • 1 cucumber, peeled and sliced, to garnish
  • Cilantro leaves, to garnish

Preparation

  1. Whisk two tablespoons of the tuk prahok with the juice of two limes and two tablespoons palm sugar until dissolved.
  2. Stir in the lemongrass, shallots, onion, basil, saw leaves and garlic.
  3. Toss the sliced beef through the marinade, cover and refrigerate one to two hours.
  4. Whisk the remaining tuk prahok with the last of the lime juice and palm sugar to make the dressing.
  5. Drain the beef of remaining liquid and put it in a clean bowl.
  6. Add the remaining ingredients apart from the garnishes and dressing.
  7. Toss with the dressing, garnish with cucumber and cilantro and serve immediately.

Sources and reuse information

The ingredient list above is a plain factual listing of what the cited source calls for. The numbered method is a short original summary written for this wiki, not a copy of the source's instruction text. Follow the link for the full published recipe.