Chinese Roast Beef Salad

 

Chinese-style crispy beef salad is perfect for using up leftover roast beef after your Sunday roast.   It is crunchy, tangy and light.

 

 

 

Ingredients

 

For the sauce

• 3 tablespoons sweet chilli sauce
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1 garlic clove, grated
• ¼ teaspoon finely grated ginger
• Juice of ½ orange
• 2 tablespoons vinegar
• 1 tablespoon  of sesame seeds, lightly toasted if preferred

 

For the salad

• 4 oz roasted peanuts
• 1 carrot, julienned or grated
• 1 cucumber, seeds scooped out, then cut into thin batons
• 3 spring onions, trimmed and finely sliced, slightly on the bias
• 1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar
• Sprigs of coriander (optional)

 

Direction:

 

First make the sauce. Mix everything in a bowl then set aside. Slice the roast beef thinly.   Add to all the ingredients for the salad.   Mix with the sauce.